Chapter 1206: Chapter 1178: Yu Lian
The powerful individuals outside Linchuan were gathering, while on the mountains behind Yuanqiao Town, a fierce slaughter was unfolding.
The three people present were well aware that this was a battle to the death.
This fight had no winner or loser, only life or death.
Because among them, only one side could leave alive.
Regardless of who it was, each held the determination to kill the other.
However, at this point in the battle, both Yu Lian and Duanmu Wuliang finally understood the strength of the young man in front of them.
The most shocked person was Yu Lian.
He had crossed paths with Li Chen before, and back then, Li Chen was merely at a Union Level. With his own strength, he could easily chase Li Chen around.
Yet during this time, whatever Li Chen had experienced not only raised his cultivation to the same Roaring Level but also made his combat power even stronger than his.
Relying on his cooperation with Duanmu Wuliang, the two barely managed to fend off Li Chen’s attacks.
Otherwise, he doubted whether he could last long against Li Chen on his own.
This man was truly terrifying.
"Men of the Li Family are indeed monsters," Yu Lian gritted his teeth, blocking Li Chen’s strike, swiftly retreating, as Duanmu Wuliang stepped in to give him a breather.
The two relied on this alternating strategy to survive until now, otherwise, given Li Chen’s might, any one of them facing him alone would have been doomed.
"Damn it!!" Duanmu Wuliang faced the storm-like blade light from Li Chen, only able to defend with no opportunity to counterattack.
Although he usually had a sharp tongue, he did possess some real skills; otherwise, he wouldn’t have survived until now.
But now, facing an Earth-Level Warrior of the Roaring Level, he found himself only able to defend passively, unable to find any chance to counterattack, making him inwardly furious.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to strike back; he simply couldn’t do it!
"Yu Lian!!"
After a moment of silence, Duanmu Wuliang suddenly roared: "I’ll hold him off, you focus on attacking!"
He felt that they couldn’t continue like this.
Because he sensed under Li Chen’s violent onslaught, his defense was becoming increasingly overwhelmed, and after a few more rounds, he might not be able to hold on.
Right now, he and Yu Lian were a united front; if either fell, the other couldn’t possibly defeat this monstrous young man before them alone.
"Got it!" Yu Lian responded dully, then stood up. When he looked at Li Chen again, a strange electric gleam flickered in his eyes.
This was his Earth-Level attribute fully unleashed by him.
From the start of the battle until now, Li Chen hadn’t yet activated his Earth-Level attribute, which was something Yu Lian was wary of.
But he didn’t know that, although Li Chen had reached the Roaring Level, he still didn’t know what his Earth-Level attribute was.
However, even though Li Chen didn’t know, it didn’t stop him from unleashing his Earth-Level attribute.
With flickers of electricity, Yu Lian’s bamboo sword, like a brush, suddenly flashed, bringing forth striking lightning, and his figure vanished instantly.
As a Thunder Lightning attributed Earth-Level Warrior, Yu Lian excelled in attack and speed.
In terms of pure destructive power, among the same level, Yu Lian had rarely encountered anyone stronger than himself. So, if it came to a head-to-head battle, he wasn’t afraid of anyone.
But previously, Li Chen’s suppression was simply overwhelming, often disrupting his attacks before he could gather force under Li Chen’s torrential sword technique.
However, since Duanmu Wuliang claimed to hold off Li Chen’s attacks, Yu Lian had no more reason for concern.
Staring at Li Chen, Yu Lian’s figure flickered and suddenly appeared several meters away from the two of them.
And where he stood now, was just behind Li Chen at a short distance.
For him, this angle was the best to strike from.
As they say, focus on the front and neglect the back; now Li Chen was busy dealing with Duanmu Wuliang, even if he did react, he would need some time.
Moreover, whether he could actually respond in time was another question!
After all, his specialty was speed!
"Flash Thunder Needle!"
The bamboo sword in his hand erupted with a brilliant radiance, suddenly enveloped by a layer of glaring thunder light, transforming into a thunder sword.
With a wave of Yu Lian’s hand, a vast amount of thunder light transformed into small thunder needles, suddenly overwhelming Li Chen.
And as Duanmu Wuliang battled with Li Chen, almost as if they shared a subconscious connection, he threw himself back, relying on the rebound from a kick from Li Chen to propel himself away.
Blood trickled from the corner of Duanmu Wuliang’s mouth, but a smile adorned his face.
Because he felt that the kick he received was worthwhile.
After all, Yu Lian’s attack power...
"Unsheathe!"
A cold voice issued from Li Chen’s mouth, echoing like a chilling whisper from the Nine Serene Abyss, resonating in the ears of the two.
The next moment, the two saw a colossal blood-colored blade light appear around Li Chen’s body.
This blood-colored blade light was incomparably terrifying; the moment it appeared, the thunder needles approaching Li Chen suddenly shattered, and the lightning needles Yu Lian prided himself on turned to mere toothpicks, disintegrating into stardust, dissipating into the air before even touching the blade light.
Moreover, without the slightest pause after demolishing the thunder needles, the blade light surged directly towards Yu Lian.
Seeing the blade light, Yu Lian’s face changed drastically.
Unlike Duanmu Wuliang, facing this blade light head-on, he could feel the terrifying power contained in this strike even more.
Once, just one unsheathing strike at the Union Level by Li Chen could make Black and White Impermanence both wary; let alone now that his cultivation had reached the Roaring Level.
No stronger technique was needed; this single unsheathing strike was enough to instill fear in anyone of the same grade.
"What kind of blade light is this?!" Yu Lian was shocked and angry in his heart, but under the enveloping terror of this blade light, he found there was no space for him to dodge. He had no choice but to block.
"Damn it!"
At this moment, Yu Lian also understood he had no room for hesitation anymore. The bamboo sword in his hand swung again, and a more dazzling Lei Guang erupted suddenly with Yu Lian at its center.
To him, the enemy he was facing now finally made him understand a truth.
His strength was good, indeed considered strong among the Roaring Level, but there was still quite a distance from those true monsters.
At this moment, he no longer had any thought of holding back.
Looking at the massive blood-red blade light rushing over, Yu Lian’s expression became calm.
"Thunder Python!"
With Yu Lian’s low shout, a massive thunder light suddenly surged from the bamboo sword.
In just a brief moment, this gigantic thunder light transformed into a huge python formed of thunder light in the air.
The Thunder Python’s body was enormously large, at least not smaller than Li Chen’s blade light.
As the blood-colored blade light rushed over, this Thunder Python opened its large mouth as if it had a spirit, seemingly letting out a silent roar.
And just as the blade light was about to collide with the Thunder Python, Yu Lian suddenly slapped his chest, spurting a mouthful of essence blood which shot onto the Thunder Python’s body.
The massive body of the Thunder Python, originally composed entirely of thunder, became much clearer at this moment.
And the Thunder Python’s silent roar finally made a sound.
It was not a roar of a creature but the ’crackling’ sound of intertwined thunder light.
"Boom!!"
Amid the Thunder Python’s roar, the blood-colored blade light finally collided with it.
Like real thunder, a loud bang suddenly echoed.
The residents of Yuanqiao Town in the distance curiously looked towards the sky.
"Is it thundering?"
"No way, the weather forecast said it wouldn’t rain today."
"You believe that stuff?"
"Let’s go, let’s go, better go home to collect the clothes."
No one believed that the thunderous sound earlier was man-made.
But one person witnessed this scene with his own eyes.
Duanmu Wuliang.
He always thought he had hidden deep enough, although merely at the Roaring Level, still much stronger than ordinary ones.
But at this moment, he discovered another guy hidden as deeply as he was.
This Yu Lian, in terms of attack power, had exceeded most peers of the same level.
Simply through the earlier thunder strike, barely anyone at the same level could withstand it.
But what shocked Duanmu Wuliang the most wasn’t this.
It was the fact that Yu Lian’s terrifying strike was only to shatter a blade light from Li Chen!
Such a terrifying attack merely managed to shatter that blade light. And the moment the blade light shattered, the Thunder Python also abruptly collapsed.
This strike, if it were him, could he withstand it?
Duanmu Wuliang had no answer in his heart.
But at this moment, he saw a figure move.
It was Li Chen!
"Yu Lian! Watch out!"
Duanmu Wuliang only had time to shout before he suddenly rushed over.
Yu Lian, having just exhausted himself with that Thunder Python, now had little strength left. Or rather, he was in an awkward state where his old strength was depleted and new strength hadn’t yet arisen.
And Li Chen chose this moment to strike.
Duanmu Wuliang’s warning was timely, and Yu Lian’s response was quick.
But compared to Li Chen, they were still slower.
"Unsheathed."
A flash of blood-red light streaked by.
The bamboo sword in Yu Lian’s hand was just lifted and then lowered.
On Li Chen’s Red Moon, a smear of fresh red blood slowly trickled and was then absorbed by Red Moon.