Chapter Fifty-Three: The Crisis of Life and Death

  Several blades of knife energy with eyes attacked Ye Chen's several figures separately, swift and sharp.

  Leaf dust instant several shadows merge into one, from bottom to top, reverse attack upwards, palm pats black knife, pats black knife aside, then palm thrusts straight.

  Su Hao only felt a gust of wind on his head, the sharp breath flashing on his head, his hand holding the knife relaxed, and his fingers formed a knife, chopping on Ye Chen's palm, where the two hands met, the sound of "peng peng peng" exploded in the ears of the two people, various moves performed through the palms.

  Su Hao's knife skills and Ye Chen's swordsmanship were truly impressive as they clashed in mid-air, creating a significant shockwave.

  The two palms didn't separate, Ye Chen transformed his foot into a sword and rose again. Su Hao had a weapon in his hand, which was very unfavorable for Ye Chen. Ye Chen's only chance of winning was to get close to Su Hao and engage in close combat.

  Su Hao somersaulted in mid-air, kicking up a cloud of dust with the same footwork, both men making the same movement, with the same sharpness and ruthlessness, neither leaving any room for error.

  Su Hao abandoned his long knife and used the same technique to fight back. One side retreated, while the other gained the upper hand, so this confrontation was also the most crucial one.

  Narrow road meet brave win, who can persist until the end, who will get the opportunity to win. Originally Su Hao had a great advantage, as long as he kept his distance, the long knife in his hand would bring him a great advantage.

  But at this time, there was no chance to get away from Ye Chen, Ye Chen's speed was very fast, and he didn't give Su Hao a chance either. So Su Hao chose the same way to compete with who is braver.

  Ye Chen's internal energy circulated throughout his body, and a sharp sword aura burst out, also fiercely heading towards Su Hao. Both of their movements were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they collided with each other.

  The knife and sword energies collided, equally sharp, with a hissing sound. The two energies clashed, producing a powerful shockwave that sent both individuals flying backward. In this moment, both relied on their instincts to launch an attack, each striking the other's upper body with their lower body, putting themselves at a disadvantageous position.

  Su Hao still has the upper hand, and even now Su Hao hasn't thrown down the black knife in his hand. The black knife, combined with Su Hao's inner strength, is enough to split Ye Chen apart.

  It's just close combat, it's a bit difficult to wield a long knife, and if you're not careful, you might even hurt yourself, so why not use your own fingers instead.

  In the same way, with different moves, they attacked each other. With a "pu" sound, a trail of blood splashed out, and Ye Chen was grazed on his calf by Su Hao's long knife.

  Ye Chen also went all out at this moment, regardless of anything, his palm and sword merged, heavily striking Su Hao's knee, a crisp crackling sound, Su Hao only felt an unbearable pain in his knee.

  Su Hao knew his knee was shattered, Su Hao was also a ruthless character, the long knife didn't fear hurting himself, eyes bloodshot, face ferocious, fiercely spinning the hilt, the long knife was raised high, and with a loud crash it chopped down.

  With a slash, Ye Chen was sure to be split in two. He felt a chill run down his lower body and bent his legs, doing a backflip to narrowly avoid the attack, with a bunch of hair cut off.

  With a thud, Su Hao fell from mid-air, the intense pain making him grit his teeth and take in a sharp breath. Su Hao was no ordinary person, even with a broken leg he didn't cry out, sitting on the ground, staring venomously at Ye Chen.

  The Hundred Refining Frenzied Blade was unleashed, and the black long knife suddenly flew up into the air, circling around in mid-air as several strands of black blade energy appeared.

  Frenzied blade refined a hundred times, a hundred blades tempered, each strike fatal. The blade's aura was as if it had substance, and under the nourishment of innate energy, its momentum was even more magnificent.

  Su Hao pointed to the ground, and a hundred knives flew out at once, all rushing towards Ye Chen. Ye Chen's face changed greatly, he had seen this move before, that's why he could understand how powerful it was.

  At that time, the wolf pack was cleared out of a large area. Ye Chen did not dare to compare himself with the dead wolf pack, so he was very wary of this move. He had originally thought that Su Hao was seriously injured and couldn't make this move, so he had come forward fearlessly.

  But what Su Hao originally used proved this point, but he didn't expect Su Hao to use this move at the last juncture.

  Ye Chen's toes touched the ground and his body flew up, rapidly retreating backwards. Ye Chen's movements were swift, but no matter how swift, they couldn't be faster than flying knives.

  Soon, Ye Chen felt the knife aura penetrating his body, and his body seemed to be torn apart. This knife aura was unlike any other innate realm's sword aura or knife aura. The ordinary innate realm's sword aura or knife aura didn't pose even the slightest threat in Ye Chen's eyes.

  Just like water and ice are of the same element, but their hardness is fundamentally not on the same level, Ye Chen and Su Hao are on the level of ice.

  Su Hao used a similar knife aura to attack Ye Chen, and Ye Chen had to consume a large amount of internal energy to resist this sharp knife aura.

  But Su Hao suddenly displayed a hundred knives, a hundred similar long knives, each with ordinary substance, and each one had enough power.

  Ye Chen could only dodge, hiding behind a tree. The big tree was directly struck and shattered into powder. Ye Chen tapped his toes, did a flip, and hundreds of knives were inserted into the ground, their handles shaking violently.

  Su Hao spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face even more ferocious, and his fingers pointed at Ye Chen again. The hundreds of knives stuck in the ground shook and flew up into the air.

  "Damn it!" Ye Chen cursed, how could someone bully others like this? Who has the ability to control knife energy with their mind in the Xiantian realm, making it curve and flow smoothly? Isn't it supposed to only move in a straight line?

  Could Su Hao have reached the seventh stage of Qigong in the Innate Realm? Ye Chen was extremely skeptical, to say that Su Hao's fourth-stage Qigong realm was believable, but reaching the seventh stage of Qigong was something Ye Chen would never believe. If he had indeed reached that level, Ye Chen wouldn't need to hide anymore and could just stand there with his neck washed clean.

  Scolding is scolding, but Ye Chen can't just stand there waiting for the attacks of these hundred or so long swords. Looking at Su Hao's mouth bleeding, Ye Chen also felt a bit relieved. His own sword technique could already be performed with a faint sword aura in the Mortal Realm's fifth stage, so Su Hao's behavior wasn't that surprising after all.

  Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and he didn't retreat but instead dodged to the right. The long knife behind him moved quickly, leaving Ye Chen in a sorry state. His body was soon covered in wounds, and the long knife behind him had also decreased significantly.

  The blood stained Ye Chen's clothes, Ye Chen made a big circle and got closer to Su Hao. Su Hao had blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, his face was gloomy, and he urged the knife energy behind Ye Chen with all his might. Even if it would bring great harm to himself, did he still care about that harm now? His legs were broken, which was simply worse than death!

  Even if Ye Chen wanted to get close to him, Su Hao didn't care, he just urged the knife energy more fiercely. Now there were only eighteen knives behind Ye Chen, but these eighteen knives were the most deadly.

  No matter how deep the conspiracy is, as long as it approaches its target, it will eventually reveal its purpose at the last moment, some are hidden and some are obvious, but the final result is to achieve that unknown purpose.

  Here is the translation:

  But here, there are only two people, Ye Chen and Su Hao. The ultimate goal is very clear, which is to kill each other. In this situation where both parties' goals are clear, Ye Chen approaches Su Hao, what for? Both of them are crystal clear now, let's see who is faster, Ye Chen or the knife aura driven by Su Hao!

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