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Chapter 2197: Chapter 2198: Battle on the Void

That cold, grating voice, like a muffled clap of thunder, crashed into Yan Jingchu’s ears and made her footsteps almost instinctively falter for a moment.

And just as Yan Jingchu’s footsteps stalled, the sword in Ye Xunhuan’s hand lashed out like a bolt of lightning, like a long electric serpent, striking forth with blinding speed!

"Crash!"

With that one strike, a razor-sharp sword radiance, carrying a thick, crushing intent of destruction, not only cleaved the air around them apart, but also set off a crackling series of sounds, like strings of firecrackers exploding all at once.

The fierce sword aura flared into being, then shot toward Yan Jingchu like a streak of lightning.

Xun Wanli’s expression changed; he moved as if to rush in and block that lethal sword light.

But Ye Xunhuan’s move was far too fast. Even though Xun Wanli reacted and tried to intervene, he was already too late.

As the brutal sword aura slashed toward her, Yan Jingchu felt as if she had been locked onto by some bloodthirsty, savage beast that wanted to tear her into pieces.

An invisible pressure instantly enveloped her, and even her throat felt as if an unseen giant hand had clamped down on it, strangling every ounce of strength from her body.

In that instant, Yan Jingchu’s limbs went rigid and ice-cold.

"Pfft!"

The savage sword aura slammed directly into the left side of Yan Jingchu’s back, punching straight through it; scarlet blood burst out at once.

The searing pain made Yan Jingchu suck in a breath of cold air almost purely by instinct.

Right then, Ye Xunhuan’s icy voice rang out again all around them: "Next time you run, that sword light lands on your heart."

The chill in his voice was like a heavy iron hammer banging against Yan Jingchu’s heart, making her whole body shiver like a sieve, trembling without stop.

He... he left me alive on purpose, he isn’t trying to kill me?

For a moment, that thought surfaced in Yan Jingchu’s mind almost by instinct.

Meanwhile, Xun Wanli’s face had gone so dark it looked like it could drip water.

He was standing right there, yet Ye Xunhuan had still managed to injure Yan Jingchu with that sword; it was no different from slapping him ruthlessly across the face.

This slap might be silent, but it burned like hell!

"Whelp, you’re too arrogant. Today I’ll definitely cut you down!" Xun Wanli snarled at Ye Xunhuan through gritted teeth, his eyes gloomy and vicious like a starving wolf’s, as if he wanted to tear Ye Xunhuan apart and devour him on the spot.

As he spoke, the dragon-head cane in Xun Wanli’s hand began to whirl.

In an instant, the space around them seemed to fill with shadows of that dragon-head cane, and a cold, murderous intent, sharp and oppressive, flooded the entire area!

"The staff like a mountain, its shadows like swords..."

"Yin and Yang boundless—break!"

Ye Xunhuan gave a low shout, and the sword in his hand swept out in a rapid series of slashes.

"Swish!"

With a single cut, a fierce sword light materialized in midair, like a colossal curtain dropping from the heavens, crashing straight down toward Xun Wanli.

"Rumble..."

The two terrifying waves of qi slammed into each other, and a deafening boom erupted around them. The monstrous Yubo of force shredded the already broken tables and chairs into splinters that whirled through the air, while the nearby glass panes shattered all at once, raining down to the floor with a series of crisp, tinkling crashes.

The next instant, before the Yubo had even dissipated, Ye Xunhuan and Xun Wanli both struck again.

"Crash!"

Ye Xunhuan’s sword hacked out; a razor-sharp, biting sword aura surged forth, as if even a roaring waterfall in front of him could be cleaved in two, the momentum terrifying to the extreme.

Xun Wanli was not about to fall behind. The dragon-head cane in his hand became like Sun Wukong’s Jingu Bang from Journey to the West, as if it had been given life. With one swing it came crashing down, as though the very ground would quake and mountains would topple wherever it struck.

"Crack!"

The grating impact rang out again as Xun Wanli’s dragon-head cane smashed into the sword light Ye Xunhuan had just unleashed, shattering it to pieces, and then, using the rebound, his body sprang up in a slight hop, bringing the cane down toward Ye Xunhuan’s skull with the force of Mount Tai collapsing from above.

In this strike, Xun Wanli held nothing back. If that cane landed, Ye Xunhuan’s head would definitely explode like a watermelon being smashed.

The wind from the blow, sharp as blades, enveloped Ye Xunhuan’s entire body, making every muscle in him instantly tense to the limit.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xunhuan raised the sword in his hand.

"Clang!"

A clear ring sounded as Xun Wanli’s dragon-head cane smashed down onto Ye Xunhuan’s blade.

Although Ye Xunhuan had blocked Xun Wanli’s storm-like onslaught, his body still trembled from the impact, and the floor tiles beneath his feet shattered at the same time.

"Using qi to dissolve force—seems you know quite a bit!" Xun Wanli sneered coldly when he saw this.

This using qi to unload force was the same principle as using four ounces to shift a thousand pounds; the difference was that Ye Xunhuan was channeling all the power in Xun Wanli’s cane strike down into the ground through his qi.

"If I didn’t know enough, I’d be dead by now—let alone have a chance to kill you." Ye Xunhuan said coldly, his face like ice.

As his words fell, Ye Xunhuan lifted his right hand, levering Xun Wanli’s weapon aside, and with a flick of his sword, several sword flowers flared into dazzling arcs in midair, then shot toward Xun Wanli in a blur.

"Shatter!"

Xun Wanli’s dragon-head cane swept out again, smashing every last one of those sword flowers to pieces.

The next moment, Ye Xunhuan lunged forward like an arrow, closing the distance to Xun Wanli. Man and sword became one—Unity of Man and Sword—as he thrust straight at Xun Wanli’s chest.

This sword strike was as fast as thunder, fierce as lightning, almost impossible to withstand!

Seeing this, Xun Wanli’s pupils shrank sharply, and every hair on his body stood on end.

Right now he could clearly feel that he had been completely locked onto by Ye Xunhuan’s aura. No matter how he tried to evade, Ye Xunhuan could track him and instantly adjust his angle.

In other words, no matter what he did, Xun Wanli had no way to dodge this thrust from Ye Xunhuan!

"Swish!"

In a flash, Ye Xunhuan was right in front of Xun Wanli, the sword in his hand radiating a killing cold as it stabbed straight toward Xun Wanli’s chest, aiming to pierce his heart and cut him down!