Catching the glint of Ye Mingyuan’s heavy blade out of the corner of his eye, Prince of Shicheng Hua Tianxiong executed the first move of his Eighteen Deadly Halberd Strikes: "Sweeping the Myriad Armies." He effortlessly parried Ye Mingyuan’s probing attack, and in the same motion, sliced a First-Rank Martial General through the waist. Feeling the immense power of the Phoenix-Wing Gilded Halberd, Ye Mingyuan immediately unleashed his Carefree Steps, leaping three meters back to narrowly avoid the strike. Even now, he was still pinning his hopes on the Shadow Guard of Chenghai Prefecture to kill Ouyang Qian, a Peak Rank 5 Martial General, which would surely earn him another major credit.
Ye Mingyuan no longer dared to be reckless. He waited for the perfect moment—when Prince of Shicheng Hua Tianxiong had spent his old force and had not yet generated new momentum after swinging his halberd—and launched a more powerful strike from his Five Mountains Saber Technique, aiming directly at the Prince’s head in a bid to succeed with a sneak attack.
However, while his blade was still in mid-air, Ye Mingyuan discovered that Prince of Shicheng Hua Tianxiong had suddenly teleported to his left. His strike missed, cutting only air. The moment Ye Mingyuan spotted the Prince to his left, the Prince’s left hand shot out, unleashing the fourth layer of the Ethereal Dark-Injury Fist. It wasn't that he didn't want to use the full mastery of the fourth layer; after all, nearly another month had…
Chapter 465