Chapter 346 Another Battle with Ximen Swordsman
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Chi Ba was shocked and furious, having not expected that Lin Shen's Fist Power could injure someone from a distance, and be so domineering at that.
Moreover, the timing Lin Shen chose for his punch was too insidious, completely taking advantage of the Thunder God charging up his powerful skill to launch a sneak attack, disregarding martial ethics completely.
"You... shameless..." Chi Ba pointed at Lin Shen's nose, trembling with anger.
The Thunder God was damaged, its charge-up for the big move was interrupted, and it was already significantly impaired, unable to unleash its true power anymore.
Lin Shen didn't speak, merely taking back the Inheritance Fan and then gesturing to Chi Ba with a hooked finger.
Arrogant! This was simply too arrogant!
The meaning was clear to everyone, Lin Shen was clearly saying: Your Life Base is damaged, isn't it? Then I won't use my Life Base either, and I can still beat you into submission.
Little did they know, Lin Shen didn't want to reveal the Inheritance Evolution Skill on the Inheritance Fan, so he had no intention of letting the Inheritance Fan strike on its own.
Chi Ba, having never tolerated such insolence, put away the Thunder God and charged directly at Lin Shen.
He already knew Lin Shen possessed Fist Power capable of injuring from a distance; without his Life Base, distance would put him at a disadvantage.
Therefore, Chi Ba had no choice but to choose close combat with Lin Shen, or else he could only be passively beaten.
If neither were to use their Life Base, Chi Ba refused to believe that he would lose to Lin Shen in hand-to-hand combat.
Chi Ba moved like lightning, his punches like thunder, striking with ferocious strength before Lin Shen.
Lin Shen just stood there motionless, also clenching his fists, as if he intended to match Chi Ba's Fist Power head-on.
Chi Ba's heart leapt with joy; he had an Innate Skill that boosted his Fist Power, which would certainly make Lin Shen suffer greatly.
"Try to stand up to me, and today you'll learn just how hard my fists can be," Chi Ba pounded down with his fist, channeling all his Strength into it.
But the next second, Chi Ba's fist struck the Peacock Display-like Inheritance Fan.
His fist was blocked by the suddenly appearing Inheritance Fan, while Lin Shen's fist unceremoniously landed on Chi Ba's body.
Chi Ba was sent flying out of the bounds of Chessboard Island, hanging in the air and cursing Lin Shen, "You... despicable and shameless... using Life Base..."
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"Idiot, I never said I wouldn't use Life Base," Lin Shen ignored Chi Ba, closing his eyes to take a breath and relieve the pressure within himself.
An 117 and Chi 118 looked at each other, Lin Shen's victory was indeed a bit crafty, but he wasn't wrong either, he never said he wouldn't use Life Base, so if anyone was to be blamed, it could only be Chi Ba for not being cautious enough.
"Humans really are cunning," Chi 118 snorted coldly, but defeat was defeat, and he had to admit it.
An 117 didn't say anything, given that the one representing him was also a human, what could he say? He could only pretend he hadn't heard.
"Just perform normally," An 117 patted Ximen Swordsman on the shoulder, saying that even after witnessing Lin Shen's abilities, he still seemed to be very confident in Ximen Swordsman.
Ximen Swordsman nodded, leaped onto Chessboard Island, and landed opposite Lin Shen.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Your movements seem somewhat impeded?" Ximen Swordsman sized up Lin Shen and said.
"Don't worry, it's nothing serious," Lin Shen said.
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Ximen Swordsman curled his lip in a smile, "Who's worried about you? If it's inconvenient for you to move, that's even better."
As he spoke, Ximen Swordsman manifested a carapace and summoned his Life Base.
His Life Base turned out to be a sword, but as far as Lin Shen knew, although there was the word 'sword' in Ximen Swordsman's name, he was not skilled with swords.
A person who was not skilled with swords had condensed a sword-shaped Life Base, which was indeed strange.
Ximen Swordsman, who was not Chi Ba, retreated to create distance, while his sword-shaped Life Base circled around Lin Shen at high speed, attacking him from every direction from behind.
Lin Shen could only summon the Inheritance Fan to block the long sword attacks of Ximen Swordsman.
The sword of Ximen Swordsman became faster and faster, as did the fan, but the long sword never managed to breach the fan's defense.
Ximen Swordsman was not in a hurry at all; he continued to attack only with his Life Base without any intention of making a personal move.
"What are they dilly-dallying for? This kind of fighting has no meaning at all, what are they doing?" After a good while, the two were still repeating the same battle, and Tian Xin almost fell asleep watching them.
Lin Shen was purely on the defense, while Ximen Swordsman was purely attacking with the sword, without any special changes, just repeating the same moves over and over.
After an unknown period, Ximen Swordsman reached out to grab his long sword, retracting it into his body, and Lin Shen also tacitly withdrew his fan.
Without a word, Ximen Swordsman charged straight at Lin Shen, who in turn swung his fists to deliver a Surfing Triple Strike.
While Ximen Swordsman was in the air, he moved with the powerful Fist Power, like a kite, such that no matter how strong Lin Shen's Fist Power was, it only served to push him away, unable to hurt him in the slightest.
Lin Shen activated the Super Base Pattern and continued to throw Triple Fists, but he still couldn't hurt Ximen Swordsman and could only knock him back.
After a few punches, Ximen Swordsman's gaze suddenly sharpened, and amidst the successive waves of Fist Power, he found an entry point, passed through Lin Shen's Fist Power, and closed in on him.
Lin Shen admired inwardly; the sensitivity of Ximen Swordsman to Strength felt outrageously high, being able to move along with his Fist Power and finding the weak point within his Triple Fist, smoothly breaking through his Surfing Triple Strike.
The power of the Triple Fist was strong because of its layered forces, but now with Ximen Swordsman's smooth entry, the momentum of the Triple Fist had lost its effect.
It seemed as if Ximen Swordsman was riding the wind and surfing the waves, with his speed even faster thanks to the momentum of the wind and waves.
Lin Shen had no choice but to change his fist to finger, with the power of vibration and piercing, turning into specks of phantasms aiming at Ximen Swordsman.
Like a drifting leaf, Ximen Swordsman used the illusory finger strength to his advantage, with his figure dancing through the specks of phantoms, evading all illusions.
The final real finger thrust failed to touch Ximen Swordsman, who dodged it as if he were a falling leaf caught in the breeze.
"This man's technique of borrowing and dissipating force is incredibly skilled!" Tian Xin was also taken aback.
She had never seen anyone who could practice this technique to such an extent that, given enough space, it seemed no force could harm him.
Tian Xun nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, he is strong; this man has reached a level where he is untouchable by force unless the speed and Strength far surpass his. Otherwise, it's very hard to hurt him."
"At this rate, Lin Shen's situation looks a bit grim. He's constantly depleting his Strength while that man keeps borrowing and converting force, using none of his own Strength. In the long run, Lin Shen will lose," Tian Xin started to worry.
She had originally thought that Chi Ba was the greatest threat, yet she hadn't expected this inconspicuous human to be far more frightening than Chi Ba.