Chapter 731: The Crazy Old Lady

Nine Heavens Thunder kick with both feet?

A cauldron's leg is also a leg; that is how Ye Lin understands it, anyway.

Ding Hanbin, having been struck by the cauldron, felt blood seep from the web between his thumb and forefinger where he held his sword.

He looked at the two identical Ye Lins that had suddenly appeared, a look of astonishment surfacing on his face.

"Cloning technique? You insidious and cunning fellow!"

Ding Hanbin's eyes were bloodshot, and he was panting like an ox.

He had thought he was well-prepared, but he never expected Ye Lin to still have such underhanded tricks!

The key was that these two Ye Lins looked exactly the same; Ding Hanbin could not even tell which one was the original.

"How am I insidious? Didn't I just warn you to watch your back? Did you listen?" Ye Lin asked back, righteous and self-assured.

"Stop farting!"

"Thousand Mountains Twilight Snow, Sword Qi spans three thousand miles!"

An incomparably powerful aura surged forth from Ding Hanbin's body.

As a sword cultivator at the Cave Profound realm, his strength was beyond doubt.

Terrifying sword qi ravaged the surroundings, leaving white sword marks even on the sturdy arena floor where the formation had been set.

"Hiss... Is this the level of insight into sword intent possessed by a personal disciple of Wu Feng?"

"Compared to him, I even feel a sense of inferiority, as if I dare not use a sword."

"How will Ye Lin resolve this strike?"

The disciples of the Immortal Cloud Sect in the spectator stands discussed it in hushed tones, their eyes filled with shock.

Ding Hanbin swept his sword blade, the sharp sword qi transforming into a sword dragon, sweeping through everything in sight.

Since he couldn't tell which was the original, he would just kill them both!

"Why is the attack so ruthless?"

The elder on the field was already on high alert; such a powerful strike was likely something Ye Lin, at the Yin-Yang realm, could not withstand, and he would have to intervene to save him.

After all, the Nine Peaks Grand Competition was meant to test the disciples' strength, not to decide life and death.

"Without your schemes and tricks, you could never be my opponent! A mere Yin-Yang realm cultivator—last time was just me underestimating you. This time, you cannot be my match!"

Ding Hanbin's expression was manic as he manipulated the long dragon of sword qi to sweep across.

He knew very well that with the elder present, he could not kill Ye Lin, but even so, he would make Ye Lin suffer heavy injuries and lie in bed for half a month to vent the hatred in his heart!

"Sigh, when will this cycle of vengeance end? Senior Brother Ding, I didn't expect that losing to me once would leave you with such a deep shadow."

Ye Lin sighed faintly, a look of compassion appearing on his face.

"In that case, Senior Brother Ding, take this lowly life of mine."

Having said that, Ye Lin actually spread his hands without any resistance, appearing as if he were letting Ding Hanbin slaughter him.

This scene left everyone in the Immortal Cloud Sect, including all the disciples and Ding Hanbin himself, stunned.

What kind of medicine is this guy selling in his gourd? Is he really not afraid of death?

"Not good!"

The first to react was the elder acting as the referee.

For a Yin-Yang realm cultivator to offer no defense and take a full-force strike from a Cave Profound realm sword cultivator head-on was certain death.

The elder, having realized this, subconsciously wanted to step in and stop the duel.

But the next second, a black wall rose from the ground in front of Ye Lin!

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

The sword qi dragon slammed into the black wall, carving white sword marks into it and sending sparks flying, yet it could not break through the wall in the slightest.

Everyone present was stunned into silence.

This wall could actually block a full-force strike from a Cave Profound realm sword cultivator?

"Is that... an Earth-element forbidden technique? How can a forbidden technique appear in an arena match?" a disciple exclaimed.

Anything classified as a forbidden technique was bound to be extremely damaging to the body, potentially even harming one's foundation; it was a case of "inflicting a thousand damage on the enemy while suffering eight hundred oneself."

Under normal circumstances, no one would learn a forbidden technique, let alone use one.

And the most shocked of all was naturally Ding Hanbin, the person involved; his pupils had shrunk to the size of needles.

If he had been ambushed and poisoned by Ye Lin last time, this time, Ye Lin had truly taken his full-force strike head-on and remained unscathed!

How is this possible?

He was at the Cave Profound realm! There was still the Primordial realm between him and a Yin-Yang realm cultivator like Ye Lin!

Even a top genius with Heaven-grade spiritual roots could not fight across two major realms.

"Damn! I was just saying that—we're fellow disciples, do you really want to kill me?"

Ye Lin's face was full of shock.

"Elder, fellow disciples, you all saw it, right? This Ding Hanbin wants to kill me! Then I can only fight back with all my might!"

"Cut the crap! I want to see how many more times you can use a forbidden technique!"

Ding Hanbin was completely desperate now; he did not believe that a Yin-Yang realm cultivator could really face him head-on. He was a personal disciple of an elder!

"Anxious? Are you a bit red?" Ye Lin continued to provoke Ding Hanbin.

"Nine Layers of Heavy Peaks, the momentum never ends; Sword light breaks the dawn to slash the flowing clouds!"

Ding Hanbin ignored him completely, unleashing a fierce sword strike.

The sword qi was like endless mountain ranges piled together, with reality hidden in the void and the void hidden in reality; every strand of sword qi contained terrifying killing intent!

Facing this terrifying strike, Ye Lin activated the forbidden spell Instant Dance, stepped with the Heavenly Dipper Evasion Footwork, and transformed into an elusive streak of light, each step carrying the momentum of shifting mountains and rivers.

"Small shuffling steps followed by thunderous positioning!"

"Thunderous Interdimensional Lightning Whirlwind Slash!"

"Next is the old lady crossing the street, the old lady running a red light, followed by the old lady's backstep, the old lady's forward step, the old lady summoning a full-body Susanoo, and then the old lady's Flying Thunder God!"

Ding Hanbin's sword moved like a dragon, displaying the powerful and terrifying offensive strength of a sword cultivator; every strike was enough to make other cultivators at the Cave Profound realm prepare for a hard fight.

But Ye Lin was like a slippery loach; no matter how Ding Hanbin swung his sword, that terrifying sword qi could not hit Ye Lin even once.

The key was that Ye Lin not only kept dodging, but he also chanted while dodging to mess with Ding Hanbin's mentality.

After failing to touch even the hem of Ye Lin's clothes after dozens of strikes, Ding Hanbin began to lose his composure.

"Is all you can do is dodge?"

"You can't hit me, and you blame me for dodging? Do you have any shame? Ask the disciples off the stage, is there any rule that says you can't dodge in a duel?" Ye Lin asked back.

Ding Hanbin was so angry his eyes turned red, yet he could find no reason to refute Ye Lin.

"Do you think you can win just by dodging?"

"That's none of your business. Watch the old lady wear spring-loaded shoes, Duang~ Duang~ Duang~"

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

Ding Hanbin started with a battle roar; he was going crazy just hearing the words "old lady."

"One finger freezes the cold river to condense sword intent, the sword picks at a thousand mountains to seal ten thousand spirits!"

Bone-chilling cold air condensed around Ding Hanbin, and wherever his sword pointed, countless ice shards protruded.

This was an indiscriminate attack, a sword move with a massive range, and it consumed a great deal of his own energy.

But now, being angered to the point of explosion by Ye Lin, he could no longer care about that!

Seeing Ding Hanbin's sword intent turn cold, Ye Lin raised his hand and immediately released the forbidden spell Karma Fire Burns the Heavens.

"Watch the old lady selling matches!"