Chapter 705: Dual Battle

Although Shentu Yue wore a veil and did not reveal her face.

Yet when she appeared, everyone's eyes lit up, and not a single person felt she was inferior to Lan Ruoyun.

In terms of temperament, the veiled Shentu Yue was even a cut above.

Lan Ruoyun in her white gauze dress was like a white crane above the clouds, while Shentu Yue in her red dress was like a phoenix on a paulownia tree.

The two women merely stood there, making the people present feel as though their eyes were not enough to take it all in.

Yan Dongchen turned his head to look at Shentu Yue and narrowed his eyes.

Facing Lan Ruoyun, who was ranked lower than him, he could freely refuse her challenge, but facing Shentu Yue, who was ranked above him, he had to be cautious.

Because he had lost to her before.

Yan Dongchen's sharp gaze turned to Shentu Yue: "Do you intend to interfere in this matter?"

Shentu Yue met Yan Dongchen's gaze without showing any weakness:

"If you want to challenge the number one, shouldn't you pass me first?"

These words caused the expressions of those present to vary, inevitably leading to wild imaginations.

"Now that is what you call a man! It's so damn enviable!"

At this very moment, Zhang Hanjiang, standing beside Zhou Yuan, could not help but exclaim, which very much represented the inner thoughts of the vast majority of men present.

Li Fei hadn't even appeared, yet two peerless beauties had taken the initiative to stand up and speak for him.

Moreover, neither Lan Ruoyun nor Shentu Yue were mere vases.

One was fifth on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking, the other was second.

Setting aside their strength, the backgrounds of these two were more intimidating than the last:

One was the future head of the Lan family, the other was the Young Pavilion Master of the Red Dust Pavilion!

This was truly too enviable!

Yan Dongchen fell silent.

When he dropped from second to third, it was because he had lost to Shentu Yue.

Now that Shentu Yue had stepped out to say he should fight her first, it really left one with nothing to say.

If he were to refuse this, it would only make Yan Dongchen appear to have ill intentions.

"Fine, then come."

Yan Dongchen took down the wooden box he was carrying on his back and agreed to a battle with Shentu Yue.

Seeing this, Lan Ruoyun, who was to the side, pursed her lips and retreated with some reluctance.

In truth, her stepping forward was not, as others thought, to speak for Li Fei or because she had any special feelings for him.

That boorish fellow.

She simply wanted to take this opportunity to compare herself with someone ranked higher than her on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking.

After all, she had mastered the Lan family's supreme technique, "Orchid Cause, Fluff Effect."

Having failed to gain any advantage against Li Fei, she very much wanted to prove herself against someone else.

As for the few people ranked ahead of her, the two "monsters" Li Fei and Zhu Fenghua could be ruled out; against Shentu Yue, her sword technique was completely at a disadvantage—her swordsmanship, sword intent, and sword heart were all inferior, and she was heavily countered.

Therefore, Yan Dongchen was the most suitable opponent to challenge.

Unfortunately, Yan Dongchen did not give her the chance.

On the other side, Shentu Yue held her sword in one hand and stepped forward.

Her reason for taking the initiative to fight Yan Dongchen was also simple: she did not want Li Fei to be exhausted by Yan Dongchen beforehand, which would affect his duel with Zhu Fenghua.

She did not want Li Fei to lose to Zhu Fenghua.

It had nothing to do with emotion, only because she had said those words: "I dare not contend with you."

If Li Fei were to lose to Zhu Fenghua, wouldn't it make it seem like her judgment was very poor?

Besides that, Yan Dongchen claimed he had realized a spear technique over two years, and Shentu Yue also wanted to see it for herself.

On the open ground outside the mansion, Yan Dongchen took his spear out of the long, rectangular wooden box.

It was a pitch-black long spear, two point three meters in length, with dense patterns covering the shaft, resembling dragon scales.

Dark Abyss Dragon Scale Spear, a Grade Five exotic weapon!

The moment he gripped the spear, all of Yan Dongchen's aura and spear intent vanished, as if they had been absorbed by the spear in his hand.

At this moment, his presence was infinitely diminished; in everyone's perception, only a lone spear stood there.

Even the sunlight was absorbed by the long spear, causing the area to grow dim.

Shentu Yue's expression became grave, but she quickly calmed down again.

Her innate Clear Sword Heart allowed her to maintain the unity of heart and sword regardless of the pressure or the formidable enemy she faced, ensuring she never hesitated when striking and could always perform at her best!

It was so when facing You Ming, and it was even more so now when facing Yan Dongchen.

Such a sword heart was more useful and powerful than many core-level extraordinary abilities.

It was precisely because of such peerless talent that she was taken as a closed-door disciple by the Pavilion Master of the Red Dust Pavilion and considered the person in the Red Dust Pavilion most likely to become a Martial Saint in the future!

"I will only strike once. If you can take it, you win."

Yan Dongchen's voice rang out, and surprisingly, this voice came from the long spear itself.

Hearing this, everyone present, save for a scant few, looked on in astonishment.

Yan Dongchen actually intended to defeat Shentu Yue in a single move?!

Such a thing—even Zhu Fenghua and Li Fei couldn't do it, could they?

Only experts on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking like Lan Ruoyun and Zhou Yuan understood that this was Yan Dongchen's style.

His martial path pursued the ultimate killing power, so when fighting him, one should not expect the scene to be very spectacular.

It was often a matter of victory or defeat, or even life or death, within a few moves!

Two years ago, Yan Dongchen probably still needed three to five strikes to end a fight; now, he only needed one.

This indicated that he could unleash his absolute ultimate killing power within a single strike!

Victory, defeat, life, and death—all were a matter of one strike.

Such a Yan Dongchen was undoubtedly the most terrifying!

If he could compress all victory and defeat into a single strike, he was indeed qualified to challenge any martial artist of the same realm.

Li Fei's two cross-realm battles—one against a True Person with a flying sword, one against a Martial Arts Master—truly shocked the world because of his defensive power, or rather, his ability to protect himself.

Yan Dongchen had his eye on exactly this, which was why he wanted to use Li Fei to verify his own spear technique.

To see if his spear was sharper, or if Li Fei's shield was stronger.

It was just that he needed to pass Shentu Yue first.

In the shadows beneath a wall where no one was looking, a figure took a few steps forward after hearing Yan Dongchen's words, moving closer to Shentu Yue.

But neither Shentu Yue nor Yan Dongchen, nor the other experts on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking present, noticed his existence.

This person was a Martial Arts Master from the Red Dust Pavilion!

Before setting off, Li Fei had gone to have a private talk with Chi Chengyu.

Regarding You Ming, the Martial Arts Master hiding in the shadows, both sides wanted to eliminate him as quickly as possible, so Li Fei had eventually set off for Tianhe City together with Shentu Yue and the others.

The Red Dust Pavilion had dispatched a Martial Arts Master with stealth-type divine abilities to follow in secret.

This was a form of fishing enforcement; if You Ming wanted to make a move on Li Fei and Shentu Yue, he might never return!

Now that Shentu Yue had taken the initiative to come out and duel Yan Dongchen, this Martial Arts Master from the Red Dust Pavilion had naturally followed.

Compared to Li Fei, he was naturally more concerned about Shentu Yue's safety.

Upon sensing the danger from Yan Dongchen, he had closed the distance between himself and the two parties even further to ensure that if any accident occurred, he could intervene to save Shentu Yue at the first possible moment.

Just as the battle between the third and fourth on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking was about to erupt, and while everyone's attention was focused on Shentu Yue and Yan Dongchen, You Ming began his own actions.

He wore a black robe and walked through the alleys.

Soon, he stopped beneath a wall.

Inside the wall was a mansion; the next second, You Ming silently vaulted over the wall and entered the mansion.

The mansion was large and luxurious.

There were pavilions, terraces, rockeries, long corridors, small bridges, and flowing water.

You Ming did not alert anyone, moving through the mansion like a ghost.

As he passed through another corridor, a calm voice suddenly entered his ears:

"Since you possess such a cultivation base, why act as a thief?"

You Ming stopped in his tracks, a smile appearing on his face:

"As expected of the number one on the Wind and Cloud General Ranking."

In a house several dozen meters away, the dark-skinned Zhu Fenghua pushed open the door and walked out.

The next second, two disciples from the Tianyi Tower also walked out from different rooms, looking at him in confusion:

"Junior Brother Zhu, what is it?"

Zhu Fenghua looked calmly ahead and said to his two senior brothers: "You two go first."

"Huh?"

Before the two could react, the ground suddenly began to shake.

Rumble—

Ahead, dust and smoke exploded into the air.

Walls, trees, rockeries, and houses were all shattered in an instant!

A black dragon, carrying a sky full of dust and smoke, tore toward this small courtyard with the force of a landslide and a tidal wave!

"Go—"

Zhu Fenghua went up to meet them.

(End of chapter)