48 The Elegant Gentleman [2]
"What a pretty mask," the pretty girl sitting beside Lu Buping said, admiring the flawless golden mask.
[Why did you ask for me?] Li Chen stared at Lu Buping, who kept fanning himself.
"I wanted to see you. You're Li Chen right, Xiu Ying's surbodine, or should I say, servant."
People's eyes dilated when they heard that; even Li Chen tilted his head to the right.
"Little brother, We're not here to mock you. Don't get it wrong," the pretty girl smiled, waving her fingers at him.
Li Chen lowered his head for a moment and raised it up. [Are you sure you're from the general's bloodline? Because I'm pretty sure all of them use actual weapons instead of fans. At least Lu Feng looks like general material.]
The short man's eyes widened and he quickly retreated from Li Chen's back.
Lu Buping's gaze sharpened. "Are you mocking me?" A dangerous smile lingered on his lips.
[Pretty sure I just stated the obvious.]
"You…! Let me deal with him, big brother," the other short, bald man behind Lu Buping shot to his feet, pointing at Li Chen.
Shaking his head, Lu Buping stopped him. "Li Chen, I don't want us to start off on the wrong terms."
[Then you shouldn't have started with those words.]
Lu Buping's eyes narrowed. Li Chen was much more aggressive than he thought. Clearly, the man wouldn't let anyone trample on him for any reason.
Li Chen had a clue as to how Lu Buping figured out his identity—from a family member, Lu Feng!
"Is Li Chen crazy?"
"Probably, if he wasn't, he wouldn't have clashed with senior Lu Buping."
"How dare Li Chen insult our Lu Buping! He's obviously jealous of the senior's handsome face. Humph!"
"Tee-hee, he thinks like the others. Don't you know who he is?!" The pretty girl pointed at Lu Buping.
[This is clearly a waste of time.] Li Chen shook his head, turned, and started walking.
He thought this would have been a chance to figure out his current accomplishments against prodigies but they seem to enjoy talking more.
"Big brother, let me..." The young man with two scimitars strapped to his waist couldn't finish his words when Lu Buping allowed him to proceed.
"He's too stubborn. The fool forgot where are. In the battlegrounds no elder is going to interfere." Lu Buping scowled, his eyes filled with anger, all because Li Chen compared him with Lu Feng.
'How dare he compare me with that privileged good for nothing fool!'
Lu Buping stood up and turned to the pretty girl. "If he proves to be more capable, attack. Don't cripple him, though. The elders surely have their eyes on him. Just make sure they lose interest, then I'll kill him for comparing me with those inferior fools."
He whispered to her.
Li Chen turned and watched the man wielding scimitars ascend the platform. The man dashed forward, unsheathing his blades.
10 metres
5 metres
2 metres!
When the man was close enough, Li Chen raised his sheathed sword and delivered a weak strike but the man slid under his strike.
The moment he got up, he caught an incoming object heading for his head at high speed.
BAM—!
The sheathed sword slammed his face to one side. Saliva spilled from his mouth. He staggered backward and fell off the platform.
Silence enveloped the arena and after a few seconds, whispers and gasps took over.
'Wow, how powerful is my strength to knock out a 26-star immortal human in one strike? This is simply amaz-...!'
He sensed an incoming arrow tearing through the air, turned, and deflected it with his sheathed sword.
Leaping into the air, the pretty girl knocked on three arrows and released them.
This time, Li Chen didn't evade.
"Is he foolish?" Ning Chuan asked himself but his eyes narrowed when a glass-like layer appeared on Li Chen's skin and the arrows bounced off.
Apart from the holes opened by the arrowheads in his robe, Li Chen was completely unharmed.
Alarmed, the pretty girl summoned another arrow and gathered her energy around the tip. Her eyes followed Li Chen, who ran toward her.
Just when she released the arrow, his speed suddenly skyrocketed. Blurring into motion, Li Chen appeared beside her and slapped her right cheek with the back of his palm.
PA—!
The sound made many hold their cheeks. Lu Buping, who was about to leave, halted. "You're dead!" The short, bald man only took a step and Lu Buping stopped him.
He soared into the skies and swung his fan. Four cyan wind arcs arrived before Li Chen in an instant!
With a graceful spin, Li Chen evaded them, reached out to his sword and unsheathed it.
SHING—!
Slicing apart several other cyan wind arcs, he leaped into the air and swooshed forward.
"Humph!" Lu Buping scoffed, closed his fan, and spread it open again.
"Cursed Gale"!
A violent wind slammed Li Chen into the air.
"Wrath of the wind"!
A mini-tornado enveloped Li Chen, spinning him from one end to another while countless cyan wind attacks came from all sides.
Gathering energy into his sword, Li Chen growled and slashed forward with all his might!
SLASH—!!
A dense beam cleaved through the tornado, heading for Lu Buping. He quickly evaded and it made a deep gash in the hill behind him!
The piercing intent emanating from the slash in the hill was simply frightening.
'Such accomplishment! He'll end up being the second Zhao Pan if this continues!'
Frightened by Li Chen's intent, Lu Buping flew higher, his attunement to the air keeping him afloat. Li Chen saw him swing his fan and a monstrous arc almost split the platform apart!
'He's too high!'
Despite trying to close the gap, Lu Buping kept the distance and hurtled attacks from the air.
Suddenly, Lu Buping blurred into motion, appearing on the ground and launching six sharp daggers from his fan.
His eyes narrowed as he saw Li Chen narrowly evade the daggers. The moment Li Chen closed the gap, Lu Buping chuckled.
"Heaven destruction finger"!
Cyan light accumulated on his index finger, aimed at Li Chen's chest.
