A Battle with Zero Margin for Error

At that moment, time seemed to slow a hundredfold!

Wang Qingtian felt a resolute, razor-sharp threat coming from behind him. It was so fast that he didn't even have time to take out his teleportation token!

"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!"

His heart raced wildly, and cold sweat instantly soaked his entire body!

The dagger had yet to pierce his flesh, but he had already lost all sense of time and space. It was as though he had become a spirit, and he even saw the Grim Reaper carrying a black scythe!

It's over... I'm going to die...

Wang Qingtian's heart turned to dead ashes.

But the next second-

"Fire Dragon Token!"

A surging blaze shot past Wang Qingtian from behind!

The searing line of fire blazed across the high sky, drawing a line between life and death!

Du Lian's pupils abruptly contracted just as he was about to drive his dagger into Wang Qingtian's flesh!

Like Wang Qingtian, he felt the threat of death!

If that blaze struck him, he would be crippled even if he survived!

He had put all his skill points into assassination. His body was ordinary, and his defense was pitifully low. That seemed to be a trait common to all assassins, and he was no exception!

I have to dodge!

"Bang!" He changed direction in midair in a bizarre maneuver, his face full of furious unwillingness. But he didn't dare advance another inch and could only watch as the blaze swept past his eyes, stopping him from taking Wang Qingtian's life!

At that moment, Du Lian became visible!

The assassination he had waited so long for had failed. He lost his composure and roared!

"Who was it!?"

Everyone looked over and saw the man who had been judged the weakest person there floating quietly in the air, staring at Du Lian without expression.

Their eyes met.

Du Lian's pupils abruptly contracted, because he saw something in the other man's eyes that was utterly different from the other humans!

Cold, indifferent, treating life as no more than grass.

That alone was enough to tell him that Xiao Fan was extraordinary!

"Well, well... you fooled everyone!"

Du Lian said coldly, "So you're the third super genius!"

"As expected of the Overlord Martial Emperor. He had already arranged everything for his inheritor!"

"But so what?"

"It's just the difference between dying sooner or later!"

With that, Du Lian took a deep breath and calmed his emotions, preparing to activate his bloodline ability and leave under cover of invisibility!

Xiao Fan charged forward without hesitation.

"Whoosh!"

A fist shot straight toward Du Lian's cheek.

"So fast!" Du Lian's pupils shook, and he barely managed to dodge!

An assassin's speed was naturally maxed out too. His was even a little higher than Xiao Fan's, since he was a whole major realm above him!

But while he was still in shock, Xiao Fan remained calm and quickly reached out with his other hand, grabbing Du Lian's arm!

Du Lian's gaze turned cold, and he thrust out the Assassination Star without hesitation. As long as it touched Xiao Fan, he would surely drop dead on the spot!

But Xiao Fan's combat awareness completely shattered Du Lian's worldview!

It wasn't just him. Everyone around them watched dumbstruck, bewildered, their scalps tingling!

The two were locked together in close combat, and the Assassination Star stabbed back and forth around Xiao Fan, clipping off a few strands of his hair one moment and passing a millimeter in front of his neck the next!

Yet it couldn't touch his flesh!

Du Lian's gaze was icy, and his movements grew faster and faster. Xiao Fan did the same!

In everyone's eyes, the two fought within a five-meter radius, exchanging blows as they coiled around each other like two venomous snakes!

Both men's fists and feet were as swift as the wind, even turning into afterimages, yet neither could touch the other!

Watching the fight had everyone's heart in their throat, especially Wang Guangyi's.

He had been through countless battles himself, which was why he was the most shocked at that moment.

It was a very quiet fight. Aside from the occasional rush of a fist through the air, there was nothing to hear, but quiet didn't mean safe!

Wang Guangyi knew perfectly well that Xiao Fan would die if the Assassination Star touched him even once!

One hit and he was gone!

The margin for error was zero!

Yet Xiao Fan was so calm it was outrageous!

Several times, the Assassination Star was just about to pierce his flesh, yet he dodged it as though he had expected it all along, and even managed to counterattack!

There wasn't a flicker of emotion on his resolute face, and his eyes remained fixed on his opponent's every move!

This was a close-quarters fight in which he could lose his life at any moment, yet he could remain this calm. Was it talent?

He was a monster, wasn't he!?

On the battlefield.

As Du Lian fought, panic had already begun to rise in his heart!

The close-quarters combat he had trained so hard in since childhood had been crushed!

His opponent had to dodge the Assassination Star while keeping his body restrained, and could counterattack at the same time?

He himself only had to do one thing: drive the dagger into Xiao Fan's flesh!

But his opponent had to do three things at once!

What the hell kind of opponent was this?

Although for now, the two appeared evenly matched!

But as he watched Xiao Fan dodge the Assassination Star again and again, Du Lian could no longer keep his composure. His psychological defenses were trembling.

Just then, Xiao Fan finally seized an opportunity, his right hand wrapping directly around his opponent's left!

"It's over!"

"Tai Chi Yang Hand!"

He unleashed his force. If it landed, Du Lian's defense was such that he would be crippled even if he survived.

But Du Lian also counterattacked in a panic. "Softening!"

His body became as supple as a snake's, leaving Xiao Fan's Yang Hand with nothing firm to strike!

But it wasn't much of a problem. His expression remained composed.

"Then One-Inch Punch!"

Bang!

The force drove straight into Du Lian's internal organs. His eyes abruptly bulged, nearly bursting from their sockets.

How can there be such terrifying force!

Damn it, run!

But Xiao Fan pressed his advantage without hesitation.

"Twin Peaks Strike the Ears!"

Two huge palms slapped hard toward Du Lian's ears. If they landed, the alien genius would probably be finished!

Beside Du Lian's ears, the fierce wind whipped up by the powerful palm strikes was deafening. They hadn't touched him yet, but his ears were already stinging!

He knew he absolutely couldn't let them hit him!

Du Lian hesitated no longer and abruptly spat a black bead from his mouth.

"Boom!"

An earth-shaking explosion erupted, sending dust billowing across the ground. A crater over ten meters in diameter appeared!

Everyone's expression grew grave.

Wang Guangyi's face in particular was exceptionally grim!

That was a demon bomb. It contained power unique to demons and was immensely destructive, but less than a tenth of its force would affect a demon caught in the blast!

But could Xiao Fan withstand it?

If he dies... I won't have the face to go on living either!

After all, Xiao Fan had warned him long ago that there was an assassin, but he had dismissed the warning, causing all of this!

But the next second!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Two figures burst through the dust one after the other and sped into the sky, vanishing over the horizon in just a few seconds!

Wang Guangyi let out a long breath and touched his heart, thinking, It's good that he's all right... good that he's all right...

But on second thought, he broke out in goosebumps again.

Wasn't Xiao Fan far too terrifying?

After being caught in the blast of a demon bomb, not only was he all right, but he could even keep up the pursuit?

What was this?

Was his body made of steel!?

High in the sky, the two sped along like streaks of light, one behind the other!

Du Lian was truly terrified this time. "What kind of monster are you?"

His perception was astonishing. He had been the first to notice Du Lian's attack and had stopped it!

The flames weren't high-level, but they were so intense that Du Lian hadn't dared take them head-on!

His body was astonishing. He had been caught in the blast of a fourth-tier demon bomb and come out unscathed!

His strength was astonishing. Two moves had nearly killed Du Lian on the spot!

His speed went without saying. Du Lian specialized in speed, yet had nearly been caught?

Most terrifying of all was his combat awareness. From beginning to end, he hadn't said a word, and even now, there wasn't the slightest ripple on his face. He was just like fucking Deadpool!

He can't actually be Deadpool, can he?

But it wasn't much of a problem. Xiao Fan was fast enough, but he couldn't catch up to Du Lian in the end. If he insisted on chasing him, Du Lian would lead him to the alien base! They might be able to surround and kill him!

Just then, a fierce blaze came roaring toward him!

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