Chapter 59: Chapter 59: Which Sect’s Prodigy Is This?

"What are you doing, girl!"

"It’s not like I can’t fight her!"

Wu Chen was left a little speechless as he watched Xue Hongling suddenly try to kill herself by biting her tongue.

He had already gathered all his strength, ready to strike back at Xue Hanyan’s killing blow.

But now, because Xue Hongling had suddenly bitten her tongue, his own attack was delayed.

That colossal power had reached the final floodgate, yet he couldn’t release it. He had to hold it in a little longer.

It was an awful feeling.

"Fine! Just fine!"

Xue Hanyan looked at the disciple in her grasp. The girl’s lips and teeth were a bloody mess, her small tongue half-severed. Despite this, her expression remained resolute.

This stubborn display, combined with the searing pain that continued to shoot through her arm, sent Xue Hanyan into a rage.

"You really deserve to die!"

WHOOSH!

In an instant, she closed the distance to Wu Chen. Her long red robes swirled as she launched a vicious kick straight for his groin.

"Boy, you must have used some kind of Secret Technique for that strength. If you’ve got the guts, try using it on me again!"

She refused to believe a mere Meridian Passage Realm Martial Artist could unleash such terrifying Qi Power again and again.

She could only assume Wu Chen had just used a Secret Technique to unlock his potential, unleashing that startling, monstrous strength.

Such Secret Techniques usually drained one’s stamina completely and could only be used once.

Afterward, their Qi Power would be exhausted, leaving them like lambs to the slaughter, completely at her mercy.

’If he can really unleash that monstrous strength over and over, what would my thirty-plus years of Martial Arts cultivation even mean?’

’What was the point of my painstaking breakthrough to the Organ Refining Realm?’

’Why would anyone bother tempering their bodies? We should all just go practice Secret Techniques instead!’

"Die!"

Xue Hanyan’s red lips parted slightly.

Having reached Perfection in the four stages of physical tempering, her kick contained the force of three thousand pounds of Qi Power—enough to shatter solid rock, let alone the body of a Meridian Passage Realm Martial Artist.

"Damn it, a low blow, huh!"

Wu Chen had been waiting for this strike. Already poised for action, he sidestepped the attack and swung his blade with all his might.

CLANG!

Despite being a clash of flesh and bone, it sounded like pig iron striking metal.

After the sharp ringing sound, Wu Chen was sent flying, just as one would expect.

But instead of looking pleased that Wu Chen had been sent flying, Xue Hanyan’s face grew even paler.

She quickly pulled back her kicking leg, hiding it beneath her robes as her foot trembled uncontrollably.

"How is that possible!?"

The pain radiating from her leg bone filled her eyes with utter disbelief.

As she watched the distant figure, a flicker of fear appeared in Xue Hanyan’s eyes.

CRACK! CRACK!...

The gap between their two realms was immense, and Wu Chen had taken the worst of it. He was sent flying, crashing through several trees to absorb the impact before he could quickly get back to his feet.

Fortunately, his physique was far superior to that of other Martial Artists at his level. Though he had taken two heavy blows, he was suffering from nothing more than a tight chest, restricted movement, and a bit of dizziness. His life was not in danger.

Xue Hanyan was stunned for a moment to see Wu Chen get back on his feet so quickly in the distance. Then, she began to advance on him again.

As she walked, she did her best to hide a limp. Her pace was slower than before, and much of the composure had vanished from her face.

Just like her left arm, the leg Xue Hanyan had just kicked with was now covered in a web of hairline fractures after taking the full force of his *Savage Bull Shakes the Earth*.

It had nearly been shattered to pieces.

Even for a master of the Organ Refining Realm like her, the Qi Power of *Savage Bull Shakes the Earth* was impossible to block.

Her arm had not yet finished healing, and now she had to divert a portion of her energy to mend her leg bone as well.

This infuriated Xue Hanyan. To think she would suffer such a major setback at the hands of a mere Meridian Passage Realm Martial Artist!

She refused to believe he could use that monstrous strength a first and second time. Could he really do it a third?

Besides, Wu Chen had to die here today!

After all, she knew about the private bounty that Qian Sanjin and his son had issued. The destruction of that apothecary had to be Wu Chen’s handiwork.

And all her disciples at this quarry... this was supposed to be a training ground for her apprentice, but Wu Chen had turned it into a stage to humiliate her!

Either reason was enough for her, an Elder of the Blood Slaughter Sect, to want to tear Wu Chen limb from limb.

"Mmph! Mmph!"

However, just as Xue Hanyan was closing in on Wu Chen step by step, Xue Hongling, still in her grasp with a dislocated jaw, began to struggle again, shouting indistinctly.

"Let him go... Master, I’ll go back with you..."

Seeing Wu Chen standing motionlessly in the distance, seemingly helpless to do anything but take a beating, Xue Hongling chose to resign herself to her fate.

She, of course, hadn’t noticed that her master had suffered two hidden setbacks in her two clashes with Wu Chen.

If not for the overwhelming advantage of her higher realm, Xue Hanyan would have likely already been defeated by Wu Chen’s two attacks.

All Xue Hongling saw was that in two consecutive exchanges with her master, Wu Chen could only passively endure the blows.

In her eyes, if Wu Chen couldn’t escape, he would surely be beaten to death by her master.

Hearing Xue Hongling’s desperate, hoarse cries, Xue Hanyan finally paused.

As her injuries continued to mend, her head began to clear as well.

Looking at the young man in the distance who showed no intention of fleeing and even seemed to have strength to spare, Xue Hanyan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

’This guy is so strong... he couldn’t be a prodigy from some major Sect, could he?!’

’Could his master be in Black Stone City, too?’

’Did they track me down, and are they using me for his training?’

’No, if that’s the case, I have to get out of here right now.’

Having suffered two humiliating setbacks in a row, Xue Hanyan’s mind raced with wild speculation, and a flash of panic crossed her eyes.

After all, the strength Wu Chen had displayed was simply terrifying. If her realm hadn’t been so much higher than his, she might have already fallen to his blade.

In her mind, if Wu Chen was this strong, his master could only be stronger still.

That thought was enough to make her feel a deep sense of dread.

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