Before he could think, a powerful gust of wind came at the back of his head.
Every single hair on Meng Chao's body shuddered as if electricity had run through him. He fell forward, but he used his hands to support himself on the ground and kicked backward with his feet.
The attacker screamed in pain. His calf was crushed by Meng Chao's kick, and he instantly knelt on the ground.
When Meng Chao turned his head around to look, he found that it was a very unfamiliar mine explorer. Universe Corporation's emblem was embroidered on his sleeves.
Based on the strength of the spirit flames around him, he was at least a two-star superhuman.
However, mine explorers were support jobs. Most of them were like Meng Chao and cultivated 1,024 branch meridians, but when it came to the circulation of spirit energy, it was a slow cycle. They did not pay attention to instantaneous explosive power.
They could use ten minutes to slowly change the structure of a rock and turn it into gravel.
But they could not make their spirit energy erupt madly within half a second to crush their enemy's skull.
It was just like how a large herbivore with brute force was usually not the opponent of a small carnivore with a fierce personality and a myriad of attacking methods.
Hence, even if the other party's cultivation realm was higher than his, Meng Chao still pounced on him without hesitation.
The mine explorer had been in a frenzy, and his mental strength index had plummeted below 50%. He was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
The pain from his broken leg made him a little more clear-headed.
And when Meng Chao punched him in the face, he nearly smashed his nose into his brain, which completely crushed his brutality.
He wanted to struggle, but a scimitar was already placed against his neck. A cold killing intent seeped into his blood vessels, muscles, windpipe, and spine.
"Don't move! You'll die!"
Meng Chao pinned the mine explorer from Universe Corporation on the ground and lay down as well. He used subsurface plasma to hide their figures.
He drew close to the mine explorer's ear and whispered, "Tell me, did Hu Peng go to your place? Did you collapse a rock wall in an attempt to crush us to death? "
The mine explorer's eyes went wide, and he looked confused. He did not understand what Meng Chao meant at all.
"Tell me, or I'll kill you!"
Meng Chao gritted his teeth. "Did you take the initiative to attack us? What did Shen Yulong tell you?"
The mine explorer let out hissing sounds, indicating that he could not breathe because of Meng Chao's pressure, and he could not say a word.
"Alright, I'll loosen my grip on you a little now, but you have to tell me the truth. This is very important to both of us. It's very important to everyone. We can't kill each other anymore, understand?"
Meng Chao moved his Bloody Flame Saber away inch by inch. He also moved his knee away from the woman's back.
The mine explorer knelt up, placed his elbows on the ground, and took a deep breath.
Then, he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"You idiot!"
Meng Chao was exasperated. He quickly used two chains to grab the man's neck.
A figure that looked like a brilliant tiger had already shot out of the subsurface plasma in front of them. A powerful gust of wind shot in front of Meng Chao like a hungry tiger pouncing on a lamb, and it was so piercing that he could not open his eyes.
Bang!
The weapons of both sides clashed, and sparks flew on each other's faces. They both felt a stinging pain as if they were being pricked by needles.
Meng Chao took three steps back and knelt down on one knee. His chain sabers were like venomous snakes lurking in the grass. The chains trembled soundlessly.
The man's momentum also increased. His saber glare let out faint tiger roars, and dark laughter came from his bloodstained beard.
Meng Chao's heart sank.
The man was the person he did not want to face the most in Universe Corporation's mine exploration team.
He was the vice captain of Frenzied Saber, the boss of Prosperous Resource Recovery Company, the veteran hunter who had been humiliated by Meng Chao in the past, and an elite at the peak of Earth Realm, Qin Hu!
"Bastard, it's really a small world. You probably never thought that this day would come, did you?" Qin Hu's smile was savage.
Meng Chao braced himself and said, "Mr. … Mr. Hu, we can settle our grudge in the future, but we can't fight right now. Let's make things clear!"
Qin Hu was a little stunned. He did not expect that Meng Chao would suddenly lower himself so much.
A thought appeared in his head. He understood what Meng Chao meant, and his smile became even more mocking. "What? Did you notice that Lin Chuan is being held back by our captain and can't save you anymore? You know that you're about to die, so you're afraid and are about to kneel down and beg for mercy?
"Heh heh, it's too late. Even if you kneel down and beg for mercy now, it's useless!"
"It's never too late to beg for mercy!"
Meng Chao made a prompt decision and said readily, "Mr. Hu, everything in the past is my fault. You're a senior that I've respected since I was young. I listened to my dad talk about your heroic deeds while I grew up, and I regret the misunderstanding between us. I often reflect on it at night and want to sincerely apologize to you, but I'm respectful of your peerless strength, so I don't dare to visit you.
"Compared to a hero like you who risked your life in the wild and fought for Dragon City, I'm just a child. Even God forgives children when they make mistakes. You're a magnanimous adult, so you should just treat me like I'm nothing. Let's sit down and drink tea, talk, and communicate!"
Qin Hu was dumbfounded.
The man trembled for a long time before he said hesitantly, "Boy, just what are you doing?"
Suddenly, he seemed to have come to a realization. With a shout, he swung his saber and charged at Meng Chao.
"No way!"
Meng Chao wanted to cry. "I've already begged for mercy, and you're still attacking?"
"Duh. With your personality, you shouldn't be begging for mercy, but you lowered yourself for no reason at all. You're definitely up to something. You must be plotting something against me, right?"
Qin Hu swung his saber repeatedly and said smugly and angrily, "Last time, you pretended to be a pig so that you could eat a tiger. You swindled the Golden Spirit's crystalized neurosphere and caused me to be mocked for a few months in the circle. You're famous for being full of tricks. This time, I won't fall for it!"
Meng Chao coughed up blood. "Mr. Hu, you're really smart!"
"Of course."
Qin Hu was smug. "Everyone in the circle knows that I might look strong, but I like to use my brain the most!"
"Alright, then please use your smart brain. Don't fight just yet, or you can fight slowly. You can listen to me while you fight!"
Meng Chao was forced back by Qin Hu's attacks. He felt that his arms were so sore that he could no longer feel them. He had to use his eyes to be sure that they were still connected to his shoulders.
But he did not give up. He wanted to communicate with Qin Hu about the entire situation.
Qin Hu narrowed his eyes and slowed down a little. He said in disdain, "You're just afraid of death. You don't deserve to be a superhuman."
"I'm not afraid of death, but even if I die, I have to die for a reason. I can't end up as a corpse in the dark underground like I did just now."
Meng Chao gasped for breath. "Mr. Hu, this is what happened —"
Halfway through his sentence, Qin Hu's attack speed suddenly increased. The saber that weighed dozens of kilograms seemed to have turned into an iron gate that weighed thousands of kilograms. It came crashing down on Meng Chao's head.
Meng Chao was caught off guard. He was sent flying by Qin Hu and crashed into the ground.
Fortunately, he practiced the Ultimate Style, so he could control his muscle fibers and even his hair at will.
He did not need to use his limbs. With just the squirming of his back muscles, he slithered forward half a meter like a python.
Boom!
Qin Hu's saber landed between Meng Chao's legs. The blade sank deep into the ground, and shattered stones flew everywhere. It hit Meng Chao's thighs, and he felt a burning pain.
Meng Chao widened his eyes, and cold sweat broke out on his body.
If he had not dodged in time, the saber would have cut him in half vertically between his legs!
"Qin Hu, you idiot!" Meng Chao was so angry that he shouted.
"If I listen to you say another word, I'll be the real idiot."
Qin Hu licked his blood-stained lips and laughed savagely. "Enough with the nonsense. I hate spineless cowards like you who are afraid of death and beg for mercy on the ground. In the past, you were a normal person, so I couldn't be bothered with you. Now, we're both superhumans, so why are you still wasting your breath? Let's settle our grudge in the most straightforward way!"
He swung his arms.
The heavy saber that was embedded in the ground trembled at high speed and caused the ground to crack. Countless shattered stones were blasted into the air.
The shattered stones were controlled by his vitality magnetic field, and they shot toward Meng Chao's face like bullets.
Meng Chao could only retreat repeatedly.
But the anger in his heart continued burning.
Qin Hu was a blockhead who refused to budge.
He had lost the confidence to convince the man.
And when he faced the merciless chain of attacks from a superhuman at the peak of Earth Realm, he no longer had the chance to speak.
He could only gather all his strength and swing his chain sabers like two tornadoes that devoured all the shattered stones and reduced them to powder. Then, he sent them back to Qin Hu, hoping that while the shattered stones clouded his eyes, he could circle his chain sabers to stab the back of his head.
As a veteran hunter, there was no way Qin Hu would leave behind such an opening.
Even if he had his eyes shut, he could still lock down on Meng Chao's position. Each slash seemed to have sucked up the air and even distorted space. It forced Meng Chao to retreat repeatedly, and he did not have the chance to control his chain sabers precisely.
Meng Chao groaned in his heart.
It was only then that he came to know the true strength of a superhuman at the peak of Earth Realm.
If he wanted to use the Ultimate Style to fight back with little effort, it would be like using a shovel to fight against a tiger. It was possible in theory, but there was still a huge gap between theory and reality.
Each of Qin Hu's slashes did not just land on Meng Chao's blade, but also on his arms, chest, heart, and vitality magnetic field.
If it were not for the permanent protection provided by the 1,024 branch meridians by the Ultimate Style, which allowed his recovery speed and endurance to surpass that of a normal one-star superhuman, he might not even need five slashes.
Qin Hu would have cut him to the ground in less than five slashes, and he would have been at his mercy.
Even now, aside from holding on and being beaten up, Meng Chao did not have a good solution.
Suddenly, he felt a chill behind his feet, and he could no longer find a place to land.
Qin Hu had slashed him all the way to the edge of the cliff. If he retreated further, he would fall into the abyss and land in an even darker underground.
Qin Hu keenly noticed that Meng Chao's body swayed.
His eyes lit up, and he raised his saber.
Meng Chao knew that the situation was bad, and he wanted to dodge.
But against his expectations, Qin Hu's saber was just a feint. The veteran hunter had already poured a great amount of spirit energy into his right foot, and he stomped on the ground. Two cracks appeared, and they went straight to Meng Chao's feet.
The edge of the cliff under Meng Chao's feet instantly crumbled.
Meng Chao lost his balance, and he no longer had anything to use to execute his strength.
It was only then that Qin Hu roared and swung his saber horizontally, sending Meng Chao more than ten meters away from the cliff.
During the critical moment, Meng Chao's Bloody Flame, which he had been holding back all this time, finally shot toward Qin Hu with the chain behind it.
Qin Hu casually swung his arm and hit the chain.
But Lin Chuan had carefully chosen the chain. It was a peerless product made of superbeast materials and superalloy. There was no way Meng Chao could break it so easily.
Meng Chao's fingers trembled as if he was plucking the strings of a zither.
The chain was like a snake. It jumped about lightly, and with the force from Qin Hu's slash, it turned and wrapped around his ankle from an unbelievable angle.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The offensive runic symbols carved on the chain were instantly activated by spirit energy. They released flames and electrical arcs that burned his ankle into a mess.
The Blood Flame Saber circled around a few times and was stuck to the chain in a very delicate manner. It could not be easily broken free. The blade of the saber even stabbed into Qin Hu's calf. There were also dozens of runes flashing on the blade, and wisps of light burrowed into Qin Hu's calf, causing him to continuously lose blood.
Qin Hu did not expect that Meng Chao, a mere Spirit Tattoo Realm martial artist, would have such a strange weapon. He was caught off guard and screamed.
Meng Chao did not have maglev flying abilities, so he could only tug at his chain saber in hopes that he could use Qin Hu's strength to return to the cliff.
But to his surprise, the collapse at the edge of the cliff was still expanding. Qin Hu lost his balance and fell off the cliff as well.
The two of them fell into the boundless darkness together.
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