Chapter 68: Trampling
Yu Kan and Ma Jun had never expected that, at such a critical moment, the long blade in Chen Yue's hand would break, leaving him with only half of it. How was he supposed to fend off Zhao Mang's desperate attack, wild as a mad tiger?
Facing Zhao Mang's frenzied assault and the disadvantage of his broken blade, Chen Yue showed not the slightest hint of panic. His gaze was frighteningly calm, as though the weapon that had snapped were nothing more than an insignificant branch.
As the Mountain-Splitting Blade came chopping toward him with a fierce gust of wind, Chen Yue neither dodged nor retreated. He gripped the half-blade in his right hand, turned his wrist, and met Zhao Mang's mighty downward slash with the side of the broken blade—precisely.
"Clang!"
The impact was brief and dull. Chen Yue used the angle and the art of deflecting force with exquisite skill. Rather than meet the blow head-on, he guided Zhao Mang's powerful strike aside.
The immense force transmitted through the broken blade left his arm tingling, but the Treading Mountains and Rivers footwork was already flowing beneath his feet like instinct.
Using the momentum of that deflection, Chen Yue slid sideways and forward, closing in on Zhao Mang's wide-open chest and abdomen in a movement that should have been impossible.
The two were so close they could smell the thick stench of blood on each other.
At close quarters, fists and feet were king!
Chen Yue abruptly sank his waist and abdomen, lowering his center of gravity. His right shoulder, like a battering ram brimming with power, gathered the vigorous inner force of the Mountain-Crushing Art and the terrifying strength of the Dragon Roar Shirt. With the most forceful, explosive Mountain-Collapsing Lean, he slammed straight into