He started swinging the lightning blade, slicing through her ice shards as if they were made of dumplings. Seeing this, Yan Yu reconsidered her opinion. His control over his lightning technique was flawless. The lightning seemed fluid, able to grow longer and shorter at will. With this blade, he successfully deflected attacks coming from the front and right directions. Was Yan Yu underestimating this sect disciple, or was this guy actually talented? Whatever the case, Yan Yu now wanted to defeat this guy. She was not only annoyed but also wanted to test her full power.

"What's your name?" Yan Yu asked.

The man, now swinging his blade like a whip, answered, "The man who owns that cave is named Liu Xing!"

Yan Yu felt a vein in her forehead twitch. Was this cave special?

"Whatever," she murmured.

She started cycling her qi in a different pattern. Now, instead of shards, she materialized ice in the form of arrows. With this shape, her attack would be faster, although the drawback was the ice's fragility. A swarm of ice arrows materialized and flew toward her enemy like a flock of swallows. Liu Xing swung his lightning blade, destroying some of her arrows, but Yan Yu controlled some arrows manually, making them curve and dodge his attacks.

The exchange continued for several minutes: Yan Yu materialized and attacked, Liu Xing dodged or destroyed her arrows. The battle remained evenly matched, but Yan Yu remained patient. Moments later, her patience paid off when he made a mistake. He finally missed one of her arrows, and it sailed past his shoulder. Seizing the chance, Yan Yu directly controlled the arrow, making it loop back and fly straight for the back of his head.

When the arrow was only centimeters away from its target and Yan Yu thought the battle was over, an arc of electricity suddenly coated his entire body, and with movements as fast as lightning, he struck the arrow with a lightning blade.

So he still had a trump card? Whatever it was, Yan Yu was confident she would win. Since the electricity coated his entire body and some strands of lightning flew around him, Yan Yu knew this was an enhancement technique. This type of technique burned through qi like fire burning a candle, which meant if she could hold him off, he would soon run out of qi.

Then, before she could think further, Liu Xing suddenly vanished.

For a second, Yan Yu thought the man simply vanished like an illusion coming undone, but the next instant, all her ice arrows exploded, turning into ice powder, starting from the farthest away to the closest to her. Yan Yu tried to catch what was happening, and with strained eyes, she saw a flash of lightning moving here and there, like real lightning, striking each and every ice arrow she conjured. Instantly, the clearing around her was full of remains of ice arrows, creating a thin mist that made the temperature drop rapidly. She suddenly realized she had bitten off more than she could chew. This man was probably a hidden genius, and the technique he used was likely Earth grade or even Heaven grade.

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After several moments, the sound of ice breaking ceased, and Yan Yu strained her eyes to check her surroundings. Liu Xing had vanished like a ghost. He could be anywhere.

"Below you."

Yan Yu instantly looked down, and there was Liu Xing, crouching right below her. Her eyes widened. Since when he was there? But before she could react, his foot flew through the air and hit her square in the jaw. Instantly, her brain rattled and she was sent into the air. Yan Yu tried to regain her bearings and looked below her. The ground grew farther away with each passing second.

Liu Xing was still crouching, lightning coating his entire body, his eyes locked on her. When he jumped, she noticed a flash of light before a strong kick struck her in the back, sending her plummeting to the ground like a meteor.

From that point onward, Yan Yu felt like a sandbag. Liu Xing relentlessly punched and kicked her, not giving her a chance to land her feet on the ground. When she soared into the sky, Liu Xing appeared behind her and made her fall. When she flew like a cannonball, he caught up to her and sent her flying in the opposite direction. Yan Yu felt her heartbeat quicken. Fear struck her heart like a hammer striking an iron ingot. Amidst the spinning world, she remembered the same feeling from her fight when that bastard outclassed her in everything before pinning her to the ground and sending Heavenly Spear hurtling toward her. Is she going to die here and now, with some random disciple on this random mountain because of a damn cave?

Yan Yu flew like a cannonball. In the distance, Liu Xing stood motionless, electricity surrounding his body. His black eyes were fixed on her, his feet poised to kick the ground and deliver a killing blow. When Liu Xing vanished, Yan Yu instantly gathered ice in front of her, creating a wall of ice that glittered under the sunlight. This wall was created with all her might. Liu Xing couldn't punch through it. But he didn't need to, because Yan Yu heard his voice beside her.

"Find a new place."

He caught her hands and threw her. Yan Yu flew through the air, feeling the wind against her cheeks and her undone hair fluttering around her face. She blinked several times, having not expected his last attack to simply throw her away. Reflecting on this, her body felt surprisingly... alright. Considering the relentless nature of his attacks, she thought her bones should have been shattered, yet apart from a stinging pain in her chin, she felt fine.

She began to fall, looked below, and saw a blue and tranquil river. She fell into the water, submerged briefly, and then resurfaced. She floated in the water like a fallen leaf, a gentle stream carrying her downstream.

"What's happening?" She thought she would be dead, but instead, she had just been kicked away. She reconsidered what had actually happened.

That man, Liu Xing, from start to finish, didn't try to kill her. His lightning technique was strong enough to pierce her defense. Yet, while he punched and kicked her, he didn't try to kill her or even fatally wound her. He just wanted his cave back.

She took a deep breath, trying to organize her jumbled thoughts. She tried to recall the name Liu Xing from her past life, but nothing surfaced. It was strange that she had never heard his name. After all, with his talent, he should have been famous. She considered this question for several moments and formed a hypothesis. Perhaps his life had been short. Perhaps he had died in the first invasion or the war that followed. In any case, Yan Yu now realized that she could not underestimate people simply because she had not heard their names in her past life.

"How shameful."

Her oversight made her realize how shortsighted she had been. And most importantly, how weak she was now. She needed to become stronger, much stronger than in her previous life. She also needed to build a strong force so that when the Era of Chaos knocked at the door, she wouldn't have to fight alone again.

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