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Chapter 1044 - 1016: Li Chen’s Second Blade

Chapter 1044: Chapter 1016: Li Chen’s Second Blade

Ten minutes.

Odelia’s recovery state indeed took less than ten minutes.

Originally, she thought Li Chen wouldn’t be able to hold off Ratis, given the absolute gap in cultivation between them.

Even if Li Chen’s strength broke through to the Black Rope, it’s just a freshly broken-through Black Rope. Compared to Ratis, a Union-level Demon Royal Family member, there was still a certain gap.

However, when she focused and saw the fight between the two, she was involuntarily stunned.

Because Li Chen not only truly stopped Ratis but also didn’t seem to be at any disadvantage. In fact, looking at both their expressions, one might subconsciously think that Ratis was the one falling behind.

And indeed, that was the case.

"What’s going on?!"

"How can a mere human be this strong? He’s just a human! And I! I am Ratis, a Demon Royal Family member! How can I be suppressed by a human?!"

Ratis’s face was fierce, the black light in his hand constantly gathering, frantically outputting forward.

And not far in front of him was a massive blade light, crimson like blood.

He didn’t understand how with his strength, he was being suppressed by such a blade light.

Clearly... clearly the other is just a Black Rope!

Behind the Hong Mang, Li Chen’s face showed a slight cold smile: "Demon Royal Family? Even if it’s the Demon Royal Family, dimwitted is still dimwitted. Guys like you will never understand the power of Huaxia’s Ancient Martial Arts."

From the previous skirmish, Li Chen realized.

Although his foundation was deep, in terms of true cultivation, he was still at a certain disadvantage compared to Ratis.

After all, even though both were at Earth Level, every step within the Earth Level had a gap nearly tenfold in size.

But, he knew martial arts!

The greatest subtlety of Huaxia Martial Arts is that it can maximize the smallest strength. Ignoring beginner techniques like using force against force, just in terms of explosive power alone, the martial arts Li Chen learned had many that could explosively unleash his strength tenfold or even several times more.

While Ratis was strong, he was entangled in how to fully unleash his strength at this stage.

But for Li Chen, he was already thinking on another level of matters.

Li Chen even thought that perhaps a Black Rope-level Huaxia Martial Artist might be stronger than Ratis.

"Boom!!"

The light exploded, and violent gales swept around.

Li Chen glanced at a distance, then frowned slightly: "Silly woman, what are you standing there for?"

Hearing Li Chen’s words, Odelia was taken aback because the person Li Chen was talking to was precisely her.

Instinctively, a look of anger appeared on Odelia’s face.

Silly woman! This was the first time in her life someone had called her that!

But she also understood that at this moment, there wasn’t much time for her to hesitate. Since Li Chen had already proven his strength, she indeed needed to do something else now.

She also saw that several of her kin had already fallen into dire combat.

Besides the Queen, the Elf Race indeed had about ten Earth-level experts.

But the Demon Clan Earth-level experts invading the Elf territory this time were even more!

Stamping her foot angrily, Odelia turned around and quickly ran into the distance. She needed to support her kin as soon as possible.

Seeing Odelia leave, Ratis made no move to stop her.

Because he knew very well that the enemy before him, afraid even more terrifying than Odelia, would spell disaster if the two joined forces.

With just one person, he should be barely able to cope... probably?

Even he, after the skirmish just now, couldn’t help but have some doubts about himself.

Feeling his state, Li Chen’s eyebrows slightly raised. His condition wasn’t actually as good as Ratis thought. After all, he only had Black Rope cultivation, a whole rank below Ratis.

So if it turned into a war of attrition, it would be very disadvantageous for him.

For Li Chen, resolving the battle as quickly as possible was the main path.

However, a Union-level Demon Royal Family wasn’t something easily killed. Even if Ratis couldn’t defeat him, surviving under his hands wasn’t too big a problem either.

"If I drag on any longer, my True Qi will likely deplete first, can’t wait any longer." Li Chen’s expression slightly stiffened.

In the next moment, Li Chen stomped the Plum Flower Steps, closing in on Ratis with a trajectory hard to follow.

Seeing Li Chen rapidly approaching, Ratis’s expression instinctively changed, and he fluttered his wings, intending to soar into the air.

Although the sky was the battleground for two Scorching-level experts, if he didn’t fly too high, it shouldn’t be greatly affected.

However, he hadn’t flown far before a sudden Wind Breaker sound followed him.

"Clang!!"

The Red Moon Slash clashed against the serrated edge of the great sword, producing an eardrum-shattering collision.

The web between Li Chen’s thumb and forefinger and Ratis’s palms were split almost simultaneously.

Yet Li Chen seemed unbothered by the pain, and without hesitation, threw another punch.

The fist landed on the blade of the great sword.

Of course, Li Chen didn’t intend to shatter this great sword; what he wanted was...

Strike the cow from across the mountain!

"What?!"

Ratis’s eyes were filled with disbelief. He couldn’t believe that punch was supposed to land on the sword, so why did it feel as if it landed directly on himself?

His body lost control in an instant, spewing a mouthful of dark green blood, and Ratis instantly fell back to the ground.

Li Chen’s figure was in mid-air but didn’t go down immediately. Instead, he took a deep breath.

"I’ve been brewing this strike for a long time."

As Li Chen inhaled deeply, the surrounding spiritual energy began converging towards him rapidly.

But if looked closely, one would find that the spiritual energy wasn’t gathering towards Li Chen himself but towards the... Red Moon in his hand!

"As a trump card killer move, my sword technique can’t just rely on one strike all the time. And although Unsheathed is powerful, by now, against stronger opponents, it’s already starting to be less effective."

"So, I’ll try it with what I’ve learned so far."

"The second strike."

A long time ago, Li Chen started pondering his path. After reaching Earth Level, he also understood that perhaps he could still borrow other martial arts to enhance himself.

But the killer move should still belong uniquely to himself for it to be the best.

Unsheathed was his primary killer move before reaching Earth Level.

After slaying the Earth Demon Ancestor, he began contemplating his new killer move.

"By now, it’s about time to test it."

Landing on the ground, Li Chen’s body squatted slightly, his movements somewhat similar to Unsheathed, yet with subtle differences.

Looking at Ratis, a red light flickered in Li Chen’s eyes.

"The second strike."

"Unsheathing the sword!"