Seeing the ice arrow streaking towards him at terrifying speed, Lin Yun’s eyes narrowed.
Cang Chen had used this very move the last time Lin Yun fled, and Lin Yun knew full well how powerful it was. It was Cang Chen’s unreserved killing technique.
Launching such a ferocious attack right from the start clearly showed he intended to kill Lin Yun in one thunderous strike, leaving him no chance whatsoever.
“You want to kill me? It won’t be that easy!”
Flying Shadow Sword Art!
Lin Yun roared through gritted teeth. Inner energy exploded within him, every technique unleashed at once as he swung his sword straight at the ice arrow.
Boom!
Sword light collided with the ice arrow, power erupting on impact.
The terrifying force made Lin Yun’s expression change sharply. He was sent staggering uncontrollably backwards.
Against Cang Chen, even going all out, Lin Yun could barely hold his own.
Managing to withstand such an attack without dying was already remarkable. For any ordinary Unity Realm cultivator with average defences or weaker techniques, that single strike would have been fatal.
Having steadied himself, a trace of blood now stained the corner of Lin Yun’s mouth, and his internal organs ached unbearably.
“Hm? Cang Chen, that move actually failed to kill him?” The distant white-haired elf elder revealed a look of surprise.
In his view, Cang Chen should have dispatched Lin Yun with ease.
“Rest assured, killing him is only a matter of time. I will finish him myself!”
Cang Chen brimmed with confidence. He had no intention of letting the elder intervene; he clearly wanted to take Lin Yun down alone.
With those words, Cang Chen began condensing another attack.
Lin Yun’s mind raced. What now?
In a direct confrontation, he was no match.
He had to find Cang Chen’s weakness and use his own strengths against it.
His thoughts flashed like lightning, and a plan quickly formed.
Get in close!
Elves had frail physical bodies. If he could close the distance, he would pose a real threat.
The elves’ advantage lay in long-range attacks, like mages in a game. Close-quarters combat was their weakness.
Everything now hinged on reaching Cang Chen at any cost and engaging him in melee.
“Cang Chen, even if I die, I’ll make sure you suffer!”
Lin Yun’s face twisted ferociously. He instantly unleashed his full speed, pushing the Heart of Speed Origin to its limit and charging towards Cang Chen at astonishing velocity.
“Still resisting? Laughable!”
Cang Chen sneered, swiftly forming another ice arrow and firing it straight at the oncoming Lin Yun.
Just as the arrow was about to strike, Lin Yun suddenly split into eight identical figures.
Boom!
The ice arrow struck one figure and blasted it apart.
Lin Yun had sacrificed a clone to buy time.
The remaining seven figures surged towards Cang Chen from every direction.
To avoid revealing which was real, Lin Yun kept his true body’s speed identical to the clones.
“That trick again? Die!”
Divine sense surged from Cang Chen’s mind. In an instant, he formed seven radiant seals that streaked across the sky, hurtling towards the different Lin Yuns.
All seven figures maintained their speed, charging relentlessly.
The next moment.
Boom, boom, boom!
Six of the Lin Yuns exploded under the seals’ impact. The one that remained was naturally the real body.
Lin Yun’s true form brandished his sword and cleaved the final seal apart.
Because Cang Chen had split his attack into seven parts, each individual seal had more than enough power to destroy a clone, but not enough to threaten the real Lin Yun.
The instant the seal shattered, Lin Yun activated his Heart of Speed Origin at full power, closing the gap in a flash and arriving right in front of Cang Chen.
The first clone had absorbed one attack, and Cang Chen’s seven seals had destroyed the other clones. Both exchanges had allowed Lin Yun to close a huge distance.
Combined with the explosive speed of his Origin Heart, Lin Yun finally reached Cang Chen and stood face to face.
“Die!”
Having closed in, Lin Yun pushed his strength to the absolute limit. Inner energy poured out like a storm, power surging to its peak as he brought his sword down fiercely towards Cang Chen.
The speed of this strike was equally astonishing.
“Damn it! You deliberately used those techniques to buy time and close the distance!”
Cang Chen’s expression changed drastically as he finally realised Lin Yun’s plan was to force melee combat.
