The moment his words fell, Yun Jin became a bolt of interwoven cyan and black lightning. His blade, wrapped in Cangwu Pure Qi even stronger than Yun Che's, cleaved straight toward Yun Che's head. Before the saber wind reached him, its sharp force had already cut a half-foot-deep fissure in the stone slab beside his feet.
Yun Che twisted aside to evade the strike and swept the Immortal-Splitting Saber up in a backhand slash, cutting straight for Yun Jin's saber-wielding wrist. Cyan Blade Qi grazed Yun Jin's forearm and left a bloody gash, but black energy immediately surged from the wound. In the blink of an eye, it sealed the injury completely, leaving not even a trace of blood.
"What, you can't even bring yourself to strike hard?"
Yun Jin chuckled and drove his knee toward Yun Che's lower abdomen. At the same time, he pressed his blade down, forcibly pushing the Immortal-Splitting Saber toward Yun Che's shoulder.
"If you keep holding back, you'll be the one who dies."
Yun Che took the knee head-on with a muffled grunt and used the force of his retreat to open up some distance. Cangwu Pure Qi raced through his meridians, forcibly suppressing his surging blood, while four Immortal Art Phenomena swirled behind him and swept toward Yun Jin again.
"If you're going to fight, then fight. Why so much nonsense?"
Four blades of differently colored light slashed down at Yun Jin together, but he merely raised his saber to block. His black energy actually swallowed and digested all four blades of light, channeling them through his saber into his body and strengthening his aura further.
"See? Every attack you make just gives me more power."
Yun Jin advanced slowly with his saber in hand, the force radiating from him crushing the loose