Having successfully driven back the Abyss's demonic claws, Ye Chen's humanity immediately blazed anew, bringing him back into the world of reality once more!
"Not enough."
"The power is still far, far from enough."
"I have to become stronger."
"Stronger, stronger, stronger."
"For that, I need to..."
"To. Keep. Evolving. All. The. Way. On------!"
With this unwavering conviction, crimson bloodflame carried his renewed body into rebirth amid the howling winds of the bitterly cold sky!
Ye Chen abruptly opened his pair of burning eyes!
At the same time, the edge of the cleaver, stained with the Butcher Hunter's blood, stabbed straight at Ye Chen's face!
But this time, things were different from before.
This time, Ye Chen's eyes, bursting with bloody light, barely managed to make out Jietisikoki's movements!
Then, the Bloodsmith Hunter threw himself backward with all his might, causing the Butcher Hunter's blade tip to do no more than slice away the skin of his face. By the narrowest of margins, he escaped the humiliating fate of dying the instant he opened his eyes!
And after the blade missed its mark, what entered Ye Chen's vision next was a leg shadow as blurred and elusive as the night itself!
Unable to dodge, Ye Chen immediately swung his burning elbow, forcefully meeting Jietisikoki's deadly pursuit with the savage force of bloodflame!
Boom!
A muffled thunderclap shook heaven and earth!
The arm Ye Chen had raised in defense shattered and disintegrated on the spot!
Yet, because of this, he escaped death, only to be blasted from the sky by the overwhelmingly powerful impact and hurled dozens of kilometers away to the distant ground!
Rumble------!
Ye Chen's impact and momentum tore a rift several kilometers long through the boundless Glass Plains.
In an instant, smoke and dust erupted and spread like