Chapter 79

Qing You was struck by the sword aura, leaving a shallow cut on his palm.

That sword aura had pierced through the green scales on his palm. The flowing blood was also green, carrying a potent poison.

"Haha! Prince Nine is truly a hidden dragon, actually able to break through this young master's Green Devil Hand. Interesting, truly interesting!"

Qing You circulated the true qi within his body, strands of qi flowing out from his pores, transforming into a green light that enveloped his arms.

The green light surged towards his palms.

A moment later, the wound that Zhang Ruochen had slashed open began to heal at a visible speed.

"Such a powerful self-healing ability!"

Zhang Ruochen kept a wary eye on Qing You while his gaze shifted to Zi Qian, asking, "Can you hold on?"

Zi Qian's face was pale, with blood at the corner of her mouth. The most severe injury was on her right shoulder.

Qing You's palm carried a potent poison, corroding her clothes into the shape of a palm print. The skin beneath the clothes had turned a bluish-purple.

"I'm fine!" Zi Qian clenched her teeth, her eyes cold, and said, "We must fight together to break out. I will hold Qing You back, and you go and kill the other seven warriors. I can withstand ten moves from Qing You at most, so you must kill those seven before then. Then we can join forces to deal with Qing You. Only then do we have a chance to escape."

Zhang Ruochen, seeing Zi Qian's face becoming increasingly pale, said, "I will hold Qing You back, and you go and kill those seven."

"No! Qing You won't kill me, so I can withstand ten moves from him. But Qing You will kill you. You won't last five moves against him." Zi Qian said.

"That's not certain!"

Zhang Ruochen gave Zi Qian a faint smile, holding the Flash Soul Sword in one hand and drawing a black spear from the spacetime crystal with the other.

This black spear was taken from a warrior of the Sifang Kingdom, a Tier 4 True Martial Treasure.

With a swift step, Zhang Ruochen charged towards Qing You at full speed.

At the same time, Zi Qian immediately attacked, stepping over a small stream and pointing at the throat of an early-stage Xuanji Realm warrior.

The warrior's throat shattered, spewing blood, and he immediately fell into the stream.

In an instant, Zi Qian attacked another warrior.

Qing You stood on a two-meter-high boulder, staring at the charging Zhang Ruochen with an excited smile, saying, "You came just in time! I'll kill you first, then slowly toy with that beauty."

"We'll see if you have the ability!" Zhang Ruochen said.

Qing You glanced at Zhang Ruochen, sneering, "Holding a sword in one hand and a spear in the other, do you think you can multitask? If you can't, using two weapons will only lower your combat effectiveness."

"You'll find out!" Zhang Ruochen said.

Just then, Zi Qian had already killed two people and was attacking the third.

Qing You no longer wasted words with Zhang Ruochen, leaping off the boulder and channeling his true qi, striking the boulder with his palm.

The boulder, weighing thousands of pounds, flew towards Zhang Ruochen.

He couldn't retreat; he had to hold Qing You back.

Zhang Ruochen's eyes narrowed, mobilizing the true qi within his body and activating all four force inscriptions in the Flash Soul Sword. The sword's weight reached 453 pounds.

"Bang!"

A sword slash.

The boulder split in two, flying in opposite directions.

"Ha ha!"

Qing You flew out from behind the boulder, a sinister smile on his face, and struck Zhang Ruochen's head with his palm.

Zhang Ruochen, having activated his spatial domain, knew Qing You was behind the boulder. Before Qing You's palm struck, Zhang Ruochen thrust the spear at Qing You's chest.

Qing You, not expecting Zhang Ruochen's reaction to be so quick, had to retract his palm and counter with a strike towards the spear.

"Bang!"

Qing You's strength was formidable, and he deflected the spear with a single palm.

Then, his body suddenly turned, and he moved like a venomous snake along the spear, extending two fingers towards Zhang Ruochen's throat.

Two green sparks emerged from the tips of his fingers.

Qing You's speed reached 44 meters per second, while Zhang Ruochen's was only 34 meters per second.

In Qing You's view, his fingers would definitely shatter Zhang Ruochen's throat.

But at that moment, Zhang Ruochen thrust his sword upwards, aiming for Qing You's throat.

If Qing You wanted to shatter Zhang Ruochen's throat, his own throat would also be pierced by the sword, resulting in a mutual destruction.

Qing You frowned, forced to retreat again, "How is this possible? Your speed and strength are far inferior to mine, yet you can repeatedly counter my killing moves. Could it be that you can truly multitask, controlling both the sword and the spear simultaneously?"

Zhang Ruochen, holding a sword in one hand and a spear in the other, said, "I told you, killing me isn't easy!"

Zhang Ruochen's speed was indeed far inferior to Qing You's, but he had a spatial domain. Once Qing You entered within ten meters, Zhang Ruochen could see all of his moves clearly and act preemptively to block his killing moves.

At this moment, Zi Qian had already killed three people.

"Let's see how many moves you can block."

Qing You, enraged, turned his arms green-black and used a high-grade human-level body technique, transforming into three green shadows, all attacking Zhang Ruochen simultaneously.

Ordinary warriors couldn't distinguish which shadow was the real Qing You.

When the three shadows entered within ten meters of Zhang Ruochen, he finally saw that all three were real. Qing You's speed was too fast, and he was using a peculiar step, making it seem like he had become three people.

"Bang!"

Zhang Ruochen slashed with his sword, blocking the first shadow.

He thrust his spear, blocking the second shadow.

When the third shadow charged, Zhang Ruochen blocked with both his spear and sword, using a mutual destruction move to force Qing You back again.

"Bang!"

From a distance, it looked like Zhang Ruochen was standing in place, continuously swinging his sword and thrusting his spear, fighting three Qing Yous simultaneously.

After more than twenty exchanges, Qing You still couldn't defeat Zhang Ruochen.

Prince Huoxing, standing on the back of a Qinglin Eagle, watched the battlefield below, somewhat disappointed, and said, "It seems I must take action!"

Prince Huoxing raised the Silver Bone Crescent Bow, drawing a golden Chariot-Breaking Arrow. His true qi surged, immediately pulling the 300-pound bow to full draw, making a "creak" sound.

On the battlefield, using a Chariot-Breaking Arrow could shatter a war chariot driven by thirty people with a single shot.

Prince Huoxing, staring at Zhang Ruochen who was fighting Qing You, a smile on his lips, pointed the arrow at Zhang Ruochen's back, saying, "Prince Nine, farewell!"

He released the arrow, and it flew out.

"Whoosh!"

The arrowhead ignited, like a flaming meteor, speeding towards the ground.