29: First time in the abyss (Part 3), Jiang Yuan vs. Lin Qingyan, a battle in the abyss!

On the vast, gloomy black earth, the young man and young woman stood facing each other from thirty meters apart, while a rampaging gale howled like weeping ghosts, kicking up billows of black dust.

"Your name is Jiang Yuan, right?"

"Considering that we are classmates, I can still give you a chance. It's still not too late to admit defeat now."

Lin Qingyan said in a calm tone, her three thousand strands of dark hair dancing wildly behind her, and her slender body radiating an extraordinary Aura.

"That won't be necessary."

Jiang Yuan clenched his fists with a calm smile, his pair of pale golden eyes resembling flames igniting in the cold night.

"Because—"

"I really can't picture a scenario where I lose."

"That's just because you haven't witnessed true strength."

Lin Qingyan said indifferently, "I admit you have some strength, but in front of me—"

"It's not enough."

The moment her voice fell, she kicked off the ground and arrived before Jiang Yuan, her right fist enveloped in a white mass of Qi.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand to receive it, but the next second Lin Qingyan's body dissipated like a wisp of cloud and mist, reappearing behind him.

Three-star Martial Skill, Illusory Cloud Step!

The fist wrapped in the white mass of Qi frictioned against the air, interweaving wisps of black lightning as it crashed down toward the back of Jiang Yuan's head!

Five-star Martial Skill, Black Lightning Flash!

"Boom!"

With a muffled, deafening explosion, violent shockwaves expanded from beneath their feet, instantly spreading a hundred meters out.

The smoke and dust dissipated.

Lin Qingyan watched Jiang Yuan, who had blocked her punch with his arm, her clear eyes flashing slightly.

Such strong combat awareness, such a tough physique.

"Casually pulling out two Advanced Martial Skills, you truly live up to being a wealthy person."

Jiang Yuan raised his eyes and smiled, feeling somewhat surprised internally. He hadn't expected her to be able to Cultivate her Martial Skill to this extent.

However—

A rainbow light flashed deep within his pale golden eyes.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand to grab at Lin Qingyan.

She retracted her fist, utilized the momentum, twisted her slender waist, and nimbly shifted her delicate body to dodge the grab, bringing a powerful axe-kick crashing down toward Jiang Yuan's head!

But the next second, the attack missed.

Jiang Yuan's body dissipated like clouds and mist.

"So this is how it's used."

Jiang Yuan's figure appeared beside Lin Qingyan, his right fist enveloped in crimson ripples and entwined with wisps of black lightning as it struck toward her chest.

"What?!"

Lin Qingyan's heart was shaken endlessly.

Her own Martial Skill—he actually learned it just by taking a glance?!

What kind of perverted learning ability was this?!

At the critical moment, a dreamy ice-blue gaze flashed in Lin Qingyan's eyes, and a thin, hexagonal snowflake-shaped ice mirror appeared before her.

Innate Skill — Hexagonal Ice God Mirror!

Jiang Yuan's punch smashed heavily onto the hexagonal ice mirror, and the terrifying barometric pressure burst open, sounding like a thunderclap exploding across heaven and earth!

"Bang!"

The huge shockwave formed a two-meter-high wall of Qi, sweeping away all the rubble within dozens of meters of the two of them!

"Crack."

A crack appeared on the ice mirror, but it wasn't broken.

Amidst Jiang Yuan's somewhat astonished gaze,

the attack from that punch was completely reflected and returned onto his own body!

The terrifying force caused him to fly backward uncontrollably, shooting into the hill like a cannonball and smashing out a large hole!

"Thunder Strike."

The Oracle skill activated.

An arm-thick bolt of purple lightning cleaved into the cave and detonated with a boom!

Looking at that patch of ruins,

Lin Qingyan said with an arrogant expression, "Being able to force me to use my Innate Skill, you can be proud enough of yourself."

She looked at the distant pile of rubble with her clear eyes and said proudly,

"With your talent and Aptitude, you can barely reach the ranks of the top Prodigies within Great Xia. But you still don't qualify to be mentioned in the same breath as me."

"If you are willing to submit to me now, I can give you a chance to follow me and reach the pinnacle of the starry sky."

"Boom!"

The pile of rubble burst open.

"Do you think you've won?"

Jiang Yuan, whose upper garment was partially shattered, walked out from the rain of rubble. His entire body was shrouded in a crimson ripple-shaped Aura, and the falling debris that smashed against him was completely pulverized into slag.

He stomped his foot down.

The ground caved in.

Jiang Yuan's figure shot straight toward Lin Qingyan like a red beam of light, his speed as fast as a phantom.

"It's useless. Slow."

Lin Qingyan said coldly.

In an instant, Jiang Yuan felt as if he had fallen into a mire, his speed dropping by 90%.

"Your speed is indeed very fast, and your damage is high, but it's all close combat. As long as you can't hit anyone, it has no meaning whatsoever."

"Rain of Light."

In a split second, countless dazzling light arrows descended from the sky, shooting fiercely toward Jiang Yuan.

"Interesting." Jiang Yuan laughed. With a burst of his blood Qi, the boiling Aura transformed into rippling barriers that blocked all the light arrow attacks.

Taking another deep breath, he stomped his right foot heavily forward!

"Bang!"

The ground violently shook and caved in, with cracks spreading in all directions.

His figure instantly vanished.

"Divine Speed."

Catching sight of Jiang Yuan, who had teleported behind her out of the corner of her eye, Lin Qingyan's expression changed.

It's this move again—teleportation that ignores the slow control. Is it his Innate ability? Or a skill?

Watching Jiang Yuan punch over, the speed was too fast, leaving no time to use a skill.

Lin Qingyan could only raise her hand and use her second Innate ability.

"Freeze."

Pale cold Qi was released, instantly forming a huge ice wall in front of her.

It only persisted for a second.

Before being shattered by Jiang Yuan's punch!

The powerful shockwave forced Lin Qingyan to retreat thirty meters backward before stopping. The baseball cap on her head was also blown away, revealing her snow-white, delicate, and peerless face, which was as cold as frost at this moment.

"You have completely angered me."

...

On the other side of the Level 1 Abyss valley,

a few first-tier transferred Martial Artists from a small guild watched the distance in terror. An ice mountain shaped like a sharp cone had suddenly appeared in that valley, and then suddenly shattered and collapsed.

"What's wrong?"

A middle-aged looking Warrior-class walked over and asked.

"I told you to lure the Vicious Beast over, why did it take so long?"

"Captain, I think we'd better hurry back today." A young Shield-bearer said with a terrified expression.

"What on earth is going on?"

The youth swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "We searched, and there are no Vicious Beasts in this area at all. Furthermore, ever since just now, terrifying commotions have kept coming from over there."

"Yeah." Another female transferred Martial Artist said: "Not only are there huge noises, but there are also earthquakes, and lightning strikes from time to time. Just now, an ice mountain even suddenly appeared..."

"An ice mountain? Where is it?" The captain looked up.

"It shattered."

"S-Shattered? Didn't you guys get hit by the Vicious Beast's poisonous mist and hallucinate?" The captain was somewhat incredulous.

The two hurriedly said, "What we're saying is true."

"Boom—!!"

A loud explosion came from that direction, giving everyone a start.

Then a fierce gale swept over from there, and the ground shook once more.

The Shield-bearer youth spread his hands and said, "Captain, look, we weren't wrong, are we? Something is really off here."

The woman said, "It feels like two Tier 3 Vicious Beasts are fighting and slaughtering each other..."

"Tier 3 Vicious Beast... Would such a thing exist in a Level 1 Abyss?"

Cold sweat seeped from the captain's forehead, unable to believe it.

But immediately after,

"Crack!"

several sudden lightning bolts struck down over there, giving them a fright.

The captain hurriedly said, "Let's go, go! Hurry up and leave!"

The few of them scrambled away in a panic, not daring to take another look.