Chaotic World Book

Capítulo 1087: Chapter 854: How Dare You Break It! (Part 3)

In the darkness, she was everywhere, and Zhao Changhe couldn’t catch her at all right now.

However, Zhao Changhe seemed to have anticipated this, and his saber tilted obliquely. The frantic star rain seemed to rewind and return to the sky, weaving into a brand new firmament in the Void. Ye Jiuyou’s palm struck this firmament, shattering it, but Zhao Changhe himself was unharmed, his saber returning to slash at Ye Jiuyou’s neck again.

Ye Jiuyou was slightly moved for the first time; this slash had some meaning…

“Bang!” Her delicate hand smacked the back of his saber; Zhao Changhe bled at the corner of his mouth, stumbling backward with a fierce posture, brimming with battle intent.

Ye Jiuyou, with hands behind her back, said: “What was that slash called just now?”

“Creation Restart. The last move of Lie’s Blood Evil Saber Technique.”

“I see but the intention might not be the same as his? This idea of re-illuminating weaving the firmament is definitely not Lie’s.”

“There was influence, but my intention was different from his from the start.”

Ye Jiuyou slightly tilted her head, looking at his fierce battle intent, so different from the tenderness of recent days. She discovered she really didn’t want to see Zhao Changhe like this; he should be gently smiling, wiping the milk from her lips with his fingers… not staring intensely, seeking a weak point to strike.

Actually, Ye Jiuyou knew about Zhao Changhe’s urgent desire to rapidly break through to the Imperial Realm Third Layer… and if he wished to break through, Piaomiao’s reference was somewhat skewed; her guidance was more useful.

Ye Jiuyou once thought Zhao Changhe’s emotional strategy towards her, might be largely intended to gain her wholehearted help for breakthrough. If he could perform Dual Cultivation with her, perhaps he could instantly break through – Dual Cultivation with her brought not only a massive amount of energy, but also ample intertwining of Divine Soul insights; this was no joke.

But from these few rounds of duels, Ye Jiuyou understood, this guy really never thought of it that way.

He didn’t want to treat emotions with utilitarianism, respecting the warrior’s dignity, not wanting his breakthrough to rely on these. He genuinely wanted to understand through combat, also as if letting her know, wanting to be Ye Jiuyou’s man, he was indeed a match.

“Unexpectedly, you’re already at the half-step to Third Layer; you really do have the capital for arrogance.” Ye Jiuyou murmured: “No wonder you were able to take a palm from Ye Wuming yesterday; she didn’t hold back much with that palm.”

Zhao Changhe: “… We’re fighting, focus a bit.” 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

“I have no interest in continuing to fight you, just one more strike.” Ye Jiuyou’s eyes sharpened too: “I’ve said before, if I don’t hold back, you’ll die. If you can’t handle this strike, you really will die. If you can withstand it…”

Zhao Changhe: “How then?”

“If you can withstand it, you’ll likely break through to the Imperial Realm Third Layer… even if not, I promise to help you break through.”

Zhao Changhe earnestly said: “Alright.”

Ye Jiuyou took a deep breath, delivering a very slow punch.

As the punch went halfway, her jade hand turned pitch-black, faintly emitting an alarming aura of death; wherever it passed, even the darkness seemed to be consumed.

When darkness itself ceased to exist… no light, no shadow, everything returned to silence.

Zhao Changhe’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, quickly retracting Dragon Sparrow and Star River. He had a premonition that anything touching this punch would be completely consumed, directly reduced to nothing.

Nothing tangible could be used to counter this punch…

Zhao Changhe let out a great roar, throwing a punch in return.

As the punch flew, the Heavenly Book hidden in his ring flipped its pages, settling on the Light and Shadow Page.

Dazzling light exploded, illuminating the pitch-black abyss. Like a laser beam, confronting the devouring darkness.

“Boom!” The violent aftermath of energy spread through the Abyss, illuminating countless miles.

In the core of the confrontation, the light was suppressed and consumed by the darkness; Zhao Changhe bled at the corner of his mouth, clenched his teeth, and held on desperately.

In absolute strength, he was certainly far behind Ye Jiuyou; she was at the peak of Imperial Realm Third Layer, and he was merely a pseudo-Third Layer, not even close. Yet at this moment, Ye Jiuyou was transitioning, not as strong as she used to be, injured yesterday, though healed not at peak form, coupled with light naturally illuminating darkness. Losing this confrontation was inevitable, but dying wasn’t certain. As long as he could weaken the punch’s force somewhat, enduring the residual force physically, he could expect a severely injured but alive state.

Ye Jiuyou coldly stared at Zhao Changhe’s struggle; his power was already uncontrollable, the beam starting to scatter, leaking onto her wrist…

The jade bracelet on her wrist was so striking at this moment.

This damned fool, didn’t he know that spilling the power over would ruin this bracelet?

Do you know, apart from that mountain, this bracelet you gave me was the first gift! I already said it’s easily damaged in battle, and you still didn’t pay attention!

Ye Jiuyou instinctively retracted a bit of power to protect the bracelet, only to hear a “puff,” as Zhao Changhe finally spat out a mouthful of blood, falling several miles away, hanging in the Void, coughing incessantly.

Zhao Changhe, coughing up blood, raised his head to look at Ye Jiuyou slowly walking from the Void, puzzling over the lightness of his injuries. These injuries were lighter than expected… supposed to be gravely injured and near death, how come it’s just this…

Was she too weak, or did she hold back? Didn’t she say she wouldn’t?

Ye Jiuyou approached expressionlessly: “Are you dead?”

“Alive.” Zhao Changhe cautiously asked: “Did you… hold back?”

“If I hadn’t, you’d be severely injured and dying. I could save you or finish you with another strike.” Ye Jiuyou said expressionlessly: “You really don’t value your life, so determined to take it on? Just surrender and there’s no need to fight like this.”

“Since we said only this one strike, if I can survive it, it’s a win; what’s wrong with serious injuries.” Zhao Changhe laughed indifferently: “So you really didn’t need to hold back, holding back actually dulled my combat insights.”

Ye Jiuyou exploded in anger: “If I didn’t, the bracelet would be shattered! Zhao Changhe, you bastard! How dare you risk breaking it!”

Zhao Changhe stared, genuinely having overlooked this in the battle.

Ye Jiuyou took several deep breaths, struggling to calm down, and said flatly: “Anyway, regardless of whether I held back or not, you indeed survived this strike as promised. I pledged that if you withstood it, I’d help you break through, I’ll do as I said. First heal your injuries, we’ll talk after you’re healed.”

“Wait.” Zhao Changhe suddenly grabbed her hand: “I can’t get up, help me.”

Ye Jiuyou impatiently pulled, Zhao Changhe seemed to miss catching his strength, staggering forward onto her.

Ye Jiuyou frowned, ready to push him away, only to be tightly embraced.

“Get off!”

Zhao Changhe, weakly holding her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, murmured: “If I keep fighting, I’ll die… Don’t move, let me hug for a moment…”

Ye Jiuyou stood silently for a while, finally sighing, helping him sit down, letting him lean on her shoulder: “Take out your medicine… last night you helped heal me, now let me help you.”