Chapter 1335: Chapter 1335 Hesitation
Axing, seeing Ye Liuyun accept Ahu’s challenge, showed a pleased expression on her face.
"I’ll prepare some healing medicine for you right away!" She happily went to gather medicinal herbs for Ye Liuyun.
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Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but be speechless.
"Are you so sure that I’ll lose?" he asked Axing with a wry smile.
"Of course! Ahu is at the eighth stage of Body Refining. You definitely can’t beat him, and I expect you’ll get quite injured!"
Ye Liuyun wanted to explain that he accepted Ahu’s challenge not for her.
But when he saw Axing’s happy look, he couldn’t bear to tell her that.
Moreover, he needed to get along with Axing in the tribe, so he swallowed his words.
Ye Tiandao, watching from the side, couldn’t help but laugh when she saw Ye Liuyun’s awkward situation.
Ye Liuyun playfully knocked on her head, and they both went to prepare medicinal herbs.
An hour later, a crowd of people gathered around an open space in the tribe.
Ye Liuyun, holding a spear and led by Axing, arrived. Ye Tiandao followed, eager to witness the spectacle.
She wanted to see how Ye Liuyun acted.
Ahu had been waiting there, holding a mace, looking disdainfully at Ye Liuyun.
To the onlookers, it was a consensus that Ye Liuyun would surely lose against Ahu.
They were just here for the show, curious to see how badly Ye Liuyun would be beaten.
There were rules in the tribe against causing serious harm in fights between tribe members.
There were not many people in the tribe. It would be a great loss if they killed their own kind.
So, Axing wasn’t too worried about Ye Liuyun’s safety. At most, he would get injured and need some time to recover.
The rules of combat here were simple. Without a referee, once Ye Liuyun and Ahu stood in place, the fight could begin.
Contrary to expectations, Ye Liuyun stood there calmly. Onlookers, including Ahu, initially thought Ye Liuyun might be afraid or nervous. However, he seemed nonchalant.
Everyone was curious about what he was doing.
"What are you doing?" Axing asked, puzzled.
Without sharp spikes, the spear would be no different from a stick, and it would have no more lethality.
"I’m afraid of injuring him too severely," Ye Liuyun explained to Axing.
His words elicited laughter from the onlookers.
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Ahu laughed as he swung his mace toward Ye Liuyun.
Axing was both anxious and helpless at the sight of this.
At this moment, Ye Liuyun remained motionless, holding the spear upright as if he were stunned.
"Why aren’t you dodging?" Axing grew even more anxious watching from the side.
"Is he scared out of his wits?" The onlookers joined in the jeering.
However, before their words could settle, Ahu’s mace descended toward Ye Liuyun’s head.
Ye Liuyun suddenly moved.
In a single fluid motion, he angled the spear, accurately and swiftly piercing Ahu’s arm. Ahu’s mace froze mid-air, unable to complete its descent.
If Ye Liuyun hadn’t disassembled the spearhead, Ahu’s arm would have been impaled due to the force of his own downward swing.
"Wow!" Gasps of surprise erupted from the crowd. They hadn’t expected Ye Liuyun to counter with such a skillful and precise move.
Axing, mouth agape, was also stunned, no longer yelling warnings to Ye Liuyun.
Ahu hastily retreated, rubbing the spot where Ye Liuyun’s disarmed spear had struck.
Though the spear no longer had a point, the hit was still painful. His mace almost dropped to the ground because his arm went numb.
After a brief pause, he swung his club toward Ye Liuyun again.
Ye Liuyun remained still, just as before. When the club swung toward him, he executed a swift turn.
He swung his spear in a circular motion and delivered an upward flick.
It was another move capitalizing on leverage, causing Ahu’s mace to change direction and fly upwards, just grazing past Ye Liuyun’s head.
If Ahu hadn’t been in the Eighth Level of Body Refining, his mace might have slipped from his grasp due to this force.
However, the force was caused by him. Ye Liuyun didn’t exert much force.
Another round of amazed murmurs echoed through the crowd. Axing was dumbfounded, unsure if Ye Liuyun was just lucky or genuinely skillful.
Ahu raised his mace again, this time leaping toward Ye Liuyun, ready to strike.
This time, Ahu raised both hands, leaped, and swung the mace toward Ye Liuyun.
Ye Liuyun remained unfazed. He waited until Ahu closed in on him, then suddenly turned and ran, dragging the spear behind him.
Just as the crowd was about to burst into laughter, and Ahu was preparing to land and pursue, Ye Liuyun executed a sharp pivot in place. He lowered his body, and with the spear, swiftly stabbed toward Ahu’s throat.
Ahu, still mid-air after the pursuit, had just relieved the force in his hands. Now, with the spear aimed at his throat, he had to step back.
Ye Liuyun pushed the spear slightly forward, forcing Ahu to retreat further.
Ye Liuyun then retracted the spear, stood up, and whispered, "You’ve lost!"
Only now did the onlookers understand why Ye Liuyun had removed the spearhead. If he hadn’t, Ahu would likely have been killed by now.
Ye Liuyun’s performance left everyone shocked, and the place fell silent.
Ahu’s face turned crimson. After holding back for a while, he finally admitted defeat.
Quite a man! Ye Liuyun silently praised in his heart, feeling relieved that he hadn’t hurt Ahu too severely.
However, what Ahu said next left Ye Liuyun in a helpless wry smile.
"Axing is yours now!" Ahu said dejectedly.
"It’s not what you think..."
Ye Liuyun began to explain, but his words were drowned out by the cheers of the crowd.
Ahu didn’t hear it, and Axing didn’t hear it either.
More people rushed up to congratulate Ye Liuyun, asking about his techniques. In the midst of the chaos, Ye Liuyun had no chance to explain further.
Ahu turned and walked away. He wanted to explain, but he left him no chance.
Axing reacted in shock and looked at Ye Liuyun with a blissful expression.
Oh no, did I just get myself into trouble again?
On the sidelines, the only Incarnation Phase man in the tribe nodded approvingly and chuckled.
His name was Amu. He was second only to the tribe leader in status, Amu was the combat leader of the tribe and extremely loyal to the community.
All the battles and hunting in the tribe were led by Amu.
He was impressed by Ye Liuyun’s skillful and precise combat techniques, despite not having a high cultivation realm. Amu recognized Ye Liuyun’s potential and considered him a talent worth cultivating.
Following the dispersal of the crowd, Amu went to see the tribe leader to request cultivation resources for Ye Liuyun.
Resources for cultivation within the tribe were limited and only allocated to individuals considered worthy of investment. Those who received these resources naturally held a higher status within the tribe.