Chapter 51
On his way, Jiang Chen saw many candidates were still gathering together. They were surprised to see him heading in that direction.
“Oh? Is he going towards Zhang Shichao?”
“Don’t you remember he said to Zhang that they didn’t know yet who the prey was?”
“Zhang is already in the peak of the middle stage and is in the top 500 of the Eternal Flame List. He’s strong.”
“Looks like there will be a lot of fun this year. Let’s wait and see.”
Jiang Chen met an acquaintance along the way. It was Wen Xin!
“Why are you going there? Don’t you remember what Zhang Shichao said?” Wen Xin was surprised to see where he was heading.
“I was worried… How could I have been worried about him?” Wen Xin was shocked and shook her head immediately.
Zhang Shichao had been dominating, but at that moment the situation changed and the fight became fiercer.
“You think you can kill me with your strength?” Jiang Chen scoffed at him cruelly.
“Damn.” Zhang Shichao was both angry and anxious when he realized he had met someone difficult to deal with, but he didn’t lose his morale, since the situation was still in his favor for the moment.
“There is nothing better than killing a sword genius with my own hands!”
Zhang Shichao kept sneering. At the same time, his knife method changed. He wasn’t superior in skills, so he had chosen to play to his strengths, which was wise of him to do.
His strength was the powerful genuine yuan he had!
“Let me show you the strength of one in the top 500 of the Eternal Flame List!”
In the meantime, the air around Zhang Shichao started to distort, as if there were a fire burning near. Suddenly, a seemingly infinite roaring flame appeared there.
Zhang Shichao, who was burning in the fire, behaved like nothing had happened, then brought the fire under the control of his spiritual knife.
The spiritual knife instantly became a ten-zhang long flame knife.
Even if Jiang Chen was dozens of meters away, he was still within reach of the knife’s blade.
The flame knife was made from the roaring flame, and it could be used as a whip, too, which was difficult to defend against.
“A secret method?”
Wen Xin had started to worry about Jiang Chen again. Zhang Shichao had obviously practiced a secret method. It matched perfectly with his knife method and the ware pattern of his spiritual knife.
Zhang Shichao’s attack had become a big threat. He could even beat a guy in the late stage of the Gathering Yuan State.
And Jiang Chen was at a much lower level than that.
“Now, do you regret coming here?”
Zhang Shichao didn’t rush to end the fight. He watched Jiang Chen tauntingly. His right hand, which held the knife, was surrounded by the roaring flame. This made him look very awe-inspiring, like an invincible fighting master.
“Typical. Guys like you always bluff a lot before a fight, and later, always fail miserably.” It seemed that Jiang Chen had failed to judge the situation once again.
But this time Wen Xin was confident in him. She was sure he still had his ace in the hole.
“I’ll break your legs and then see what you say!”
“Dance macabre!”
Zhang Shichao was dying to tear Jiang Chen apart. He didn’t show any mercy when he attacked. In this movement, the flame blade turned into eight and they flapped down heavily like tentacles.
Pah!
The rock was smashed immediately when the tentacles hit it. Gravel and sparkles were both splattering about.
Wen Xin had to step back so that she wouldn’t be involved.
Jiang Chen started to move. He was inferior in state, so if he got hit, the consequences would be severe.
However, while he was dodging, he burst into laughter. “Ha.”
“What are you laughing at?” Zhang Shichao shouted at him.
“If you had mastered the knife point, these eight flame knives would follow wherever you aim. If you had achieved the spirit of the knife, they would cooperate with each other and your opponent would have no way out.
“What a pity! Your knife movement is so powerful, but due to your terrible martial arts techniques, it has no way to exert its power. Even I feel sorry for you.”
The flame knives were dancing in a dizzying way, but Jiang Chen was extremely calm under the attack. He even had the spare time to scoff at his rival.
“What do you have then?”
Zhang Shichao wished he could kill Jiang Chen with his fierce look. He took a step ahead and his knives followed him, intending to push Jiang Chen into a corner where he would have no way to escape.