Chapter 29 of 100

Chapter 29

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There was no sound of the clash between the guards and the sharp blades. Bu Li and Yang Cance did not make a sound, and on the entire Tianci Platform, there was nothing but the sharp sound of weapons cutting through the air. Everyone below the Tianci Platform had a cold sweat in their palms. Such a fight where every move could draw blood, a slight mistake could cost a life. Even those who had no stake in the matter, seeing a man and a woman fighting to the death, could hardly remain indifferent.

The atmosphere beside the Tianci Platform was so oppressive that it made people restless.

Originally, Bai Xu, who had no hope for the "Remnant Clan Grand Trial," saw that Bu Li was actually taking the upper hand, severely injuring Yang Cance's patterned beast, and engaging in close combat with Yang Cance without falling behind. Bu Li, a hunter by origin, could fight on par with a patterned warrior carefully trained by the Dishi Clan, which inevitably raised more ambitions. Although Bai Xu knew that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, at this point, who could care about so much?

The more so, the more Bai Xu's heart trembled with each clash between Bu Li and Yang Cance. Yang Cance's guards never left Bu Li's body by more than an inch, and from a distance, it seemed as if each strike hit Bu Li. In just a few breaths, Bai Xu's heart was in his throat, as if it would jump out at any moment. His face was flushed, clearly agitated, and he looked like he might have a seizure at any time.

"Can he win?" After watching for a few moments, Bai Xu closed his eyes, unable to bear to look. He asked softly, and when the words came out, he realized his voice was so off-key that he couldn't even recognize it as his own.

"I am watching how Bu Li wins." The old man in black remained cold and indifferent. The intense battle between Bu Li and Yang Cance, which made everyone's blood boil, seemed to have no effect on his emotions. From the beginning, he had never doubted that Bu Li would lose. Everything was just a process, a process of Bu Li moving from one victory to another, with no room for any accidents.

What kind of confidence was this? Or was it a kind of faith?

Hearing the black-robed priest's words, Bai Xu's wildly beating heart finally found some solace. In the midst of these two sentences, the situation on the Tianci Platform suddenly changed.

Dahei finally changed its usual hit-and-run tactics and directly charged at Yang Cance. Its massive body was like a tyrannosaurus rex in full sprint, and no one could resist it. The mere momentum was enough to make anyone tremble with fear. In previous attacks, Dahei had been loud but ineffective. This time, Dahei seemed to be stimulated, with red eyes and a desperate look.

But when Yang Cance subconsciously thought that this black bear would only make a lot of noise to distract her, and this time she wouldn't be distracted by the cunning black bear, Dahei aimed for a mutual destruction, completely ignoring the guards in front of Yang Cance's hands, and charged straight at the flashing cold light.

Ducking the sharp blade and the diagonal thrust from Bu Li, Yang Cance felt bitter. This pair of patterned hunter and beast was truly a unique oddity. A black bear that only harassed and a patterned hunter who was not weaker in close combat than a patterned warrior—how did they hunt in the mountains?

The patterned hunter who should have been evasive did not move at all, directly taking on any attack. The hunting beast that should have been in the front to protect the hunter was incredibly evasive, slipping away without taking any damage. Who was the patterned hunter? Yang Cance was confused, and she felt a sense of literary despair... In that moment, Yang Cance felt that the black bear was her true opponent, and Bu Li was just the hunting beast of the black bear.

Making a wrong judgment at the wrong time, Yang Cance, who had little hope of winning, lost her last chance of victory.

The doubt only appeared for a moment and was forcibly suppressed by Yang Cance. In the current situation, Bu Li's sharp blade never left her vital points. It seemed that the young man with the imposing figure did not notice that she was a girl, and her beautiful body, which made people yearn, had no attraction to him. Each strike aimed for the vital points, and even some underhanded moves, when executed by the young man, were without any hesitation.

Dealing with such a cold and ruthless opponent, any distraction meant defeat and death. But Yang Cance gradually fell into a dilemma, unable to quickly defeat Bu Li, while the black bear on the other side kept annoying her with its hit-and-run tactics.

Was she going to lose? This thought flashed through Yang Cance's mind, and then her body forcibly retreated several feet, dodging Dahei's charge for mutual destruction. She brought her guards together and slashed down.

Dahei did not stop, quickly charging at Yang Cance, but after she dodged, it charged even faster towards the other side of the Tianci Platform. Seeing this, both Yang Cance and the people below the Tianci Platform were speechless. The black bear, which had just made a desperate charge, had not used its full strength; it was focused on how to escape...

It was still harassing her... Yang Cance was speechless. What if she went to deal with the black bear first? As soon as this thought appeared, something hard pressed against the back of her head, and Yang Cance felt a cold killing intent envelop her entire body, penetrating to the bone.

The constantly moving figures suddenly stopped. Bu Li, with a sharp blade in his right hand and a hand crossbow in his left, had somehow appeared behind Yang Cance, the crossbow pressing against the back of her head, motionless.

Yang Cance felt the killing intent, and even the pungent smell of Qingluo grass on the crossbow arrow was clearly detectable. The sharp tip of the arrow lightly touched her hair and skin. Yang Cance was certain that if she made any move, the young man named Bu Li would not show any mercy and would not give her any chance to turn the tide.

"You have lost. Don't force it, go down." Bu Li did not move, but he said something rare.

Dahei stopped its sprint, seeing that Bu Li had already controlled the situation, and sat down on the Tianci Platform with a snort. It had been quite frightened by the fake charge for mutual destruction.

Yang Cance did not speak, her eyes straight, and she saw Yang Ye's iron-gray face. Her heart hardened, and a resolute determination surged. Her body did not move; any movement would cause the crossbow arrow coated with Qingluo grass to pierce her. At that moment, no matter what means she used, it would be useless. The animal skin on her back suddenly tore, revealing her dark, youthful skin, and a faint, fresh scent reached Bu Li's nose.

Dahei was stunned in that moment, wondering if these two were going to do something on the Tianci Platform. Was the girl taking off her clothes herself, or was Bu Li so infatuated that he tore the girl's clothes? Bu Li, with a sharp blade in one hand and a crossbow in the other, obviously did not have a third hand to do the lewd things the black bear imagined, but even if it was not real, it did not stop Dahei from staring in shock.

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