"I'm saying, couldn't you be a little more considerate of me?" An Changyan complained.
Chen Beixun lowered his eyes and glanced at the Shadow Void Disk beneath the other man's feet.
"What?" An Changyan swayed over to Chen Beixun on the Shadow Void Disk.
"What's wrong? Coveting my Shadow Void Disk?" he teased.
Chen Beixun said nothing. He merely patted the other man's head, then turned and continued along the route they had been following. An Changyan followed behind him, gazing at his back with a shy smile.
Suddenly, a white point of light came hurtling toward them.
An Changyan reacted quickly and dodged. The white blade of light skimmed past the tip of his nose, traced an arc, then swooped toward him again.
"What the hell is that?" An Changyan cried in alarm. Several small swords flew out from the Yan Shen Armament behind him, forming three Golden Illusion Swords that blocked the attack.
A tremendous impact boomed through space.
Boom!
Chen Beixun appeared beside An Changyan in an instant. He grabbed him and flung him behind himself. Seeing that the other man was no longer in immediate danger, he finally unleashed his full strength.
Under his control, 81 white swords combined into nine longswords and smashed toward the point of light.
Bang!
Blinding white light filled the area, and white mist coalesced in space.
"Gold Silver Flying Blades?" Chen Beixun stared at the silver, crescent-shaped blade, now split into two pieces after being struck by the nine longswords.
The Gold Silver Flying Blades were a Tier 3 Telekinetic Weapon. Chen Beixun had used them before, so he recognized them.
Suddenly, a powerful sense of unease surged through him. He twisted around sharply and flew toward An Changyan with all his might.
He reached out with the hand wearing the World Ring and sent An Changyan inside it.
With An Changyan gone, the three Golden Illusion Swords immediately dropped to the ground as if gravity had taken hold of them.
Boom!
A golden blade of light streaked past the spot where An Changyan had just been.
Less than 0.1 seconds had passed.
"Phew!" Chen Beixun let out a sharp breath. Behind him, the silver crescent blade that had been split in two joined back together and shot into motion.
Chen Beixun casually tilted his head to one side, dodging the silver crescent blade's attack.
The blade didn't stop flying just because its attack had missed. Instead, it sped toward the other blade of light.
One gold, one silver, the blades chased each other around Chen Beixun.
"Three."
"Two."
"One."
Chen Beixun counted silently. When he reached "one," his body flickered and split into a thousand afterimages, evading the attack.
He knew this Telekinetic Weapon inside and out. He could predict its next attack even with his eyes closed.
"The Gold Silver Flying Blades are powerful, but there's always a brief opening when they combine for an attack." Chen Beixun's eyes turned cold. The thousand afterimages merged into one, and he stomped hard on the Gold Cloud Shuttle.
In an instant, Chen Beixun shot forward like a streak of golden light. The shock wave bursting from him was like a tornado.
He darted back and forth through space like a phantom.
"Found you!" Chen Beixun sensed resistance through his telekinetic power and was overjoyed. He immediately leaped off the Gold Cloud Shuttle.
The instant his feet touched the ground, he pushed off with all his might. His figure became like a bolt of lightning tearing through the sky.
"So fast!" The man who had ambushed them was stunned. He wore alloy armor.
"Stop him!" the man shouted, desperately controlling the Gold Silver Flying Blades and calling them back. He leaned backward along with his body, falling onto a telekinetic flying weapon that had appeared out of nowhere.
Hearing the shrill whistle closing in behind him, Chen Beixun timed his move and lowered his body, dodging the incoming Gold Silver Flying Blades with a sliding kick.
The Gold Silver Flying Blades screamed over his head, while the Heng Divine Weapon behind him disappeared.
The Heng Divine Weapon was too long, so he had put it inside the Space Ring while dodging the attack.
A long saber appeared out of nowhere in Chen Beixun's right hand. He planted his left hand on the ground to stop his slide, then used it as a pivot to spring back up.
"Whoosh—" Chen Beixun exhaled. The Heng Divine Weapon reappeared behind him. Gripping the saber in reverse, he hurled it with all his strength.
The saber was wreathed in white, icy air as it tore through the sky, leaving a long trail of white mist.
Seeing the saber close in within the blink of an eye, the man didn't hesitate. He controlled the flying telekinetic weapon beneath him and darted to the right.
Swish!
The saber was simply too fast.
A wet thud rang out.
The saber plunged straight into the man's chest.
Watching the scene, Chen Beixun sent several small white swords flying from behind him. They formed three long white swords.
"Don't!" the man pleaded through telepathy.
Chen Beixun's gaze was icy. He appeared before the man in an instant, then held the Heng Divine Weapon against his throat and asked, "Have you seen this person?!"
A photo of someone appeared as a projection above Chen Beixun's arm.
"I have!" the man gasped, writhing in agony.
He knew the man before him could kill him in an instant, so he had to take a chance, even if it was a desperate one!
"Don't resist!" Chen Beixun's eyes narrowed as he used soul-searching.
An invisible force invaded the man's sea of consciousness, but suddenly, something blocked it.
"I told you not to resist!" Chen Beixun roared furiously. He dismissed the projection, reached for the saber's hilt, gripped it, and twisted it sharply!
"Ah!" The man screamed like a madman as an intense, sudden pain tore through him.
"Just kill me!" the man roared. Warm blood kept spraying from his chest.
It splattered across Chen Beixun's face.
"Heh. You're not going to die. Trust me!" Chen Beixun twisted the saber's hilt again.
"No! I really don't know!" the man howled, breaking down.
Chen Beixun smiled. "No, no! You definitely know!"
He twisted the saber, turning it this way and that, up and down.
Chen Beixun was even afraid the man might die before he got an answer, so he kept forcing healing potions down his throat.
The man's screams filled the air!
"Do you know now?" Chen Beixun asked.
"I know, I know! Just kill me!" the man begged in despair.
"No, you still don't know." Chen Beixun smiled.
"Don't! Don't! I really don't know!" the man screamed until his voice went hoarse. Saliva mixed with blood sprayed from his mouth.
Squelch—
"You don't know, but you said you did." Chen Beixun pulled the saber from the man's chest, then finished him off with a single slash.
After dealing with the enemy, Chen Beixun didn't linger. He gathered the spoils and quickly left.
Beneath a fallen stone pillar, Chen Beixun leaned against a white stone slab, quietly stroking An Changyan as he lay in his arms.
"That was terrifyingly close!" Remembering the fight, An Changyan couldn't help shuddering.
"How strong was that guy?" he asked suddenly, looking at Chen Beixun with curious, eager eyes.
"He was a very capable Universe Level 6 Controller. I'd say he could rival a Universe Level 9 powerhouse," Chen Beixun replied.
"Then he was really strong!" An Changyan said in surprise. "It's already hard for a Universe Level 8 to fight a Universe Level 9. And he could actually rival one."
"But he wasn't stronger than you! So I want to reward you..." An Changyan sat up straight, his eyes burning with desire as his body began to tremble.
"Could we first figure out where we are?" Chen Beixun asked with an awkward smile.
"Mm... when we get back..." An Changyan replied with a soft, breathy moan.
"Really, don't do that." Chen Beixun tapped the other man's head, then fell into thought as he reviewed the fight.
"That guy's level was too low, so I let my guard down."
"Next time, I need to be more careful. Even a passing dog gets slapped twice!"