Suddenly, the old man Takeuchi twisted his waist on the spot, his body instantly turning around with a whoosh. His katana was drawn, and with a backhand slash, he swept it horizontally towards Chen Xiao, who was three steps behind him!
This strike was incredibly powerful and its sharpness was astonishing!
As a gleaming blade swept towards him, and though the blade was clearly still several tens of centimeters away, Chen Xiao distinctly felt a chilling aura that had already detached from the blade and was sweeping directly toward him!
Blade energy?!
Almost subconsciously, this thought flashed through Chen Xiao's mind!
Once you reach the pinnacle of martial arts, regardless of the weapon used—be it a saber or a sword—you can directly channel energy outside the weapon! This is what's known as sword energy or saber energy!
Chen Xiao had lived with Lao Tian, a true martial arts master, for several months and had personally witnessed Lao Tian's swordsmanship!
At that moment, the old man Takeuchi suddenly turned around and slashed horizontally with his sword. With a fierce shout, a faint sword aura actually burst out from the blade!
The blade's energy was upon him. If Chen Xiao couldn't dodge or block it, he would likely be cleaved in two at the waist!
flash!
With a thought, Chen Xiao's body suddenly vanished from the spot!
With the ability to teleport, his body instantly shifted three meters to the left!
With that kind of speed, Chen Xiao thought he could easily dodge the opponent's sneak attack...
Unexpectedly, just as Chen Xiao teleported and landed three meters away, the old man Takeuchi seemed to have already sensed Chen Xiao's teleportation location!
Almost immediately after Chen Xiao teleported, his body had just reappeared from its original spot, but Takeuchi reacted even faster!
He let out a low growl and suddenly spun around. As he spun, he gripped the hilt of the katana with both hands, then uttered a few short, explosive shouts of strange Japanese syllables…
Buzz!!
The katana in his hand suddenly seemed to come alive! It was no longer an inanimate object! The blade hummed and trembled, like a poisonous dragon that had been awakened!
With a whoosh, the old man Takeuchi gripped the sword with both hands, his movements so fast that they were impossible for the naked eye to follow. Suddenly, his wrists trembled, and he unleashed countless slashes!
Chen Xiao had just finished teleporting and his body had just appeared in the space when he immediately felt as if he had fallen into a net that was closing in from all directions!
This is a killing net formed by blade energy!
It was as if the opponent had anticipated that he would teleport to this place! Almost at the same moment he teleported, the opponent's second wave of attacks was already upon him!
Chen Xiao suddenly felt an indescribable, twisted discomfort, as if no matter how fast he dodged, his opponent had already anticipated his movements, placing the blade there, waiting for him to run into it!
Nine sword energies in total!
Nine sword energies instantly sealed off several surrounding areas!
In that instant, Chen Xiao's clothes were almost completely soaked with sweat on the back!
For the first time in his life, he watched death so close! It was too late to teleport!
Finally, stimulated by the crisis, Chen Xiao felt his mental energy surge out with a crazy, explosive force! He suddenly roared in a low voice, clenched his fists, and suddenly straightened up on the spot!
Buzz
The mental energy stirred up by the frenzied oppression instantly transformed into an invisible psychic force, as if a layer of soft psychic energy net enveloped Chen Xiao. When the opponent's sword energy struck, it was as if he were looking at cotton. The psychic energy was invisible and intangible, yet it was like a series of invisible barriers!
However, the sharpness of the blade energy far exceeded Chen Xiao's expectations. His mental power only managed to hinder it briefly before the blade energy sliced through the air and struck his body with a few hissing sounds!
Fortunately, his telekinetic powers momentarily stopped him, giving Chen Xiao a brief respite. With another thought, his body vanished into thin air once more, this time teleporting even further. He flashed to a corner several meters away, then let out a snort.
Chen Xiao felt a surge of anger. Since the other party wanted to kill him, he wouldn't hold back!
He raised his hand and snatched a nine-dragon whip from the weapon rack beside him. With a fierce twist in his hand, it snapped into seventeen or eighteen pieces with a few cracking sounds! The seventeen or eighteen broken whip pieces, immediately under his mental control, swiftly floated to either side of Chen Xiao. They looked like a peacock spreading its tail feathers, except that each piece pointed towards the old man Takeuchi in the distance!
"A telekinetic user?" With a sword in hand, the old man Takeuchi's aura instantly became filled with a wild and domineering presence! At this moment, he no longer resembled an old man! With the sword in his hand, he was like a god of death who had slaughtered thousands!
"Kill!" Chen Xiao was now truly enraged! With a flick of his finger, more than a dozen broken metal whips shot out!
Old man Takeuchi sneered, then suddenly turned around and swung his katana in a wide arc with a light flourish!
Although unwilling to admit it, Chen Xiao had to acknowledge that the way Takeuchi wielded his sword was truly elegant and beautiful!
His movements didn't seem particularly fast, but when the blade danced, it was as if even dense water couldn't penetrate it! A series of crisp clanging sounds rang out as the dozen or so broken whips he had shot out with his telekinesis were all cut down to the ground by the opponent's blade!
Looking again at the katana in Takeuchi's hand, several nicks had appeared on the blade, but the old man's arrogant and domineering aura only grew more rampant!
Alright! Let's see who's faster!
Chen Xiao twisted his body and vanished from his spot. The next instant, he appeared beside the old man Takeuchi! This time, Chen Xiao was prepared—the old man Takeuchi seemed to possess some strange method that allowed him to predict his teleportation location…
Sure enough, as soon as his body appeared, a gleaming blade was waiting for him! This time, Chen Xiao was well prepared and not as flustered as last time. He aimed carefully, reached out, and flicked the side of the blade with his fingers!
Clang!
This resonant sound was just like the sound of a gong!
Although Chen Xiao only flicked his finger, as a powerhouse of strength, the force of that flick was not much lighter than that of an electric drill!
However, the old man Takeuchi's hand was very steady. Although he snorted, he only turned his body slightly to the side, but he still held the knife very firmly. With a backhand flick, a blade of energy burst out and barely grazed Chen Xiao's neck!
Although Chen Xiao had moved quickly enough, he still felt a chill on his neck. A thin red line appeared on his neck, and a few drops of blood fell gently. He wiped it away and looked at the bloodstains on his palm, feeling a chill of fear creep into his heart... If he had been even a tenth of a second slower, his head would probably have been chopped off!
This old guy... really wants to kill me?!
Chen Xiao's heart sank! His face was grave, and he suddenly took a few quick steps back, then opened his arms...