42: Chapter 42: A crushing defeat in terms of combat experience!

Two figures vanished on the spot.

Ten thousand meters in the air.

The wind was biting.

Two purple moons hung on either side of the dome, coating the entire night sky in a layer of eerie, cold silver radiance.

Clouds churned beneath their feet. Occasionally, the massive shadows of Chaotic Beasts would sweep through the clouds, but they would quickly avoid this area; they, too, instinctively sensed the danger here and dared not approach.

Lin Wan and Lady White stood facing each other, a hundred paces apart.

Lady White stepped barefoot on the void. The silver bells on her ankles swayed gently with the breeze, but at this moment, they made no sound.

She looked at Lin Wan, her gaze calm.

"You probably don't know my true combat power yet, do you?"

"I possess abilities bestowed by Him, which can shield me from the detection of the cosmic will under certain conditions."

Lin Wan raised an eyebrow.

"Who is He?"

"The Lord of Guixu."

"Guixu?" Lin Wan asked, confused. "The name of that city?"

He had originally thought Guixu was just a chuunibyou name Xu Xianzhi had made up, but he hadn't expected it to have a deeper meaning.

"Is He very strong?" Lin Wan asked.

"Indescribable."

Lady White's tone remained unchanged, but the agitation in her eyes betrayed her.

"If you so much as glance at Him, your mind will be eroded by Him, and you will become His puppet."

"Then why do you dare tell me all this?"

"Are you not controlled?"

Lady White shook her head, a self-deprecating smile appearing at the corners of her mouth.

"He doesn't care."

She paused for a moment, seemingly unwilling to speak more of that existence, and brought the topic back:

"My current combat power is... five hundred and thirty thousand."

"And this is merely the first stage."

"I hope you can force out my final stage!"

"That way, you will be able to truly see His abilities."

Lin Wan: "..."

No, are you Frieza?

He couldn't help but retort in his heart, but what surged up immediately after was an irrepressible excitement.

Five hundred and thirty thousand.

Thirteen thousand lower than his panel combat power.

That's one win.

I have a colorful foundation, she doesn't. If she were colorful, I'd eat...

That's two wins.

Although this Lady White's combat experience might be far superior to his, and while that Xu Xianzhi was useless, he could keep her by his side for so long, so it definitely wasn't just because she couldn't resist.

Lin Wan took a deep breath.

He didn't intend to test her.

Testing meant giving the opponent time to react, and his combat style had always been to crush them.

"Unlimited Blade Works: Thousand Pounds."

As he spoke.

A thousand blades of the seven deadly sins appeared out of thin air.

Seven-colored light spread across the night sky, forming a massive sword net, with every blade locking onto Lady White's figure.

Just as he was about to wave his hand to strike, a voice sounded from behind him.

"Combat experience is almost zero."

Lin Wan's pupils constricted.

"The start-up time is also very long..."

"This isn't playing house!"

The voice was right against the back of his neck, the breath cool and carrying a sense of laziness.

Lin Wan turned around abruptly.

There was no one behind him.

He turned back and discovered that Lady White's figure was still in the direction he had been facing, still standing in the same spot, having never moved.

She hadn't even made any attacking posture; she just tilted her head slightly, watching him with interest.

"Do you distrust your own perception so much?"

"Or is it... that you value me too much?"

"How cute. This was just a little trick of mine."

She smiled.

A drop of cold sweat broke out on Lin Wan's back.

Is this what combat experience is?

It was as if she were playing with him in the palm of her hand, but...

He wouldn't fall for this kind of trick again.

He took a deep breath and gripped the seven deadly sins: Pride in his hand.

The physical strength enhanced by the Chaotic Hegemon Martial Body surged tenfold.

His True Dragon Bloodline boiled, the pressure within his bloodline gushing out, and dark golden scale patterns appeared on his skin.

Lightning covered his limbs, lightning patterns spreading across the surface of his skin, emitting faint crackling sounds.

Wind Trace + Gale, dual acceleration.

He moved.

"Lightning Extreme State!!"

His figure vanished from the spot.

It was more than a notch faster than before.

A sonic boom sounded behind him, and purple lightning dragged out a long tail, lunging straight at Lady White.

The Pride in his hand was raised high, condensing the terrifying power of a hundredfold Sword Intent enhancement.

Slash!!

And behind him, the remaining nine hundred and ninety-nine flying swords followed closely, a rain of swords covering the sky and earth, sealing off the space within a hundred zhang of Lady White.

This strike was unavoidable.

Unless she retreated, but the direction of retreat was also blocked by flying swords.

Lady White looked at the overwhelming sword shadows, and the smile at the corners of her mouth finally faded a little.

She did not retreat.

Nor did she dodge.

She simply extended a finger, and a point of black light condensed at her fingertip.

The moment it condensed, the surrounding air began to distort.

"I was waiting for energy accumulation just now, what were you waiting for?"

"This move can unleash over 700,000 combat power~"

She said softly.

"Thanks for the time you gave me."

Boom!!

A black light wave shot out from her fingertip, colliding head-on with the sword momentum Lin Wan had unleashed, as well as the overwhelming torrent of flying swords.

A violent collision exploded ten thousand meters in the air.

Most of the nine hundred and ninety-nine flying swords were scattered by the black light wave, flying off in disarray for several miles.

The remaining momentum of the black light wave did not diminish, and it blasted straight at Lin Wan's face!!

Lin Wan narrowed his eyes.

He didn't have time to change his move, so he could only hold Pride horizontally in front of him, unleashing his Basic Mastery Sword Technique to the fullest, infusing it with a hundredfold Sword Intent.

Slash!!

With one slash, the black light wave was split down the middle!!

Two shockwaves grazed past the sides of his body, tearing several holes in his Fang Xiu-style robe. A burning pain came from his skin, but it was only a minor injury.

The moment he fell into the clouds, he quickly distanced himself, his gaze searching for Lady White's position.

She was standing there.

But the remaining momentum of his sword slash just now, the Sword Intent had clearly cut through her body. Was it an afterimage?

"It's not~"

The voice sounded from behind him again.

"I won't let you trick me again this time!!"

Lin Wan was furious and turned around immediately.

"I said, you must trust your own perception."

Lady White's voice sounded in his ear. The next second!!

Pfft!!

A black light wave pierced through his chest from behind.

Lin Wan's body trembled slightly, and he looked down to see half of a pitch-black energy beam protruding from his chest.

Intense pain exploded from his chest, spreading throughout his limbs and bones.

That afterimage had completely solidified. So, when she dodged the Sword Intent just now, did she have a method similar to Kamui from the anime Naruto?

He turned abruptly to create distance, covering the wound on his chest with his right hand, blood seeping through his fingers.

Expertise: Regeneration triggered. This was an expertise he had gained this morning; he hadn't expected to use it so soon.

Health recovery speed increased by 150%; granulation tissue at the wound squirmed, and it quickly began to heal.

Lin Wan knelt halfway in the void, gasping for breath, his eyes fixed on Lady White.

She stood in the same spot, still looking as calm and indifferent as before.

"Your combat awareness..." Lady White began, "is hard to describe. Do you need me to teach you?"

"Join Guixu and I can teach you!!"

Lin Wan curled his lips, not refuting her.

"It's not that I can't beat her..."

It was being played like a fiddle; he couldn't even unleash thirty percent of his full strength.

No, that is not being able to beat her.

He was very clear about this point.

If Lady White were the type to fight head-on, he would definitely be confident in suppressing or even instantly killing her.

But she was too slippery.

That verbal teasing, that mechanism, that prediction...

It was completely beyond the range that his current combat experience could handle.

Damn it, those who play tactics have dirty hearts.

If Lin Wan wanted to challenge her with his current combat experience, she would at least have to lower herself by two dimensions first.

Also...

I can make it so she can't dodge.

Various plans flashed quickly through Lin Wan's mind.

Ice sealing?

She was too fast; the ice sealing range wouldn't be able to lock her down at all.

Sword formation?

Her method similar to Kamui allowed her to pass through the sword formation unscathed.

Close combat?

She wouldn't even give him a chance to get close.

Unless...

He made her take the sword voluntarily.

Lin Wan's gaze suddenly hardened.

He thought of a way.

Ye Qingxian's Countercurrent Sword Intent could backtrack rivers, reverse time, and trace back life. To deal with Lady White's Kamui-like method, even if it only reversed time for a split second, it would be enough.