"Damn it!! What the hell is this?!"
Sumari slammed headfirst into the Space Barrier, and his head instantly began to buzz.
When he'd tried to run just now, he'd crashed straight into the sealed Space Barrier and nearly knocked himself out cold.
He felt around in the air in front of him and discovered an Invisible Wall blocking his way.
Glancing back at Angel Yan, A Zhui, and Ye Chen as they pursued him, Sumari controlled his Dark Silver Flying Knife and sent it shooting toward the Invisible Wall.
He was obviously trying to break through.
Behind him.
Watching Sumari, Angel Yan turned to the unhurried Ye Chen beside her and asked, "Did you do this?! What kind of Black Tech is this?!"
"Space Blocker. Just a little trinket. It's yours—don't mention it." As he spoke, Ye Chen tossed the Space Lockdown Device in his hand to Angel Yan, not caring in the least.
This thing was disposable. Now that it had been used, all that remained in his hand was a pretty shell.
As for why he hadn't exchanged for a permanent one from the system, the answer was simple: disposable ones were better value—not because he was broke.
Taking the Space Lockdown Device Ye Chen tossed her, Angel Yan gave him a suspicious look. He'd handed it over so easily. Could it be fake?
Thinking that, she examined the device in her hand. It looked finely made and attractive, which was in keeping with the system's usual style.
Whatever else you could say about the system's goods, their appearance was unquestionably top-notch.
Clearly, the system's creator had a real obsession with aesthetics.
Angel Yan fiddled with it, but couldn't figure out how it worked. Worried she might break it, she put it away, planning to ask the Heavenly Base King to see if she could learn anything from it once they got back.
"By the way, you two stay out of this. I want to see if I can beat him."
Sumari was an Old Antique of a Second Generation Super Soldier. He was just the right opponent for Ye Chen to test the strength of his First Generation Human King Body.
Besides, he hadn't fought anyone in over two hundred years, and he was itching for a fight.
"Kid, are you sure you can handle it? Don't be reckless. Wouldn't want A Zhui to end up a widow."
Ye Chen gave Angel Yan a helpless look. "If you don't know how to talk, maybe say less. I don't do things unless I'm sure I can handle them.
"Besides, even if I can't beat him, it's not like he can take me out in one hit. And I have a weapon that counters his flying knife. Once he loses it, he's a nobody."
Meanwhile.
Sumari had given up trying to break through the Invisible Wall. He'd fired his Dark Silver Flying Knife at it thousands of times, but hadn't made the slightest dent.
Turning around, he eyed the three of them warily.
"What's the matter? Giving up already? Maybe you'll get through if you try a few more times."
Ye Chen looked at Sumari with a teasing smile.
At the same time, he held a little gadget in his hand: a secret weapon for taking the Dark Silver Flying Knife from Sumari.
Sumari relied far too heavily on his Dark Silver Flying Knife. Ninety percent of his strength lay in it. Without the knife, he was like a snake without fangs.
Looking at Ye Chen's taunting smile, Sumari fixed him with a cold, narrow-eyed stare. "Who are you?"
"The man who's going to kill you!"
As the words left his mouth, Ye Chen shot forward.
Sumari instinctively fired his flying knife, but when it came within ten meters of Ye Chen, it suddenly lost control and dropped toward the ground.
Ye Chen caught the falling Dark Silver Flying Knife and instantly stowed it in his Portable Space. Without slowing down, a great spear appeared in his hand.
As Ye Chen swung it, the air cracked like thunder. The spear swept toward Sumari, who had frozen for an instant after suddenly losing contact with his Dark Silver Flying Knife.
From the moment Ye Chen charged, to Sumari losing contact with his weapon, to Ye Chen snatching it away and reaching him with a sweeping strike, it had all happened in a split second.
Feeling the violent gust from the incoming spear, Sumari proved himself a seasoned warrior. Even after spending tens of thousands of years in a life of drunken revelry, he still had some combat instincts left.
He dodged Ye Chen's blow, then instinctively tried to control his Dark Silver Flying Knife—only to remember that the man in front of him had somehow stolen it.
The realization made him furious.
"Bastard! Where did you put my flying knife?"
After dodging another of Ye Chen's attacks, Sumari looked at his slashed-up clothes and roared in anger.
"You're still worried about your flying knife? Heh. You'd better start thinking about how to stay alive."
As he spoke, the great spear in Ye Chen's hands moved like a mighty dragon, surging without pause.
The Thirteen Basic Forms of Great Spear Technique—thrusting, stabbing, lifting, sweeping, twisting, hooking, chopping, and more—flowed from his hands as smoothly as water.
Over the past two hundred years, he'd trained with all eighteen kinds of weapons. He'd only practiced with them to pass the time.
His talent in martial arts was pitiful, but he had one advantage: he lived a long time.
For more than two hundred years, he'd avoided complicated techniques and just kept practicing the same basic moves over and over.
Even though he'd practiced on and off, after hundreds of years he'd still ground those basic moves into a state of mastery.
Well, he couldn't do any of the techniques beyond the basic ones—the slightest bit more complex, and he was lost. You could say he'd spent more than two hundred years as a Martial Arts Apprentice.
BOOM!!
The spear slammed hard into Sumari's face, and his body crashed into the Space Barrier.
Ye Chen pushed off the air with one foot and instantly reached him, bringing the spear down in a powerful blow.
With a tremendous crack of bursting air, a violent wave of force exploded outward, punching a massive hole in the clouds above.
Watching Sumari plummet, Ye Chen rolled his neck. "This guy's completely useless without his Dark Silver Flying Knife."
A Zhui flew over. She and Angel Yan were both staring at him in astonishment.
Seeing them, Ye Chen put an arm around A Zhui's waist. He didn't care that Angel Yan was right there like a giant lightbulb—he kissed A Zhui and grinned. "What? It's only been a few minutes. Have you already forgotten who I am?"
"You... Don't be so shameless. Sister Yan's right here."
Ye Chen's sudden move made A Zhui's cheeks flush red. She lightly swatted his shoulder with her little hand, annoyed.
Across from them, Angel Yan watched the sudden public display of affection and felt a little overwhelmed.
"Enough, you two! I'm standing right here. Don't act like I'm invisible! If you want to make out, go do it when we get back..."
At that, A Zhui quickly pushed Ye Chen's hand away. "All right, quit fooling around. Let's go see how that scum's doing."
Ye Chen nodded and stopped teasing A Zhui.
She was perfect in every way, except that she blushed too easily. She couldn't take a joke at all.
The three of them flew down. Sumari was covered in blood, staggering as he still tried to escape.
Seeing that, Ye Chen swung the great spear in his hand. It instantly tore through the air and shot toward Sumari.
It pierced straight through him with ease, then slammed into the Space Barrier and pinned him there.
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