Chapter 345: Bluffing?

"Absolutely impossible!" Wei Xiong could not help but blurt out, his voice filled with disbelief.

Among the True Essence Realm Martial Artists he had encountered, those capable of unleashing a blade strike with such power as the one just now were simply as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Let alone unleashing a second strike in succession; in his understanding, this was almost a fantasy.

However, Chen Fan could not be bothered to waste words with them.

He was seen quickly raising the Dagger in his right hand high above his head, its sharp tip pointing straight toward the sky.

In an instant, the True Qi within his body flowed away like a burst levee, more than half vanishing in a flash.

Immediately following, under the gaze of Yan Luo, who was filled with panic, Chen Fan suddenly slashed the Dagger down heavily.

A massive Blade Qi, identical to the previous one, was generated instantly; this Blade Qi seemed to carry the momentum to destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth, slashing forward swiftly like a surging tide.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Impacted by this sudden, powerful wave of air, Wei Xiong's footsteps retreated several steps uncontrollably.

At this moment, the shock in his eyes had reached its peak; if he were not truly in this realistic scene, he would have loved to pinch himself hard to confirm this was not a nightmare.

And Qi Yuangu, standing to the side, had a mind that was already a blank slate; his whole person seemed to have had his soul extracted, completely losing the ability to think, just standing blankly on the spot, his eyes filled with terror.

"Damn it!"

Yan Luo was so angry he gritted his teeth; that sense of desperation, of having no way out and nowhere to turn, surged toward him again like a tide.

At this time, only two Amulets remained in his hands, and he knew very well that these two Amulets could not possibly block this Fatal blade strike.

Could it be that he was truly going to lose his life here today?

"No! I have experienced countless hardships and obstacles to reach today; how could I possibly die here, and die at the hands of a Martial Artist at that!"

Yan Luo's heart was filled with unwillingness; since he could not avoid it, then he would fight to the death!

He quickly placed his hands in front of him, palms facing each other.

Instantly, a fireball the size of a soccer ball condensed and took shape in his hands, and it was continuously expanding at an extremely fast speed.

In just the blink of an eye, the fireball expanded to the size of a washbasin; however, its changes did not stop there.

Yan Luo gritted his teeth, frantically drawing Mental Power from his mind.

Following the injection of Mental Power, his palms also slowly changed from their original position in front of him to a supporting posture, steadily holding a massive fireball nearly three meters in diameter.

Seeing that the sharp Blade Qi was about to whistle over, Yan Luo let out a heaven-shaking roar, using all his strength to hold the fireball and smash it fiercely toward the Blade Qi.

"Boom!"

A deafening, thunderous sound erupted instantly as the fireball and the Blade Qi collided violently.

For a time, air waves surged like raging billows. The ground where Yan Luo stood was instantly sunken more than a meter deep by the powerful impact.

Countless flames, like stray bullets flying everywhere, shot out frantically in all directions.

"Block it for me!" Yan Luo's eyes were blood-red, and he let out a roar like a wild beast.

The clothes on his arms had long since been burned away by the flames, and veins like twisted earthworms stood out hideously on his skin.

In the fierce contest between the blade aura and the fireball, the blade aura, relying on its sharp characteristics, clearly held the upper hand.

The sharp blade aura was seen cutting open the fireball bit by bit, gradually closing in on Yan Luo.

Yet with every step forward, the blade aura was also shrinking continuously at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Qi Yuangu, to the side, saw this scene, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

Originally, he thought Yan Luo was doomed this time, but looking at the current situation, it seemed that was not the case!

"Has this guy been hiding his strength all along?" Wei Xiong felt extremely shocked in his heart as well.

He remembered that just a few months ago, the fireball Yan Luo condensed had a maximum diameter of no more than two meters, yet now it exceeded three meters.

Do not underestimate this mere one-meter increase; its power had increased by at least several times.

"No wonder he was bent on developing in Wuji City; so his strength has already reached B-Grade?"

Wei Xiong narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering to himself; this guy was truly hiding his light, actually playing the trick of hiding his strength in front of him.

However, it did not matter if his strength was a bit higher; if he really died here, he would have made this trip for nothing.

After three or four seconds, the fireball was finally slashed into two halves by the blade aura.

But at this time, the blade aura had also shrunk sharply from its previous five-meter size to just over three meters.

Immediately following, with a loud "Clang!", the blade aura slashed heavily onto the Protective Shield on Yan Luo's body.

The previous scene repeated itself. Yan Luo's face was as pale as paper, his whole body soaked through with sweat, as if he had just been fished out of water.

His gaze crossed the blade qi that was gradually dissipating before him and landed fixedly on Chen Fan, while he gasped for breath, as if he had just experienced a life-and-death battle.

If nothing went wrong, after exhausting all the Mental Power in his body and using two Amulets, this second strike should be successfully blocked by him.

However, his heart was filled with worry; he truly dared not be certain whether the Chen Fan opposite him could still unleash a third strike.

If the opponent really could swing a third strike, then besides sitting and waiting for death, he feared he could find no other way.

Accompanied by a faint cracking sound, the blade aura also gradually dissipated into the air.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the field was quiet enough to make one's hair stand on end.

Not only Yan Luo, but Wei Xiong's heart also jumped into his throat; he was filled with fear, terrified that in the next second, he would see Chen Fan raise the blade above his head again.

Qi Yuangu swallowed nervously, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

At this critical moment where both sides were deadlocked and neither could figure out the other's trump card, the Mind Reading he possessed would undoubtedly have the potential to play a huge role.

"Let me see if you still have remaining strength, or if you are merely bluffing." Qi Yuangu thought to himself, his gaze fixed tightly on Chen Fan's eyes.

Immediately following, he suddenly widened his eyes, a look of complete disbelief appearing on his face.

He was actually unable to probe the opponent's inner thoughts at all! Could it be that this guy's Mental Power was actually above his own?

"No, this is absolutely impossible!" Qi Yuangu was unwilling to believe any of this.

This guy was merely a Martial Artist; how could a Martial Artist possess Mental Power stronger than his? Something must have gone wrong somewhere.

Just in the next second, a sharp gaze swept over like lightning, colliding fiercely with his line of sight.

Qi Yuangu was so frightened that his face turned as pale as paper.

No, this was not an illusion; the other party's Mental Power was indeed above his, otherwise, it would have been absolutely impossible to detect that he was spying.

Chen Fan looked at Qi Yuangu and frowned slightly.

Just a moment ago, he had clearly felt the strange sensation of being watched.

"Could this person be an Awakened who has awakened a mental-type ability?" Chen Fan speculated to himself.

After all, this guy's aura was indeed the weakest among these few people.

Just at this moment, a burst of arrogant laughter suddenly rang out, "Hahaha, hahaha!"

The laughter came directly from the mouth of Yanluo.

"Why don't you continue? Didn't you say that if one blade couldn't kill me, you'd just strike another? But you didn't manage to take my life with this second blade, did you?"

"To tell you the truth, if you had struck a third blade, I would definitely have died at your hands. But so much time has passed, why haven't you struck that third blade yet?" Yanluo laughed wildly with a ferocious expression.

Judging from the fact that Chen Fan had swung the second blade without a word just now, the other party was clearly a ruthless character, just like him.

A person like this, if they were truly still capable of swinging a third blade, would absolutely not be standing there foolishly, staring him down.

Therefore, the answer was already self-evident.

"Is it because the True Energy in your body is no longer enough to support you in using a third blade?" Yanluo asked loudly, while at the same time, he had already secretly prepared to use a teleportation item.

Wei Xiong and Qi Yuangu also cast their gazes toward Chen Fan.