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Chapter 921 - 893: A Simple Battle

Chapter 921: Chapter 893: A Simple Battle

In Wang Ping and Zhao Yufang’s eyes, they were fighting two against one, and thus should hold the absolute advantage.

Although, through the previous battle, they could already tell that Li Chen’s strength was indeed extraordinary. But after all, they were two people.

No matter how powerful Li Chen was, could the two of them combined really fail to defeat him?

Therefore, while the two were cautious, they weren’t overly tense.

In their view, as long as they performed steadily, victory in this battle undoubtedly belonged to them.

After his first attack, Wang Ping had been diligently searching for an opportunity; while Zhao Yufang held Li Chen in a bind, Wang Ping was positioning himself for the right moment to strike.

When Wang Ping saw Li Chen dodge Zhao Yufang’s attack and then stand in place, appearing distracted, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of glee in his heart.

"The chance is here!"

With a flash, Wang Ping arrived behind Li Chen. Yet, right as he got into position, he heard Li Chen’s low murmuring voice, causing him to sneer.

"What are you muttering about?!"

Before his words had fully landed, a Nine Rings Broadsword appeared in Wang Ping’s hand, cleaving straight towards Li Chen’s lower back.

"Shzz—"

"It hit!" As the blade swept past his sight, Wang Ping felt a sudden surge of elation within.

However, at that very moment, from beside him, came an alarmed cry from his companion.

"Wang Ping, watch your back!!"

"Huh?"

Wang Ping froze instantly, and only then did he realize that the Li Chen who had been standing before him abruptly vanished without a trace.

"This... an afterimage?!"

Before he could react, an indescribable, terrifying might suddenly surged from behind him.

"I was saying—this is the end for you." Li Chen’s faint chuckle drifted from behind Wang Ping.

"Boom!!"

A ferocious force erupted from Wang Ping’s back.

Though Wang Ping had activated his True Qi defenses to their maximum in the split second, it proved entirely incapable of repelling this monstrous strike.

The nearly tangible barrier formed by his True Qi gradually shattered layer by layer under the horrific blow of the fist.

Wang Ping could even hear the cracking sound of his True Qi defenses crumbling from behind him.

"Boom!!"

The fist slammed into his back abruptly, and Wang Ping spurted out a mouthful of fresh blood. His body could no longer hold steady and was launched forward, like a battered sack of cloth.

He flew off the arena, past the crowd, and crashed violently into the hardened wall outside the sparring platform.

Even the wall was struck so hard by Wang Ping that it concaved deeply, with layers of web-like cracks spreading out around the concave.

"Such... such terrifying power."

Below the stage, many martial artists couldn’t help but show expressions of disbelief and fear as they gazed at Li Chen.

The might of Li Chen’s punch was simply too overwhelming; his display of force had utterly stunned them.

With just one strike, a Profound Level Advanced Stage expert had been rendered completely incapacitated.

What kind of frightening attack power was this?

Yet, Li Chen’s expression remained indifferent. He merely shook his head slightly before retracting his fist, turning his gaze towards the only remaining opponent on the stage—Zhao Yufang.

To the crowd, it clearly seemed as if Li Chen had unleashed some kind of Secret Technique to catalyze that powerful attack, and they assumed he was now recovering Qi.

Even Zhao Yufang, and even Ji Changfeng, thought the same.

However, only Li Chen himself knew that this wasn’t any Secret Technique nor any special attack.

The punch was simply an attack.

A punch catalyzed by True Qi.

Nothing more.

And he had only used seventy percent of his strength.

"If only... again, I forgot." Li Chen shook his head, simply annoyed at himself for forgetting to use a technique.

Had he incorporated a technique, he could have leveraged less True Qi to achieve the same outcome. For someone like him, who hailed from a rough-and-tumble background, he was still more accustomed to relying on brute force—a clear shortcoming of his.

"However, I’ve pretty much mastered the path of True Qi circulation now," Li Chen subtly clenched his fist, a sense of enlightenment arising within him.

His strength had yet more to unleash.

But he didn’t.

If he had employed it, that punch just now would have outright ended Wang Ping’s life.

Staring at Li Chen, Zhao Yufang’s expression became increasingly solemn.

He had known Li Chen was powerful, but he hadn’t expected him to be strong to this extent. With just a single strike, Li Chen had obliterated Wang Ping, whose abilities were not far from his own.

And judging by the looks of things, Wang Ping had clearly fallen unconscious and completely lost the ability to fight.

"That means... this battle is now up to me alone."

Zhao Yufang’s gaze flickered slightly as he stared at Li Chen. The next moment, he surged forward towards him.

Just as he had deduced earlier, Li Chen should have consumed considerable stamina and True Qi by now. If he was going to strike, now would be the most opportune moment.

Spotting the look on Zhao Yufang’s face, Li Chen’s expression turned somewhat peculiar.

He could already guess Zhao Yufang’s thoughts; yet against those thoughts, Li Chen could only inwardly apologize.

At the moment, he remained at his peak condition without suffering any depletion.

The earlier punch was akin to any ordinary attack, devoid of much energy consumption.

"Whoosh..."

Zhao Yufang’s weapon—a menacing-looking Meteor Hammer—was now transformed into a streaming beam of light, hurtling toward Li Chen’s head.

For ordinary Profound Level Advanced Stage experts, facing such an attack, dodging might be inevitable—few would have dared to block it outright.

The power of the Meteor Hammer was extraordinary, enhanced by the amplification from True Qi, making it terrifyingly destructive. Without even considering how difficult it is to defend, just coming into contact with it would subject one to the rebound force, likely leaving them unsteady.

Meanwhile, the chain of the Meteor Hammer perfectly neutralized the rebound force for Zhao Yufang.

Thus, exchanging blows head-on with such a weapon was rarely a wise choice.

Well, that’s what most people thought.

But there was one exception.

And that exception was none other than Li Chen, who was now staring directly at the incoming Meteor Hammer.

As the Meteor Hammer flew towards him, Li Chen’s expression remained unruffled. His figure shifted slightly, and he easily sidestepped the Meteor Hammer’s assault.

"Naïve!" Zhao Yufang sneered coldly, preparing to manipulate the Meteor Hammer for a follow-up strike against Li Chen.

Yet at that precise moment, his face shifted in shock—Li Chen hadn’t completely evaded but had instead reached out and grabbed hold of the Meteor Hammer’s iron chain!

"This..." Zhao Yufang’s expression changed instantly.

"Come here." Li Chen clasped the iron chain tightly and gave it a firm tug.