Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 730

Chapter 730: 730

The more Qianye acted this way, the more Xue Ding couldn’t see through him . The man walked around him several times and sized him up from head to toe, yet he couldn’t see through Qianye’s true strength . Xue Ding immediately became apprehensive and cautious .

The mysterious entity didn’t really slow down the speed of its void origin power all this while, only choosing to avoid contact . It would even use the new guest as a cover from time to time, jumping out from behind him to resonate with East Peak .

Qianye faced myriad variations with steadiness and kept on carving as usual . That mysterious existence was already nearing its limits . It could see Qianye’s sculpture nearing completion yet could no longer summon any more void origin power to stop him .

Both parties were going all out, wrestling like wild beasts . How could they pay any attention to the fly buzzing about nearby?

But this hateful fly simply refused to leave and looked fairly eager to try his hand . It almost seemed like he would attack at any moment .

By the time Xue Ding had circled around him for the seventh time, Qianye could no longer endure . He stopped what he was doing, glanced at the man, and released a wisp of his aura . Then, he went back to his carving, the first slash shaving off a piece of wood as thin as a cicada’s wings .

In Qianye’s mind, this was like swatting down with his hand . Although it wouldn’t kill the fly immediately, it should be enough to drive it away . A clever insect would leave as far away as it could .

Yet unexpectedly, Xue Ding suddenly broke into a laugh after sensing Qianye’s aura . Toward the end, he was laughing so hard that he couldn’t stand straight . He held his stomach with one hand and said intermittently while pointing at Qianye, “T-Two origin vortices? Were you trying to scare me? Haha, haha!”

Qianye was also startled . Only then did he remember that he was in the neutral lands and not at the Bloody Battle or Floating Continent where he had risen to fame . Back in the empire, even the Evernight soldiers knew of his strength—those below the virtuous count rank would slip away quietly after catching sight of him on the battlefield .

As Qianye saw it, a rank-thirteen human was a target he could almost kill with one slap . He had already displayed his strength to the opponent, so the latter should make himself scram and save his own skin .

Having nothing better to do at the moment, one of the Black Wolf Guards tried to kick down the courtyard door . It could be said that the attack contained just the right amount of power and not too violent . The gates flew open with his kick, but the wooden materials remained intact . The large hole he had been expecting did not appear .

The puzzled Black Wolf Guard looked at his foot and then knocked on the door . He had never seen such sturdy material in his entire life . He lifted his foot, took aim at the door, and tried kicking once more .

“Bang!” His foot connected with the other door, and this time, there were some results, albeit barely . The wooden gate became somewhat crooked, yet there wasn’t even a single crack upon it .

Just as the Black Wolf Guard was starting to doubt his very existence, one of his peers patted his shoulder and whispered, “Hey look, there's a beautiful lady over there!”

That Black Wolf Guard looked up and saw Nighteye and Zhuji in the courtyard . The former was holding a large fish and scaling it in a leisurely manner . Little Zhuji was clinging to the tableside and watching the large creature, swallowing from time to time .

Nighteye only looked up once when the doors were kicked open . Thereafter, she paid no more attention to the group and continued fixing her fish . The little girl, however, seemed to have lost her fish-gazing mood and charged toward the gates, frowning .

The lightning-fast dash actually kicked up a whirlwind in the courtyard! The group of Black Wolf Guards felt their vision turn blurry as Zhuji vanished from sight . Then, a gust of wind blew them into an unstable mess, sending a couple of the weaker ones rolling on the ground .

The group lost their colors, but little did they know that their greatest setback had yet to arrive . By the time Zhuji reappeared, she had returned to her original position . However, it was Nighteye who had dragged back the unwilling little girl by the collar .

“Be good and keep on watching the fish . ” Nighteye knocked Zhuji on the head .

The lass nodded resentfully . She then turned to the Black Wolf Guards with a fierce glare, thinking about how she would teach this group a lesson .

Meanwhile, the guards had just recovered with great difficulty . They couldn’t help but glance at one another, puzzled as to what had just happened . Did Zhuji move or did she not move?

They had their own methods of dealing with this . One of the Black Wolf Guards cried loudly, “Young Master, there’s a great beauty over here!”

Xue Ding hadn’t finished laughing at this moment . He replied impatiently, “How can there be a beauty in such a place? Have you never seen women before?”

“I’ve really never seen one like this!” the Black Wolf Guard cried out .

Xue Ding shouted back while waving his hand . “Whatever, just let it be! This young master will come and evaluate her after dealing with this dumb brat . ”

Two of the Black Wolf Guards stayed behind to prevent Nighteye from escaping, while the rest hurried over to cheer for Xue Ding .

“Brat, I’ll ask you one more time, do you despise me so much?” Xue Ding reached out to pat Qianye’s shoulder but his hand froze midair . His heart began beating wildly, and his petrified expression soon turned into awkwardness .

East Peak emitted a crisp sound at this moment . Itss sharp point trembled slightly, turning the nearly formed sculpture into sawdust .

Qianye had lost this round . Including the current bout, it was four losses against one win for today . A good situation had been ruined just like that .

This time around, Qianye’s expression toward this fly was no longer so kind .

Astonished, Xue Ding took a step backward but soon realized that he had lost his momentum by doing so . Embarrassed and angry, he roared, “Try my Windsplitter Strike!”

An azure whirlwind appeared around the young man, sweeping in everything within several dozen meters as he hurled a punch at Qianye . There were several faint wisps of azure origin power whirling around his fist—apparently, its might was extraordinary .

Qianye opened his left palm and grabbed at Xue Ding’s incoming fist . When the two came into contact, strands of origin power flew out from the man’s fist and began spinning rapidly around Qianye’s palm . The energy was like a chainsaw, attempting to cut into the body .

This astonishing origin power was so sharp that it could crush steel . Countless people had been injured by this fist, crippled before they could even react . Some even had their entire arms crushed .

Seeing that Qianye hadn’t activated his origin defenses, a smile appeared on Xue Ding’s face . However, that grin froze soon after it was formed .

Qianye grabbed the incoming fist with relative ease . That azure origin power did its utmost to cut through his skin, even producing screeching metallic sounds in the process . Yet, Qianye’s arm remained intact except perhaps for some barely discernible red marks .

Xue Ding’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets . For a moment, he couldn’t help but doubt whether this Qianye was still human or not .

But Xue Ding was still a skilled warrior who could react swiftly . Following a loud roar, he blasted Qianye with every ounce of origin power he had in store, hoping to overwhelm the opponent with his two-level advantage in cultivation .

Azure origin power gushed out from his four origin vortices and transformed into a blue-green tempest . Qianye was calm and fearless in the face of this incoming attack as faint sounds of roaring waves echoed around him . He was going to clash against the enemy with the might of his Oceanic Vortex .

As the azure storm dispersed, Xue Ding’s vision went dark and it felt as though he had been struck in the chest by a sledgehammer . He staggered several steps backward before barely finding his footing, letting out a muffled groan as fresh blood streamed down his nostrils .

“Y-You, how come…” He only managed to utter half a sentence before going mute .

Qianye also took two steps back, but he quickly stabilized himself by thrusting East Peak into the ground . He seemed perfectly normal except for a bit of pallor .

Xue Ding stared intently at Qianye, waiting for something to happen . However, Qianye’s complexion recovered swiftly thereafter and his aura picked up once more .

“Impossible!” Xue Ding cried out .

The clash just now was a direct confrontation between origin powers—there was simply no room for any tricks . The young man had thought that he could heavily injure Qianye in one blow, but unexpectedly, his azure tempest was scattered instead . Qianye didn’t seem to be feeling all that well, either, but it was a fact that Xue Ding had been completely suppressed .

At this moment, Qianye felt somewhat helpless at heart . After five consecutive rounds against the mysterious existence, his origin power and blood energy had been mostly depleted . What little remained of his origin power was barely enough to activate his Oceanic Vortex and scatter the opponent’s azure tempest . If he were in his peak state, a single blow was enough to heavily injure Xue Ding and a follow-up slash would take his life .

Even now, it was only a matter of increased effort . Despite being drained of origin power, he could still kill this fly all the same by relying on his powerful constitution and exquisite sword arts .

At the thought of this, Qianye exerted force through his right hand and picked up East Peak .

Xue Ding broke into a shiver and immediately fell back to hide amongst his Black Wolf Guards .

Qianye was somewhat astonished—this fellow’s perception toward danger was truly shocking and might very well be a type of innate talent .

Xue Ding had retreated, but someone else was rearing to go .

Sensing the killing intent, Qianye shot a glance at Iron Bear . “You brought him here?”

“So what if I did? You’re out of origin power, aren’t you?” he said coldly while drawing a scimitar from his waist .

Little Knife pulled the man back and begged, “Won’t you reconsider?”

Iron Bear swept his subordinate away and said with a sinister smile, “What is there to think about? If I don’t finish him off now, how can there be such a good opportunity in the future?”

Xue Ding saw the advantage in this situation . Waving his hand at the Black Wolf Guards, he said, “Go, all of you!”

The guards looked rather imposing as they lined up behind Iron Bear . The latter felt even bolder now and began moving toward Qianye in large strides .

Qianye smiled coldly . “It seems you’ve forgotten the lesson from before . ”

“No, I remember it very well . That’s why I’m unwilling to let go of this opportunity . There should only be one person in this town who can speak loudly, and that’s me, Iron Bear!”