Chapter 207 Dust Tail Conceals Gale

"Of course."

Zhang Shouyi stood still, his gaze locked onto Chen Yu as he muttered to himself, "The sun and moon traverse the heavens, the rivers flow across the earth. Man stands between them, naught but a speck of dust. Yet, even a speck of dust has..."

Boom!!!

The stone slabs beneath Chen Yu's feet instantly cracked!

This was an explosion of extreme power!!!

Trailing the cleaver behind him, the blade scraped across the bridge surface, pulling a string of blinding sparks!

"Holy crap! Captain Zhou Ting!"

Someone in the crowd cried out in alarm!

Captain Zhou Ting's mouth twitched. "Chen Yu didn't scare me, but you did. What are you doing?"

The speaker was a chubby young man, an A-rank Strength Awakened from the Tianyang Convoy. "No... it's nothing. I was just marveling. Does Big Brother Chen Yu always strike so haphazardly?"

Captain Zhou Ting shook his head. "How is this haphazard? If you were on the receiving end, your blood would be flowing backward, your legs would feel like lead, and your vision would be blurred. Three seconds later, you'd be dead!"

The chubby guy sucked in a breath of cold air and looked toward the other side of the bridge!

Buzz—!

The blade arrived!!!

The blade swept upward from the bottom left, leaving a terrifying cold-white arc!

But Zhang Shouyi didn't look at the blade at all!

He simply shifted half a step to the right in advance, his body leaning back slightly!

Swish—!

The cleaver swept past his chest!

Chen Yu's movements had no gaps; he followed up with a backhand horizontal slash from right to left!

This time, Zhang Shouyi stepped forward half a pace and sank his body. The blade edge skimmed over the top of his head, shearing off a few strands of hair!

"He dodged it again?!"

"Are you kidding me!"

"Can this guy actually calculate the trajectory of the blade?!"

The crowd watched, dumbfounded and thrilled!

Chen Yu's third strike arrived, the tip of the blade thrusting straight toward Zhang Shouyi's chest!

The air was pierced by the blade tip, letting out a sharp "chi" whistle!

"Good!"

Zhang Shouyi suddenly laughed, his right hand flicking the copper bell at his waist!

Ding—!

A crisp ring sounded, like a needle stabbing into Chen Yu's ears!

Chen Yu's mind went blank, his vision darkened, and the blade tip passed right under Zhang Shouyi's armpit!

?

Faced with this bizarre situation, Chen Yu didn't dare to be careless and instantly retreated more than three meters!

The demon-slaying gloves brushed past his right ear, and only then did the sensation completely dissipate, though a buzzing echo remained in his ears!

Fortunately, the demon-slaying gloves could still handle this...

He wouldn't need to use his last golden body card. If he were to take out all one hundred and fifty-plus golden body cards in his backpack, even with ten lives, that Taoist would be done for!

Zhang Shouyi's hand rested on the copper bell, his smile deepening. "Good! Very good!"

"What's so good?"

Chen Yu held the cleaver horizontally in front of him, narrowing his eyes as he asked.

Zhang Shouyi didn't explain. He simply swept his gaze over Chen Yu and then the people of the Seventh Island before speaking calmly, "You all must be curious about what this humble Taoist just used."

His voice wasn't loud, yet it pierced through the sound of the wind. "This bell is called Soul-Snatching. It was crafted by the founder of the Qingwei Sect, with a century-old peach wood clapper and a brass body, inscribed with thirty-six Soul-Snatching Incantations."

He paused, his fingers lightly stroking the copper bell. "Despite such a lineage, before the apocalypse, it was merely an old item hanging in the corner of a hall, mottled with verdigris and ignored by all."

"But after the apocalypse, I was graced with the Taoist Legacy. The Taoist artifacts I hold can now carry the Taoist Rhyme and bear Karma. Only then did these old items, buried for years, cease to be covered in dust."

Chen Yu found this Taoist increasingly difficult to read.

In his past life, this man had also been among the top ten on the Highway, but he was quickly replaced.

Because of that, Chen Yu had never paid much attention to the Xuantan Bus.

However, after actually engaging in combat, he sensed that something was off.

This Zhang Shouyi...

He actually dared to reveal his Talent directly during a fight?!

He was either a fool or possessed absolute confidence!

The people of the Seventh Island looked at each other:

"What does he mean? He spent all that time talking about how powerful the bell is—is he trying to sell it?"

"Is he... showing off?"

"Big Brother Chen Yu! Don't listen to his bragging! Taoist Legacy? Who would believe that!"

"Shh."

Captain Zhou Ting shook his head. "Just keep watching and you'll see. He wants to figure out Chen Yu's trump cards, but Chen Yu... is also figuring out his. Neither of these two is ordinary; we can't interfere."

At the bridge—

Zhang Shouyi took the horsetail whisk off his shoulder. "Now, it's your turn to receive."

He swung the whisk forward...

The stone slab in front of Chen Yu's feet suddenly split open, a thin white mark extending from where the whisk's tail had swept!!!

Boom!

Chen Yu instantly dodged, avoiding a blast of Astral Qi!

"Astral Winds Hidden in the Whisk."

Zhang Shouyi continued to talk to himself. "Every strand is a sword. When all three thousand strands strike together, they can shatter gold and stone."

He raised the whisk above his head. The tail unfurled in the air like a blooming white chrysanthemum, every single strand glowing with a heart-palpitating aura!

"Take this!"

The whisk swung down!!!

The three thousand strands exploded outward, each one straightening in the air, spinning and glinting with a cold blue light!!!

Immediately following that, three thousand beams of light slashed toward Chen Yu from all directions!!!

Above, below, front, back, left, and right—every angle was sealed off!!!

"Chen Yu!"

"Watch out!"

It all happened too fast. By the time the Seventh Island group reacted, it was already too late!!!

Who could have expected the Taoist to use his ultimate move so suddenly!!!

The scene was terrifying, as if it were about to devour Chen Yu whole!!!

Officer Pei Yuanheng had already charged forward, his iron pipe instantly transforming into a hideous form!!!

"Officer Pei! Don't go yet!"

Cheng Minglang cried out. He didn't think Pei Yuanheng's intervention would change anything!

Captain Zhou Ting's tablet screen flickered and then went black. "Damn it! The data volume is too large, it can't calculate!"

Facing the point where the three thousand strands converged, Chen Yu raised his right hand, fingers splayed!

"Zhang Shouyi, if this is all you've got, then you're dead."

Chi!

Concentric circles of dark patterns appeared on the surface of the black glove, swallowing the first gust of Astral Wind that struck!

It turned into a wisp of white smoke!

Then—

Chi chi chi!

Chi chi chi chi chi chi!

A hundred, then a thousand gusts of Astral Wind rushed in, slamming into the glove and exploding into cluster after cluster of white smoke!

Layer upon layer, dense and packed!

The white smoke grew thicker and more concentrated. Pei Yuanheng skidded to a halt, unable to enter the fray!

"This..."

"What exactly is happening..."

The entire bridgehead was swallowed by the white mist; there was only a vast expanse of white!

Zhang Shouyi stood within it, slowly retracting the whisk, frowning. "The Soul-Snatching's ring was broken, and the whisk's Astral Winds were neutralized. Chen Yu, you really are something..."

Zhang Shouyi's fingers began to twitch again, his thumb rapidly tapping across his knuckles. Left three, right four, middle two—killing intent again. Center of the mist, half a foot to the left, three feet from the ground...

The corners of Zhang Shouyi's mouth curled up slightly as he shifted half a step to the right.

He had calculated it.

This strike would definitely come from the left. This half-step to the right would allow him to just miss the blade.

But in the next second—

The white mist was instantly torn open!

Zhang Shouyi's pupils contracted violently!

Because the scene he had anticipated did not appear!