251: Chapter 252 They started fighting without warning.

A pitch-black staff was rapidly enlarging before his eyes!

The staff brought with it a dull whistling sound of displaced air, carrying a terrifying force as it smashed straight toward his face.

Feeling the terrifying power of this strike, Chu Yunfei had no time to think; he tapped his toes sharply and his entire figure instantly drifted back several yards.

The tip of the staff fell almost grazing the tip of his nose, and the wind it stirred up caused the stray hair on his forehead to flutter backward.

Accompanied by a dull, thunderous boom, a massive crater was blasted into the spot where he had previously stood, and in an instant, gravel and dust splattered everywhere, covering his face.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!!"

Spitting out the dirt from his mouth, the look Chu Yunfei gave Lin Ye became somewhat aggrieved and tinged with solemnity.

He had not expected this young man before him to be so lacking in martial virtue, starting a fight without a single word.

The key was that his strength was quite extraordinary; not only was his Qinggong superb, but his brute strength was also terrifyingly large.

If that previous strike had landed solidly on his body, with his half-step Fifth-Grade Martial Artist cultivation, he really might not have been able to withstand it.

Of course, this also had to do with the fact that their Dao Sect didn't really focus on training their Physical Body at all.

"Wait a moment, let's talk."

Seeing Lin Ye raising his staff to attack again, Chu Yunfei quickly spoke up to stop him, his tone carrying a hint of negotiation.

"I say, brother, there's no need for this, right? I only asked if you were selling, I didn't do anything to you, why resort to such drastic measures?"

He was accustomed to a free-spirited nature and disliked fighting with others most of all.

The key was that he could not see through Lin Ye's depth and did not have the confidence of a guaranteed victory.

However, Lin Ye had no intention of responding at all. He bounced the black iron heavy staff off the ground, used the momentum to sweep it out horizontally, and the staff body, accompanied by a whistling wind, headed straight for Chu Yunfei's waist and ribs.

This strike was faster and heavier than the previous one, and the trajectory of the staff left a blurred afterimage in the air.

When dealing with someone with a background like this, only by hurting him once would he understand that some things were not for him to covet at will.

However, considering that the other party had not shown any malice toward him from beginning to end, Lin Ye did not intend to deal a fatal blow; teaching the other party a lesson would suffice.

Seeing this situation, Chu Yunfei felt a bit helpless. He unfolded his Yunye Qingtian Steps, and his figure drifted backward to the side once more.

But this time, he failed to dodge completely.

The tip of the staff grazed his hem, tearing a jagged opening in the edge of his robe, and broken scraps of cloth fluttered down with the wind.

Looking down at his torn hem, the smile on Chu Yunfei's face finally faded a little.

"If you hit me again, I'm going to fight back."

Although his voice still maintained its usual casual tone, there was a hint of anger in his words.

He was a person with a temper, too.

Moreover, he was, after all, a successor of the Dao Sect and represented the face of the Dao Sect.

If he were beaten up by a greenhorn today, he would have no face to return to his sect.

Lin Ye did not respond.

I don't care whether you fight back or not; you are definitely getting a beating today.

Bang!

The white electric arcs under his feet exploded again, and Lin Ye's entire body transformed into a bolt of lightning, closing in on him.

The black iron heavy staff flew up and down in his hands like a violent storm, smashing toward Chu Yunfei one strike after another, each strike carrying incomparably heavy force.

Chu Yunfei's movement technique was indeed superb.

Although he was no match for Lin Ye when running in a straight line, his agility was not inferior at all, and was even a cut above.

Amidst the sky full of staff shadows, he was like a slippery loach, able to narrowly avoid Lin Ye's attacks every single time.

His footwork seemed chaotic, but in reality, it secretly conformed to some principle of heaven and earth, giving a sense of going with the flow, making it impossible for people to predict where he would appear next.

Whenever Lin Ye thought he had blocked all his paths of retreat, the other party could always slip out through the gaps at an incredible angle.

"Your staff technique is practiced well." Even while dodging, Chu Yunfei still had the leisure to offer commentary.

"The force is fierce enough, it's just that the speed is still lacking a bit."

Lin Ye did not speak, simply swinging his staff relentlessly, his speed noticeably faster than before.

He wasn't provoked by Chu Yunfei's words; rather, he was naturally adjusting his rhythm of exerting force during actual combat.

White electric arcs kept leaping under his feet, and the Coiling Dragon Force operated deep within his muscles and bones, accumulating the power of every staff strike to the extreme before unleashing it.

Staff technique combined with Qinggong, power combined with technique.

It was difficult to achieve results relying solely on one's own exploration; only through actual combat could he continuously explore more efficient ways of exerting force and linking moves, making every swing of his staff smoother and more natural than the last.

"proficiency +900"

"proficiency +900"

"proficiency +900"

...

Come to think of it, although this guy opposite was a bit of a chatterbox, he was a pretty good sparring partner.

The proficiency of various skills began to increase at a rapid speed, especially Lightning Flash Movement, Coiling Dragon Force, and Earth-Splitting Staff Technique.

"Hmm? Is he using me as a whetstone?"

Chu Yunfei naturally saw the changes in Lin Ye and was immediately angered to the point of laughing.

Since when had he, a dignified successor of the Dao Sect, been reduced to someone else's stepping stone?

"Since you are being so aggressive, I won't be polite either!"

Chu Yunfei drifted back dozens of yards and landed on the crown of a tree.

Then, with a flip of his right hand, three silver-white bone nails appeared between his fingers out of nowhere.

The nails were about three inches long, thinner than ordinary steel nails, and their tips carried a faint, hard-to-detect dark blue luster, shining with a cold light under the sun.

"Let you witness the power of my unique hidden weapon, the Cold Marrow Bone-Piercing Nail!"

As Chu Yunfei spoke, his wrist flicked sharply, and the three bone-piercing nails shot toward Lin Ye in a triangular formation. Their speed was astonishing, yet they didn't bring with them much of a whistling sound, making them a superb weapon for sneak attacks.

Lin Ye did not choose to take them head-on.

He could sense that the quality of those nails was extraordinary, and they were also imbued with a special force that possessed extremely strong penetrating power.

Coupled with the chilling aura inherent in the cold marrow, if they were really driven into his body, the experience would likely be unpleasant, and he didn't want to gamble on whether his Physical Body defense was tough enough.

Ding ding!!

Relying on his strong Mental Energy, Lin Ye could clearly capture the flight trajectory of the three nails.

The black iron heavy staff in his hand swept rapidly in front of him, and the staff body precisely collided with two of the bone-piercing nails, emitting two crisp sounds of metal clashing.

However, the third one suddenly took a turn and flew past, grazing the staff body.

Lin Ye suddenly turned his body to the side, and the tip of the nail grazed his dark soul armor, bringing up a string of fine sparks.

Looking down, he saw a long gash had been scratched into it, with a layer of frost forming around the area.

Seeing this, Lin Ye couldn't help but frown.

Although his dark soul could not be called unparalleled in defense, its quality had at least reached rare-grade one-star, and its defensive power was far beyond that of ordinary rare-grade defensive gear.

Yet that bone-piercing nail had only grazed it and was able to leave such a gash, which was enough to prove the sharpness of this item.

The Protective Aura of an average Seventh-Grade Martial Artist would likely be no different from paper before this thing.

Even with Lin Ye's confidence in his Thunder Tiger Vajra Body, he wouldn't dare say he could take it head-on without injury.

"Not bad, to be able to block my Nine-Turn Dragon Return!"

Seeing that all three of his bone-piercing nails had been blocked, Chu Yunfei couldn't help but speak up in praise.