Chapter 38

This was the strongest person he had met since his rebirth.

Wuxue also had not anticipated that Ye Tianchen would be able to dodge his swift and forceful attacks.

After ten moves, he hadn’t managed to hit Ye Tianchen once.

It seemed that the rumors in Capital City that the Ye family’s failure, Ye Tianchen, had turned over a new leaf, were not unfounded.

Faced with Wuxue’s fierce attacks, Ye Tianchen did not counterattack but merely dodged and observed.

He could sense the explosive Inner Strength emanating from Wuxue through the superpower in his own body, and with each attack Wuxue launched, it resembled an animal’s attack, such as the Roc Spread Wings, Tiger Descends Mountain, or Snake Emerges from the Hole…

“If I’m not mistaken, you must be a descendant of an Ancient Martial Sect,” Ye Tianchen said nonchalantly while holding a cigarette in his mouth, smiling at Wuxue.

“You do have some insight, I really wonder if you’ve been playing the fool for the last twenty years,” Wuxue paused, and after the prior attacks, he knew that killing Ye Tianchen wouldn’t be a quick or easy task anymore.

Up to now, Wuxue certainly didn’t believe that Ye Tianchen was an idiotic failure.

Judging from his speech and martial prowess, he was extremely formidable.

The highest probability was that Ye Tianchen from the Ye family had feigned being the family disgrace for twenty years, deceiving everyone in Capital City.

Now that he had erupted and started to rise, he was no longer the Ye Tianchen of the past, causing many in Capital City to feel extremely surprised and even a bit shaken.

In a place like Capital City, where major powers and families are everywhere, the struggle for power never ceases.

The Ye family had already declined into a third-class family, which was common knowledge.

However, now that Ye Tianchen had suddenly emerged and was likely to revitalize the Ye family, this made other big families and powers uneasy.

It was simple logic: if the Ye family rose to power, wouldn’t these other families have to step down?

Therefore, many major forces and big families would definitely not allow a third-class family to rise above them.

“The cigarette’s finished, we can have a real fight now!” Ye Tianchen said with a smile as he looked at Wuxue.

“Hmph, you’re not really fighting, you’re just running for your life.

If it continues like this, we won’t finish even by dawn,” Wuxue said coldly.

Ye Tianchen nodded.

Indeed, from the start until now, he hadn’t really made a move.

He had just been observing Wuxue’s boxing style and techniques.

Now that he had a clear idea, he planned to activate his Monarch Level superpower to fight Wuxue, hoping he might break through to King-level.

Since Wuxue was strong and a descendant of an Ancient Martial Sect, not only did he possess the sect’s unique skills but also cultivated Inner Strength.

Currently, relying solely on his own strength and without using superpower to defeat Wuxue was still somewhat difficult.

The most important aspect was that Ye Tianchen felt the superpower within him boiling, on the verge of breaking through to King-level.

Therefore, battling with an expert like Wuxue could provide him an opportunity to make that breakthrough.

“From what I see, your Xingyi Boxing isn’t yet at its peak!” Ye Tianchen, his gaze sharpening, told Wuxue.

“You…

how do you know this is Xingyi Boxing?” Wuxue responded, unable to hide his surprise.

It was true that he had once taken lessons from a master of an Ancient Martial Sect and had practiced Xingyi Boxing for over ten years, strengthening his powers with Xingyi Boxing’s cultivation techniques.

He had become the top assassin in Capital City, rarely encountering anyone who could match him in battle.

What surprised Wuxue was that although the development of modern technology had gradually pushed Ancient Martial Sects out of the public eye—these sects hadn’t disappeared, merely faded into obscurity, unknown to many—their unique ancient skills were even less known to the public.

Nowadays, those who knew about these Ancient Martial Sects were either top national leaders or masters from both the legal and underground worlds.

Ordinary people were unaware of martial arts secrets such as Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, Kongtong, and other long-established sects which still possessed astonishing skills; these were rarely displayed, and anyone truly knowledgeable understood that these sects’ skills, when cultivated to the extreme, could withstand even modern firearms.

Wuxue hadn’t expected that Ye Tianchen, a notorious playboy, would actually know Xingyi Boxing and so quickly recognize his technique, which was indeed surprising.

“Because I once battled with a grandmaster of Xingyi Boxing, I nearly lost my life during that fight!” Ye Tianchen said with a smile.

During the apocalypse, when Ye Tianchen was still a Divine-level superpower expert, he indeed had a fierce battle with a grandmaster of Xingyi Boxing.

That fight was one of the most brutal he had ever experienced.

True Xingyi Boxing, cultivated to its peak, was far stronger than Wuxue’s current level.

Indeed, the essence of an Ancient Martial Sect’s cultivation was to turn the intangible into tangible.

Wuxue’s Xingyi Boxing, though impressive, was still superficial—the true essence of Xingyi Boxing, when a punch was thrown, could, quite literally, split rocks and cleave mountains.

“You should choose your words carefully; I’ll give you a swift end!” Wuxue retorted coldly.

“I know you haven’t gone all out yet.

Come on, show me how strong the top assassin of Capital City really is!”

Wuxue was startled; a dagger appeared in his right hand, his left clenched into a fist.

Ye Tianchen was right; he hadn’t yet used his full strength.

He had intended to hold back, but he hadn’t anticipated that Ye Tianchen would be so formidable.

It seemed that going all out to defeat him was necessary.

Whoosh!

Wuxue charged at him, and Ye Tianchen’s gaze sharpened, sensing that Wuxue’s battle power had more than doubled; he indeed had reserved his strength.

Although he spoke lightly, Ye Tianchen didn’t dare to be careless.

If he were still a Divine-level superpower expert, he could easily defeat Wuxue.

Unfortunately, having descended three levels, he now only possessed Monarch-level superpower fluctuations.

Whether he could defeat Wuxue remained uncertain.

Boom, boom, boom…

Ye Tianchen and Wuxue began fighting, exchanging blow for blow.

Both were very strong, especially Wuxue.

His left hand executed Xingyi Boxing while his right hand wielded an indestructible dagger.

Each strike contained powerful Inner Strength, damaging the granite on the ground with deep grooves.

One could imagine the consequences if it hit a person.

The fight continued for more than half an hour.

When Ye Tianchen and Wuxue finally stopped, Wuxue had received three punches, leaving his face bruised, while Ye Tianchen had two cuts in his clothes but had managed to evade injury to his skin.

The entire area of the small grove was now a mess of broken stones and dense dust.

Several trees with trunks as thick as bowls were snapped in half.

This was not intentional by Wuxue and Ye Tianchen; it was merely the result of their missed attacks hitting the rocks and trees instead.

If anyone had seen this scene at that moment, they would have been utterly stunned.

The full-on battle between Ye Tianchen and Wuxue was a hundred times more thrilling than any martial arts scene in movies or TV.

“I admit you are strong, but you must die tonight!” Wuxue said firmly, looking at Ye Tianchen.

“Try it!” Ye Tianchen responded with a smile.

Without saying more, Wuxue’s dagger, which had been in his right hand, was suddenly thrown and stuck in a nearby tree.

He stood motionless, his hands shaped like palms, staring intently at Ye Tianchen as his palms slowly opened in a Taiji diagram shape, vaguely revealing fluctuating energy.

The fallen leaves around Wuxue were stirred up.

“I’ve only used this move once so far; you’re the second person to witness it,” Wuxue said calmly, circulating the Inner Strength gathered in his hands while looking at Ye Tianchen.

Ye Tianchen frowned.

From the beginning of the fight up until now, even after battling intensely with Wuxue for over half an hour, he had not felt much danger or fatigue.

However, seeing Wuxue take up this stance, he was shocked.

He hadn’t expected the Xingyi Bagua Slash, which had become the most powerful slaughter skill during the apocalypse, to also be mastered to this extent in this life.

“Xingyi Bagua Slash, as powerful as ever!” Ye Tianchen regained his composure and said with a hint of a smile.

“Since you know it, then you should be prepared to die!”

No sooner had Wuxue spoken than he exploded in a shout, his hands, which had been moving in the pattern of Taiji Bagua, suddenly clenched, and he struck toward Ye Tianchen, who was ten meters away.

Before the fists arrived, their force was already felt.

As Wuxue’s fists lashed out, the surrounding stones were swept away, along with a gust of wind hurtling toward Ye Tianchen.

This was his most powerful strike using all his trapped Inner Strength, the Xingyi Boxing absolute skill.

Pushed to this extent, Wuxue had to admit that Ye Tianchen was indeed formidable.

Facing such a powerful killing move from Wuxue, Ye Tianchen was initially startled but then calmly smiled, closed his eyes, and sensed every bit of superpower energy within his body’s meridians, gathering it together.

At the same time, the superpower core in his brain trembled continuously, faintly showing signs of breaking through to King-level.

“Ah!”

Ye Tianchen suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly.

The Xingyi Bagua Slash, filled with immense Inner Strength from Wuxue, was heading toward him, stirring the leaves off the nearby trees.

Yet, it was dispersed by Ye Tianchen’s loud shout.

Thud!

Wuxue fell to the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

He had given his all and stimulated all the Inner Strength in his body to execute the Xingyi Bagua Slash, which he was still not very proficient in.

Already strained, the situation worsened when Ye Tianchen, who had gathered all his superpower energy, countered with a forceful shout, injuring Wuxue internally.

As dust filled the air, Wuxue sat on the ground, shocked, looking ahead.

Emerging from the dust, Ye Tianchen approached with a playful smile and said,

“Thank you very much for helping me break through to King-level!”