Chen Yu glanced at Tang Yan with an impassive gaze, showing little emotion toward this unexpected visitor. "What is it?"
Tang Yan wasted no time and immediately explained the proposed cooperation with the Spirit Herb Garden.
Chen Yu interrupted him after only a couple of sentences, a fighting spirit flashing in his eyes. "A bit complicated. I don't understand. You want me to do something for you, right?
"If you can beat me, junior brother, I'll sort it out for you!
"If you can't, go back and train some more!"
A real battle maniac... Tang Yan glanced at Chen Yu, whose fighting spirit was soaring. He knew that Chen Yu didn't care who the Spirit Herb Garden went to. None of it mattered as much as the sword.
"All right!" Tang Yan nodded. "Make your move, senior brother!"
A flash of approval crossed Chen Yu's eyes. "Straight to the point!
"But you should attack first, junior brother. I'm afraid you won't have a chance later!"
"Thank you for your consideration, senior brother!" Without hesitation, Tang Yan drew the Ninefold Mountain and swung it at Chen Yu.
The strike looked utterly ordinary, with no dazzling sword qi, no majestic sword intent, and no surging sword momentum.
Too plain... Chen Yu felt disdain.
Suddenly, an endless force erupted, vast and weighty, rolling toward him.
Chen Yu's expression changed abruptly.
"Star River!"
He unleashed the sword strike he had just comprehended, holding nothing back.
Countless stars seemed to gleam within the brilliant sword qi.
Bang!
When their sword qi collided, the rolling tide of momentum mercilessly swallowed the starlight filling the sky. Then it engulfed him as well.
When Chen Yu woke again, he saw Tang Yan kneeling beside him, pleading abjectly, "Senior brother, please don't die!"
"I'm not dead!" With Tang Yan's