Zi Yuan’s face darkened slightly. She knew Ao Lie’s temper.
His identity as ranked tenth on the martial list made him extremely arrogant. He never took low-realm cultivators seriously.
But she also understood Chen Ping’s strength. She immediately said coldly, “Commander Ao, the Ruler has ordered it. You just need to follow through. If you feel sparring with Fellow Daoist Chen is beneath you, then send a subordinate to try.”
Ao Lie thought about it, felt that sending a subordinate could both complete the Ruler’s order and not lose his own status. He waved towards the edge of the martial arts field. “Shi Hu, come over!”
A burly man with a fierce face, a forbidden army captain, quickly stepped forward, knelt on one knee. “Commander!”
This Shi Hu, although a seventh-grade Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, was renowned for his ferocity in the forbidden army. Ordinary eighth-grade Earth Immortal Realm cultivators might not be his match.
“I have a task for you.”
Ao Lie pointed at Chen Ping, his tone casual. “Spar with this Fellow Daoist Chen. Remember, go easy, do not injure him. After all, he is just a first-grade Earth Immortal Realm cultivator. If something happens, the Ruler will blame you, and you cannot bear it.”
“Yes!”
Shi Hu stood up, his gaze towards Chen Ping full of contempt, as if looking at an ant he could crush at any time.
He flexed his wrists, his bones making “crack” sounds. He grinned ferociously. “Kid, if you know what’s good for you, admit defeat now, to avoid being beaten down later and losing face.”
Chen Ping glanced at him faintly, said nothing, walked straight to the centre of the martial arts field, made a “please” gesture to Shi Hu.
“Ignorant fool!”
Shi Hu snorted coldly, his figure flashed, pouncing like a fierce tiger. His fists clenched tightly, golden spiritual power condensed into claw shapes on his fists, smashing towards Chen Ping’s chest with whistling wind.
This punch was powerful and heavy, obviously not really holding back. In his view, dealing with a first-grade Earth Immortal Realm cultivator did not require full effort at all.
The surrounding forbidden army all held their breath. In their view, this punch would at least severely injure Chen Ping if not kill him.
Zi Yuan, however, remained calm. She had seen Chen Ping’s speed in severing Wei Feng’s arm, knew that Shi Hu’s seemingly ferocious punch might not harm Chen Ping at all.
Sure enough, just as the fist was about to hit Chen Ping, his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.
Shi Hu’s punch missed, his heart startled. Before he could react, he felt a pain in the back of his neck, a powerful force assaulted him. His whole body flew out like a kite with a broken string, “bang” heavily crashing onto the profound iron stone ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
“What?”
A flash of surprise passed through Ao Lie’s eyes. He actually did not see Chen Ping’s movement clearly.
Shi Hu struggled to get up, his face full of disbelief.
He touched the back of his neck, where waves of intense pain came. Obviously, if that strike had been a bit heavier, his cervical vertebrae would have been broken.
“Kid, you dare to sneak attack!”
Shi Hu roared angrily, pounced again.
This time, he did not dare to be careless. Golden divine patterns lit up around his body, a spiritual power long knife condensed in his hand. The knife light flashed, sweeping horizontally towards Chen Ping.
Chen Ping remained unhurried, his figure shuttling through the knife light like a ghost. No matter how swift Shi Hu’s knife momentum was, it could not touch his clothes.
Occasionally, Chen Ping would casually throw a punch or kick, each time precisely landing on Shi Hu’s flaws.
“Bang!” “Pa!” “Ah!”
Screams rang out continuously. Shi Hu’s body was soon covered with wounds, his spiritual power long knife also kicked away by Chen Ping.
Finally, Chen Ping grabbed Shi Hu’s wrist, twisted gently. Only a “crack” crisp sound was heard, Shi Hu’s arm fractured accordingly.
“I lost…”
Shi Hu could no longer hold on, collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath heavily. His gaze towards Chen Ping was full of fear.
