On Jade Yao Peak.
At night.
In a secluded, deserted spot.
Beneath the moonlight, Liu Jun, a handsome young man with a cold gaze, wore white robes and carried a longsword on his back. He narrowed his eyes at the hazy, indistinct figure before him.
"A... a mere disciple at the f-fourth layer of Qi Refining d-dares to ch-challenge me? You must be t-tired of l-living!"
"Since you're s-seeking death, I'll... I'll g-give you what you want!"
"This ch-challenge has n-no restrictions."
"The winner will only be d-decided when someone v-voluntarily... v-voluntarily... sh-shouts that they surrender."
"H-how about it?"
The imposing scene fell apart.
Hearing this, Chen Yu nodded.
"S-sure."
"?"
Liu Jun froze.
Then fury surged through him!
"Y-you, y-y-you... you're copying me?!"
"N-no... no." Chen Yu shook his head and said with difficulty, "You've g-g-got me doing it too."
!
Liu Jun seethed.
His stutter grew even worse.
"You're a-asking... a-a-a-a-asking to die!"
With that, he clenched both fists and charged straight at the indistinct figure in the darkness ahead.
The other boy was only a disciple at the fourth layer of Qi Refining, yet he dared to humiliate him like this. Liu Jun swung his fist toward roughly where the mouth of that dark silhouette ought to be.
Whoosh-
Although Liu Jun had entered the Outer Sect Genius Ranking by taking Xu Xingyao's place, he had won every one of the countless challenges that followed. That was proof enough of his strength.
He moved like a gale, reaching Chen Yu in an instant.
An ordinary disciple facing such an attack might have taken a solid punch on the spot.
Except...
"S-so slow!"
Chen Yu watched Liu Jun charge at him in surprise.
The other boy seemed to be moving in slow motion.
The peak of the sixth