Martial Cultivator

Chapter 443: Warm Jade

Several times when there was hope of drawing the saber, it would be interrupted by the girl. Chen Chao gradually became irritated. In the past, he had never suffered such a disadvantage in battle. Now, he felt like a child struggling in a shallow puddle. Although he would not drown, getting ashore did not seem that easy.

On the other hand, the girl of unknown origin remained leisurely, as if this seemingly evenly-matched contest was just a game of cat and mouse for her.

However, the more frustrated Chen Chao became, the less likely he was to draw the saber. Taking a deep breath, Chen Chao's forcibly suppressed his annoyance. The white mist circulated within him silently as Chen Chao prepared to draw the saber again, this time intending to catch the girl off guard. Once he managed to draw the saber, Chen Chao believed that the situation in this confrontation would be more favorable; perhaps a fifty-fifty chance. Although he might not necessarily overpower the girl, it would not be easy for her to kill him either.

However, the young girl seemed to have a keen intuition. While Chen Chao was contemplating, she sneered coldly and spoke up, "Are you thinking of catching me off guard again to draw your saber"

Chen Chao whose thoughts were guessed remained silent. But he continued to attack. This time, he was close to gaining the upper hand.

The girl slapped Chen Chao's elbow, knocking his arm away. At the same time, her hand strike slid past once again, approaching Chen Chao's throat. What had seemed like innocent and flawless fingers now appeared to Chen Chao as sharp as the most formidable flying sword of the current era.

Chen Chao tilted his head back, narrowly avoiding the deadly hand strike. However, it seemed that the girl was no longer willing to engage with Chen Chao here. The hand strike descended, seemingly wanting to split Chen Chao in two.

This was far from a romantic scene between a man and a woman. As the snow-white fingers fell down, Chen Chao did not have the slightest doubt that they could tear apart his body, leaving his internal organs exposed.

Just as the girl's hand strike was about to crush down on his clavicle, Chen Chao's arm which had been knocked away quickly returned, smashing a punch onto those delicate jade-like fingers.

The girl was forced back by the tremendous force, but her hand fell back a few feet before advancing once more. It seemed that the girl, who had made up her mind to kill Chen Chao, had lost the last of her patience.

Chen Chao's expression was ugly. However, at the same time, he threw another punch towards the girl's fingers. But this time, his punch was weak and powerless, as if the previous punch had already made his qi dissipate, and new qi had not yet gathered. The girl raised an eyebrow, withdrew her hand, and placed it horizontally between her eyebrows. As expected, Chen Chao's fist arrived at her glabella the next moment.

The girl seemed to have seen through Chen Chao's intentions long ago. There was only a hint of mockery on her face at this moment.c

Chen Chao's carefully planned punch did not succeed. Although he felt some regret, he quickly followed up with a flurry of punches that rained down, making it difficult for his opponent to keep up.

This time, Chen Chao truly gained the upper hand.

However, the girl remained unfazed. Amid her defense, a part of her mind was still focused on the hand that Chen Chao had not used to draw his sword.

In just a short few minutes, Chen Chao had thrown dozens of punches, but all were blocked by the girl. The only punch that caught her off guard landed on her dainty shoulder, but before Chen Chao could exert force, it was blocked by the girl. It seemed that the girl could anticipate Chen Chao's moves at every turn, leaving him perplexed and smiling bitterly.

Was this retribution after killing so many demons?

Although killing demons was not considered wrong for humans, perspectives varied. In the eyes of the demon race, was Chen Chao who had slain countless demons not a heinous villain?

As Chen Chao's strength waned, his punches started becoming feeble. The girl's lips curled upwards, and she ignored his fists, instead thrusting her hand strike towards his chest once again.

If nothing unexpected happened, Chen Chao was about to die on the spot with bitter regrets.

However, when the girl's hand strike reached his chest, Chen Chao did not attempt to counterattack. Instead, his fist descended, gradually arriving in front of the girl's chest. Then, his palm opened up, reaching forward to grab hold of that warm jade-like mass.

Unlike the girl's wrist which felt as cold as jade, her chest was warm, just like that of an ordinary girl.

Sure enough, when Chen Chao's hand touched her chest, the girl's entire body trembled. The hand that had been gripping Chen Chao's wrist suddenly let go and rose up, striking towards Chen Chao's abdomen.

Finally, Chen Chao seized the opportunity he had been waiting for. With a sudden burst of strength from the hand gripping the saber handle, the broken saber finally came out of its sheath!

Accompanied by a bright flash of the blade, Chen Chao swung it towards the girl opposite him.

The saber qi surged and qi rolled. A burst of saber light suddenly exploded between the two!

The girl had already gathered power with both hands, surrounded by rolling demonic qi. But at this moment, faced with the sudden saber light, she could only fly backward, gliding away.

The saber light tore through the ground between the two, extending towards the distance.

The girl landed on a treetop in the distance, looking down coldly at the young martial artist before her.

"You're courting death."

The girl said indifferently, her words simple and direct. Other than this, there was nothing else.

Chen Chao who finally managed to draw his saber, his face was slightly flushed. He could not afford to care that much at this moment. Gripping the saber, Chen Chao looked up and said, "It's not that easy."

The girl's eyes were sharp as a blade, and behind her, countless trees began to sway without wind.

Clearly infuriated, the girl seemed to be ready to unleash all that she had learned in her lifetime to kill the young martial artist before her without reservation. Chen Chao felt the boundless demonic qi from the girl before him, furrowing his brows. At this moment, he was not sure if his previous actions had once again dug himself into a deep hole.

But if it had not been for that, he might still not have been able to pull out his saber now. There was always a trade-off, and Chen Chao did not have time to dwell on gains and losses at this moment.

As the girl's qi continued to rise, countless trees behind her swayed, uprooting themselves. Trees of unknown age burst out of the ground, rushing towards the sky.

Chen Chao looked at this scene, at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

This was not flying swords, but it looked even more terrifying than countless flying swords combined!

Countless trees filled the sky, controlled by the girl's mind, and fell towards Chen Chao one after another. For a moment, Chen Chao felt the sky in front of him was filled with dense shadows.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Chao leaped onto a large tree, then continued to dash forward while wielding his saber, cutting through ancient trees along the way.

Afterwards, Chen Chao moved like an ape, occasionally jumping onto one tree trunk after another. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not get close to the girl.

Trees filled the sky, constantly crashing towards Chen Chao. Besides dodging, Chen Chao could only continue to swing his saber, cutting down trees one after another, looking extremely wretched.

The girl remained expressionless as she stood on top of the treetops. But for some reason, she felt a bit warm where Chen Chao had touched her before. She furrowed her brows, dispelling distracting thoughts, then leaped up onto a giant tree. In the intervals between Chen Chao's continuous saber strikes, she appeared not far from him.

The girl reached out and pulled out a long spear that was flooded with lightning, and hurled it towards Chen Chao. The thunderous spear flew menacingly, but Chen Chao flicked his wrist and directly cut the lightning spear in half.

However, the electric arcs attached to the spear still climbed up along Chen Chao's broken saber, ultimately wreaking havoc to Chen Chao's qi in a mutual destruction.

Chen Chao was speechless. Was this girl not supposed to be a demon? How could she use lightning techniques that ordinary demons were incredibly fearful of?

The righteous path of heaven and earth had always been feared by demons. Thunder techniques were always considered the natural nemesis of demons, possessing the most lethal killing power against them. But who could have imagined that the girl before him not only did not fear it, but even possessed such techniques herself?

Chen Chao became increasingly interested in the identity of the girl before him.

She should not be an ordinary demon.

If she was not one of the lesser-known demons within the territory of the Great Liang Dynasty, then she was highly likely to have come from the demon territories beyond the desolate north.

However, how this girl managed to cross the Great Wall was unknown.

Demons heading south, and the divine land declining, were such events that once occurred happening again?

Chen Chao drifted into a daze, inexplicably reminded of another girl.