Helian Zheng, unable to quell his rage, pinched his sword technique with one hand and held the Three-eyed Fire Gun in the other, his expression gloomy as he stared at Chen Shi.
Now, eleven corpses lay on the temple floor.
Besides the two of them, no one else was standing.
Chen Shi also faced Helian Zheng, slowly relaxing his grip as Master Zhao Rui’s body slid down the wall.
Helian Zheng stood at a cunning distance, just about a zhang away.
For Chen Shi, this distance was close to his lethal limit.
If the distance were farther, he would have had difficulty reaching him instantly.
—Although he had refined true blood and was much stronger than before, at a distance over a zhang, his speed wasn’t as fast, giving the enemy an opportunity to exploit. Therefore, this distance within a zhang was the optimal range for a fight. ƒrēeNovelHub.com
The distance at which Helian Zheng stood made him vigilant, involuntarily reminding him of another person, Zhuge Jian.
When the archivist Zhuge Jian from Water Buffalo County tested him, he also stood at this distance, able to advance or defend.
Helian Zheng’s battle experience was rich; he roughly estimated his striking distance.
The fat deity laughed heartily and shouted, "Did I not say it! He will kill all of you, everyone! He is a fierce deity, a fierce deity who escaped from the underworld!"
Helian Zheng couldn’t hear, and Chen Shi turned a deaf ear.
Both were staring at each other.
That moment, several brocade-clad guards rushed into the broken temple, startled by the blood and corpses on the ground, just about to act when Helian Zheng said coldly, "Do not come in!"
The guards paused, withdrew their steps into the temple.
Chen Shi inwardly sighed it was a pity; if those guards had come in, it would have forced Helian Zheng to be cautious and not cast his spells, weakening his strength compared to before.
The smaller the ancient temple, the more people who came in, the greater Chen Shi’s chances of winning.
If it were just the two of them, Chen Shi would actually be in danger!
Both observed the corpses and blood on the ground beneath their feet and gently shifted their steps, steadying their breath.
Suddenly, Helian Zheng bellowed and stepped forward, his foot gliding a zhang toward Chen Shi with another hand swinging the Three-eyed Fire Gun towards Chen Shi’s forehead!
His power with the Armored Horse Talisman on his legs was still intact, granting him swift speed that matched his large build, not losing to Chen Shi in speed!
This move maximized his physical power, causing the Three-eyed Fire Gun, as it came crashing down, to lift a whistling wind, exceedingly heavy.
Chen Shi was about to dodge when he noticed a slight movement in Helian Zheng’s left hand that was pinching the sword technique, alerting him, and he immediately intercepted the Three-eyed Fire Gun.
A trace of invisible sword Qi slashed from his side, cutting the ground tiles!
Had Chen Shi dodged, he would have collided directly with this blade of Sword Qi.
Chen Shi caught the Three-eyed Fire Gun, his palm nearly fracturing under the immense force that pressed down onto his shoulder before he could absorb the hammer’s power.
The Three-eyed Fire Gun exploded on his shoulder, thunderbolts bursting forth, blowing a large hole in the wall behind him, and the shards from the bricks and bullets left trails of blood on his back!
Although the shot did not hit Chen Shi, the Yang Thunder Sound emitted from the fire gun left his eardrums ringing, unable to hear anything.
Chen Shi tried to seize the fire gun, but Helian Zheng released his grip, allowing him to take it.
Suddenly, Chen Shi felt an intense sense of danger, he positioned the gun in front of him to block, and with a hiss, the invisible sword Qi cut the Three-eyed Fire Gun in half!
As Chen Shi retreated, he swayed the two sections of the Fire Gun, spinning them like snowflakes, yet hearing the constant hissing as the pieces of the gun were being sliced away bit by bit.
Suddenly, the invisible Sword Qi impacted him, and despite Chen Shi rapidly moving around the ruined temple, he was continuously struck by the sword, marking his arms, legs, back, chest, neck, and cheeks, quickly bleeding from these cuts!
Helian Zheng followed every step, both hands pinching the sword technique to control the sword, invisible Sword Qi flew from the shrine, the Divine Embryo in the shrine also pinched the same sword technique, mirroring Helian Zheng’s movements.
"Double Hand Sword Qi!"
Although Chen Shi couldn’t discern the precise location of the Sword Qi, he sensed that the Skill deployed by Helian Zheng differed from the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword in the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique.
The Meridian Evil Slayer Sword had six forms, straightforward yet potent: thrust, slash, wipe, lift, cloud, and cleave—simple moves yet capable of extraordinary power, flying over twenty zhang to split a tree thick enough for two men to embrace.
But the Spell Helian Zheng cast, also a swordsmanship, wasn’t as strong, but the techniques were extremely exquisite.
He controlled the sword with both hands; the Sword Qi was at most a foot long, never straying far from his body, reaching as far as a bit over a zhang, but it was directed by his will and could whirl about freely!
This type of Skill was evidently designed for close combat, specifically to target someone with great strength but weak defenses like him!
Suddenly, Chen Shi kicked a corpse towards Helian Zheng, who fluidly sidestepped, averting the corpse with precise control over his invisible Sword Qi, not harming it in the slightest.
By the time he turned around, Chen Shi had vanished.
"He escaped through that hole in the wall!" the fat deity gleefully said.
Helian Zheng, his face darkening, burst through the hole; even though he hadn’t heard the fat deity’s words, he could tell that Chen Shi had used the corpse to block his sight and had escaped from the temple.
Outside, the sound of urgent shouting was unceasing; it was Chen Shi clashing with the brocade-clad guards along the way.
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