The Black General stood up from the waters of the pool.
He had no choice but to stand up, and indeed, he could not afford not to stand up.
For Li Chen had already arrived at the edge of the pool, and even if he did not stand up, Li Chen would still launch an attack on him.
Looking at Li Chen, a strong sense of annoyance was evident on the face of the Black General.
"Damn it! Damn it all!!"
Looking at Li Chen, the Black General let out an angry roar and the next moment, he charged fiercely toward Li Chen.
Standing at the shore, Li Chen’s eyes flashed as he raised his hands in front of him, blocking the Black General’s strike, and he was suddenly pushed back.
After retreating several steps, Li Chen slowly raised his head and squinted at the Black General.
Being stared at by Li Chen, the Black General’s face grew even uglier.
He had just reached a critical moment, but then Li Chen had appeared, which was something he had not expected.
"Just one more step, only the final step was left!!" The Black General roared angrily as he lunged at Li Chen again.
Li Chen looked on calmly as the Black General rushed over, raised his hand to block, shoving Red Moon aside, and fiercely kicked the Black General in the abdomen. Instantly, the Black General was sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground.
Picking himself up from the ground, the Black General’s heart was filled with frustration.
If he had succeeded, would he still be in this state?
It was Li Chen’s interference, disrupting his final step, that had left him in his current predicament, if only...
The two clashed wildly, and in the confined space of the basement, one could even see their afterimages flickering continuously.
The figures of the two were indistinguishable, with only the sound of their collision resonating through the air.
"Indeed... this is an opportunity," Li Chen’s eyes flashed as he kicked the Black General again. His full strength erupted in the moment the Black General was sent flying, he swiftly lunged at the Black General again.
Li Chen’s punch was blocked by Red Moon, but the next moment, his other hand reached out toward the Black General, palm turning into a claw, and viciously dove toward the Black General’s abdomen.
If this move, Black Tiger Heart Pluck, were to land, the Black General would be seriously injured if not dead.
Seeing Li Chen’s attack, a harsh glint crossed the Black General’s face. In a move of unexpected defiance, he allowed Li Chen’s claw to come at him. With his fingerless palm, he grabbed Red Moon and ferociously swung it down towards the top of Li Chen’s head.
Witnessing this scene, Li Chen’s expression did not change in the slightest, as his hand kept moving toward the Black General, but the next moment, Li Chen completely vanished from in front of the Black General.
"Hmm?" Seeing Li Chen disappear, the Black General was taken aback, but in the next instant, he reacted, Red Moon swung around, slashing behind him.
"Too late." From behind the Black General, a cold voice sounded.
"Crack!" Li Chen’s expression was calm, but his fist began to surround with white smoke, and the next moment, it struck the Black General’s back fiercely.
A clear sound of bone shattering came from the back of the Black General, and suddenly, his entire body flew forward.
However, the basement was only so big, and with the Black General’s flight, he landed directly into the Blood Pool.
Completely weakened in the Blood Pool, the Black General lifted his head and looked at Li Chen with venomous resentment.
Just at that moment, a glint flashed in Li Chen’s eyes.
When he had knocked the Black General flying, the Red Moon had fallen from the Black General’s grasp.
The Red Moon, now inverted next to the Blood Pool, emitted a sinister red gleam, its blade already blood-red, reflected by the pool.
The Black General noticed the look in Li Chen’s eyes, and his face suddenly changed.
Without a moment’s hesitation, both men charged towards the Red Moon at the same time.
Almost simultaneously, both hands grasped the Red Moon.
After exchanging a glance, they also raised their fists and collided with each other at the same time.
The Blood Pool roiled, the blood boiling over as, under their explosive power, the Red Moon slipped from their control and fell into the pool.
The Black General, already less powerful than Li Chen due to his spinal injury, was now even more incapacitated.
Under Li Chen’s blow, the Black General was sent flying far away, landing within the Blood Pool.
At the corner of his mouth, blood trickled down, blending into the Blood Pool below.
At this moment, the Black General suddenly raised his head, his gaze fixed dead on Li Chen, "This is all your own doing! All your own doing!"
Veins bulged suddenly on the Black General’s forehead as he stared at Li Chen, his eyes filled with a terrifying ferocity, "I had already spared your life by not killing you. I didn’t expect you to come and ruin my hard work!"
"This was the fruit of my long preparations! And you destroyed it! Since you’re here now, don’t bother leaving! Just... die!!"
The Black General’s eyes began to shift to a bloodthirsty red while his originally pale skin, under the reflection of the blood in the pool, turned a glowing red.
"You brought this upon yourself! Even if it means ruining this opportunity, I must kill you!" the Black General roared.
"Only if you have the ability!" Li Chen retorted coldly. But in his heart, he had become vigilant.
He could sense that the Black General was undergoing some kind of bizarre metamorphosis, the nature of which he couldn’t quite identify.
Yet, he could feel the Black General’s aura growing at an alarmingly eerie pace.
Even he felt a shiver at the scale of this surge in power.
Gradually, Li Chen sensed something was wrong, as for some reason, the Blood Pool began boiling.
"Hmm?" Li Chen’s expression changed, and he instinctively swept towards the Black General, hoping to strike him down before he could complete his strange transformation.
However, when Li Chen’s attack landed on the Black General, it was his own expression that shifted.
Li Chen was sent reeling back to the side of the Blood Pool by the powerful recoil force.
In the Blood Pool, the Black General, who had barely lifted a hand, let it fall back into the pool, the traces of blood from the recent clash fading from his arm.
"Don’t waste your strength; I’ve told you, no matter what, I will kill you today. ...Li Chen, your fate is sealed!"
The Black General’s voice also returned to that raspy tone at that moment, a young man’s face with a voice akin to an old man on his deathbed.
Yet, the aura emanating from the Black General was becoming more and more terrifying.
Li Chen gazed at the Black General, his expression somber.