The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

The Blood Fiend Tower assassin's speed was pushed to the absolute limit!

With his Qi Condensation Fourth Layer cultivation fully unleashed, he was in front of Chen Chen in the blink of an eye!

His withered, claw-like hand, whistling as it tore through the air, aimed straight for Chen Chen's throat!

This strike contained the assassin's entire essence, spirit, and will – vicious and deadly!

In his eyes, this mere Second Level of Qi Condensation brat had no chance of dodging his lightning-fast attack!

He had even already planned out what kind of torture he would use to extract all of the brat's secrets after capturing him.

However, just as his claws were about to touch Chen Chen's neck.

Chen Chen moved.

He didn't retreat, nor did he dodge.

He simply raised his head.

Beneath the bamboo hat, a pair of eyes lit up.

What kind of eyes were those!

The left eye was a demonic, blood-red color, like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!

The right eye was a bottomless, pitch-black abyss!

Two completely different, yet equally heart-stopping auras erupted from those eyes!

"Eye of Asura!"

"Nine Nether Soul Refining!"

At this moment, Chen Chen simultaneously pushed his two great soul cultivation techniques to their limits!

A majestic soul impact, blending these two extreme powers, surged like an invisible, monstrous wave, crashing fiercely into the Blood Fiend Tower assassin's mind!

"Buzz--!"

The assassin felt as if his head was being forcefully squeezed by two mountains from the left and right!

His entire soul trembled violently at that moment, as if it were about to be torn apart!

An unprecedented, intense pain exploded from the depths of his sea of consciousness!

"Ah!"

He let out a shrill scream, and his charging body suddenly halted!

The killing intent and elation in his eyes were instantly replaced by boundless shock and agony!

A soul attack!

This brat actually hid such a terrifying soul attack method!

The intensity of this soul power... had even surpassed the scope of the Qi Condensation Realm!

What kind of monster was he?!

In a battle between experts, victory or defeat is decided in an instant.

This 0.1-second lapse in concentration was fatal for a top assassin!

"Now!"

Killing intent flashed in Chen Chen's eyes!

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for!

Seven Shadows Step!

His figure instantly blurred, and with one step, seven afterimages appeared simultaneously!

In the next second, the seven figures merged into one, and the Ink Shadow Sword in his hand, which had been unsheathed at some unknown time, was revealed!

The ferocious sword, which had absorbed three-tenths of his Asura True Qi, hummed with a thirst for blood at this moment!

A sword light, as black as ink but tinged with a hint of demonic blood-red, silently pierced towards the assassin's heart like a bolt of death lightning tearing through the night sky!

Fast!

Too fast!

This sword strike fused all of Chen Chen's speed, power, and killing intent!

Although the assassin managed to regain his senses amidst the intense pain, he was too late to mount any effective defense against this earth-shattering sword strike!

He could only watch helplessly as the black sword edge rapidly enlarged in his pupils!

"No--!"

He let out a desperate roar.

However, just as the sword edge was about to pierce his heart.

An anomaly occurred once again!

"Clang!"

A crisp clang of metal against metal suddenly rang out on the quiet Mass Grave!

A white sword, as pure as moonlight, appeared from nowhere and precisely blocked Chen Chen's Ink Shadow Sword!

A powerful force violently swept aside Chen Chen's killing blow!

Chen Chen's pupils contracted sharply!

Without a second thought, he immediately retreated, creating distance between himself and the newcomer.

He looked up ahead.

A white figure, like a fairy under the moon, landed silently between him and the Blood Fiend Tower assassin.

The newcomer was clad in white, with a graceful figure and a cool demeanor, holding a three-foot-long sword.

It was Lin Yueru!

"You!"

The Blood Fiend Tower assassin, who had narrowly escaped death, looked at the suddenly appearing Lin Yueru with shock and anger. "Who are you? How dare you meddle in Blood Fiend Tower's business?"

Lin Yueru didn't even bother to look at him.

Her cool eyes simply gazed at Chen Chen. She parted her red lips, and her voice, though not loud, clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Your opponent is me."

"Kill Wang Teng."

Four words, sharp and decisive.

They stated her stance and fulfilled her promise.

Chen Chen looked at her and nodded.

He knew Lin Yueru hadn't disappointed him.

"Lin Yueru?!"

On the other side, Wang Teng, who was preparing to rush over and take advantage of the situation, also had a drastic change in expression the moment he saw Lin Yueru!

He never expected Lin Yueru to appear here!

And judging by the looks of it, she was allied with that brat who had won the Azure Cloud Token!

"Lin Yueru! What do you mean by this?!" Wang Teng questioned, shocked and enraged. "You're colluding with someone of unknown origin and trying to kill me? Are you crazy?!"

"Wang Teng, a year ago, you ruined my reputation," Lin Yueru slowly turned her head to look at Wang Teng. Her cool eyes erupted with immense hatred and killing intent at that moment!

"Today, it's time for you to pay the price!"

As her voice fell, the aura around her erupted!

The powerful pressure of Qi Condensation Sixth Layer swept out in all directions like a mountain flood and tsunami!

"Qi Condensation Sixth Layer!"

The Blood Fiend Tower assassin's face changed again!

He finally understood why he had felt a fatal sense of danger just now!

So, besides that kid with the strange spiritual power, there was actually a Qi Condensation Sixth Layer expert hidden in the shadows!

This was a trap!

A trap specifically set for him!

"Go!"

Without a second thought, he turned to flee!

Although he was an assassin at Qi Condensation Fourth Layer, skilled in assassination, he didn't have the confidence to face a genius cultivator at Qi Condensation Sixth Layer head-on!

"Trying to leave? Too late!"

Lin Yueru snorted coldly. Her figure flickered, and the sword in her hand twirled into a brilliant flower of sword light, like a maggot on one's bones, chasing after the assassin!

"You damn woman, you're asking for death!"

Seeing that escape was impossible, the assassin's ferocity was ignited. He roared and turned to fight Lin Yueru!

For a time, sword light and bloody shadows intertwined, and the powerful energy fluctuations sent the surrounding grave mounds flying!

And on the other side.

Wang Teng's expression had become extremely grim.

He looked at the straw-hatted youth walking towards him step by step, and for the first time, a trace of fear arose in his heart.

The two Qi Condensation Fifth Layer protectors beside him immediately stepped in front of him, looking at Chen Chen with solemn expressions.

"Kid, who exactly are you? Why are you opposing our Azure Cloud Sect?" one protector asked in a deep voice.

Chen Chen did not answer them.

His gaze passed through the two protectors, locking firmly onto Wang Teng.

It was the gaze one would give a dead man.

"Kill him! Kill him for me!"

Wang Teng, unnerved by Chen Chen's gaze, screamed hysterically!

"Yes!"

The two Qi Condensation Fifth Layer protectors exchanged glances. Without further hesitation, they let out a low roar simultaneously and attacked Chen Chen from both sides!