Chapter 88: A Fierce Battle Against Lan Qianqian

  The woman's mouth curled up in a cold smile, and she immediately looked at the giant knife in Ye Chen's hand, saying softly: "It seems that your strength is not weak either. I'll give you an opportunity!"

  "What chance?" Ye Chen said with his eyes fixed on the woman.

  "Come on and fight me one-on-one. If you win, this matter will be settled once and for all. But if you lose, you can die!"

  The woman looked at Ye Chen and said slowly, her words seemingly devoid of any emotion.

  When it comes to this girl, the entire Tianlan City can be said to know her well. She is the daughter of the lord of Tianlan City, named Lan Qianqian! Although she looks extremely beautiful, she is a fiery and proud person who loves to cultivate and is a typical martial arts enthusiast. Every day, she likes to compete with others and her strength is also very strong, but it has only reached the tenth level of the Fragmented Body Realm and has not yet entered the Gathering Qi Realm. However, among her peers in Tianlan City, she can be said to be the number one person.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen coldly laughed and slightly shook his head, softly saying: "This isn't fair! If I really wanted to leave, I'm afraid you all wouldn't be able to stop me!"

  Immediately, Lan Qianqian couldn't help but smile and said to Ye Chen: "I am a tenth-level Shattered Body, you are only an eighth-level Shattered Body. Although you broke through the second barrier of the Shattered Body realm, the gap between us is still very large!"

  "Haha! So you're saying that if I were to fight with you, you'd definitely win?" Ye Chen teased with a smile, looking at Lan Qianqian.

  Lan Qianqian coldly smiled at Ye Chen and didn't answer him, but her confident expression spoke volumes about her intentions.

  Ye Chen's eyeballs rotated in their sockets, and he immediately spoke to Lan Qianqian: "How about this? If I lose, I'll do as you say. But if I win, you just need to let the middle-aged guard behind you kowtow and admit his mistake! How's that?"

  Actually, Ye Chen agreed to her because he had his own ideas. Now that Ye Chen has broken through to the eighth level of the Fragmented Body realm, he understands that if he wants to break through quickly, he must go through a great war. However, if he encounters someone with much higher cultivation than himself and doesn't have the power to resist, or if he encounters someone with lower cultivation than himself and can't exert his strength, then Lan Qianqian, who is standing in front of him now and has reached the tenth level of the Fragmented Body realm, is the best opponent. If it weren't for this reason, Ye Chen would have been too lazy to bother with this woman and would have already killed all the middle-aged guards, then used "Swift Thunder Flash" to leave directly. Anyway, the crowd didn't know who he was, so even if they went to look for him, how could they find him?

  Upon hearing this, Lan Qianqian furrowed her brow and immediately turned to glance at the middle-aged guard who had already gotten up.

  The middle-aged guard changed his expression as he listened to Ye Chen's words, and he was very familiar with this young lady. She must agree to Ye Chen's conditions! He immediately hurriedly said to Lan Qianqian: "Young lady, don't listen to him!"

  Lan Qianqian listened to the middle-aged guard's words, her brow furrowed, and she said angrily: "Don't you believe me? Do you think I would lose to a cultivator of the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining?"

  The middle-aged man looked at Lan Qianqian and suddenly became angry, his expression shocked, and he quickly knelt down on the ground, saying: "I dare not!"

  "Hmph!" Lan Qianqian let out a cold hum at the middle-aged guard, then turned her head to gaze coldly at Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen looked at Lan Qianqian's gaze and smiled slightly, saying: "What are you afraid of?"

  "You think I'm afraid of your eightfold fragmented body?" Lan Qianqian's expression turned furious as she shouted at Ye Chen, "Fine, let's do it your way!"

  Immediately, Lan Qianqian turned her head and ordered the crowd: "All of you retreat to one side, no one can help in a while, I want him to lose with a convincing heart!"

  "Yes!"

  Everyone knew Lan Qianqian's temper and quickly dispersed to the side, leaving space for the two to fight.

  Lan Qianqian looked at the crowd that had already retreated, and then her eyes tightly stared at Ye Chen, saying: "Don't say I'm bullying you, I'll let you make the first move! However, you'd better go all out, otherwise I'm afraid you won't have a chance to fight back!"

  Ye Chen took a deep breath, his hands tightly grasping the giant knife, and stepped forward with a cold gaze at Lan Qianqian. A thick killing aura slowly gathered around Ye Chen.

  Lan Qianqian originally had a disdainful expression towards Ye Chen, but when she felt the killing aura emanating from Ye Chen's body, her expression suddenly turned serious. She knew that she might have underestimated Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen's mouth curled up slightly as he said, "Since you asked me to make the first move, I won't hold back!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chen's right hand grasped his knife and charged straight at Lan Qianqian!

  Ye Chen is not a gentleman. If the other party lets him make the first move, and he still wants to be modest, then that would mean he's a fool.

  Ye Chen's speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived in front of Lan Qianqian. His right hand tightly grasped a giant knife that directly chopped towards Lan Qianqian with ferocity akin to a fierce tiger descending a mountain, stirring up waves of whistling wind that sounded like the roar of a real tiger.

  Lan Qianqian's pupils contracted, looking at Ye Chen's extremely fierce attack, not daring to be careless, a saber was directly drawn from her waist and went straight towards Ye Chen's giant knife.

  Bang!

  A loud crashing sound came from the two people's weapons!

  Both sides refused to back down, and their first confrontation ended in a stalemate!

  However, Lan Qianqian was shocked in her heart. She did not expect that the young man who seemed weak and had only eight heavy repairs could actually fight against herself, which was a blow to Lan Qianqian who had always felt good about herself!

  The guards watching from the side were also staring at Ye Chen in surprise, they did not expect this young man to have such strong strength. They felt a chill run down their backs and were relieved that Lan Qianqian had arrived just in time, otherwise they would have been defeated if they had fought Ye Chen.

  At this time, the middle-aged guard was even more shocked to look at Ye Chen, and he had already regretted it in his heart. Why did he offend Ye Chen earlier!

  Lan Qianqian let out a loud roar, her arms using great force as she swung the Zhan Ma Dao in a fierce counterattack towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen felt the fierce attack from Lan Qianqian, his face revealed an excited expression, and a strong will to fight emerged in his eyes.

  Ye Chen's body retreated backward, and then he immediately struck towards Lan Qianqian again. Ye Chen understood that a punch must be powerful, and it was necessary to retract before striking again!

  Lan Qianqian looked at Ye Chen and attacked again, roaring: "Exterminate the Eight Wastes!", and then rushed towards Ye Chen. The Zhan Ma knife in Lan Qianqian's hand seemed to be an extension of her arm, extremely agile.

  Katana Technique!

  Lan Qianqian has now used her martial skills!

  Generally speaking, martial arts are about fists and feet, but there are also some martial arts that specialize in weapons. At this time, Lan Qianqian was using a knife technique.

  Ye Chen looked at Lan Qianqian's saber and saw its power suddenly increase, startling him. He thought to himself: This is martial skill! He hadn't expected that she would actually know a knife technique of martial skill.

  Lan Qianqian didn't give Ye Chen any time to think, the slash in her hand quickly split into three knife shadows that directly chopped towards Ye Chen from the front and both sides, extremely fast.

  Ye Chen was shocked and couldn't distinguish which of the three knife shadows was real, and he couldn't resist at all!

  Ye Chen's face turned fierce, and he looked at himself being unable to resist this move. He simply ignored Lan Qianqian's attack, and his right hand tightly grasped the giant knife, directly and fiercely chopping towards Lan Qianqian!

  The best defense is a good offense! Ye Chen's move was indeed ruthless and vicious. If Lan Qianqian tried to block Ye Chen's attack, her own martial skill would definitely not be able to hit Ye Chen. And if she didn't block it, she was certain that if Ye Chen's slash landed on her body, she wouldn't die but would at least lose a layer of skin!

  Helpless, Lan Qianqian could only withdraw her own saber that was about to attack Ye Chen and use it for defense.

  Bang!

  Bang!

  Bang!

  ......

  Ye Chen's giant knife and Lan Qianqian's horse-cutting knife kept colliding, both were evenly matched! However, in fact, Lan Qianqian had already lost, because she used martial skills to compete with Ye Chen, but Ye Chen relied solely on his cultivation power, never using any martial skills. Of course, this was also because Ye Chen didn't have any martial skills related to knife techniques.

  Lan Qianqian was getting more and more shocked, she felt that Ye Chen's offense was getting fiercer! Immediately, Lan Qianqian also didn't want to drag it on with Ye Chen anymore!

  Lan Qianqian suddenly stopped, took a step back, placed the horse-slaying knife in front of her, and grasped it tightly with both hands. She took a deep breath, and a faint, thin thread of true energy slowly gathered on the blade of Lan Qianqian's horse-slaying knife, although sparse, but it indeed existed.

  Ye Chen looked at the true energy gathering on Lan Qianqian's horse-slaying knife, his expression slightly tense. He knew that Lan Qianqian was not willing to continue comparing moves with him, but had decided to end the fight with one move. After all, although Lan Qianqian was still in the Fragmented Body Realm, she was already at the peak of this realm and could become a Gathered Energy Realm cultivator at any time. This move had mobilized the rare true energy within her body, and he must respond carefully!

  Ye Chen took a deep breath and directly switched the giant knife to his left hand, freeing up his right hand. He then assumed a stance and stared intently at Lan Qianqian.

  Ye Chen did not know any knife skills at this time, and if he relied on the giant knife to resist Lan Qianqian's fierce attack, although he could withstand it, Ye Chen would inevitably fall into a disadvantage. So, Ye Chen simply used his strongest martial arts to counterattack, let's decide the outcome with one move!

  Lan Qianqian looked at Ye Chen, who had unexpectedly switched his weapon to his left hand, leaving his right hand empty. She raised an eyebrow and thought to herself: Could he be planning to use his body to resist my slash? Without thinking further, she directly roared at Ye Chen: "Slash Star!"

  Immediately, Lan Qianqian's feet fiercely kicked the ground and rushed towards Ye Chen. Because of the extreme force, she even left two footprints on the hard stone bridge.

  Ye Chen refused to show weakness, and in his heart he roared: Dragon and tiger fighting! The second move of the dragon-subduing hand technique, fiercely attacking Lan Qianqian.

  In an instant, the two were about to come into contact. Lan Qianqian looked at Ye Chen and found that he was indeed using his right hand to counter her, and a hint of surprise appeared on the corner of her mouth. She thought to herself: Has he gone crazy? He's actually using his bare hands to resist my horse-slaying knife!