The next moment, just like before, Jing Zhe simply shifted his body slightly and dodged it!

This completely shocked the Soul-Severing Fan!

If he had underestimated his opponent earlier, and the iron fan he swung out was barely a scratch that Jing Zhe managed to dodge, this time he used almost all his strength, yet Jing Zhe still managed to dodge it!

This is... kind of amazing...

Thinking this to himself, he didn't stop moving the Soul-Severing Fan, because he wanted to see whether Jing Zhe was just lucky or really had the strength to dodge his surprise attack!

So, the Soul-Severing Fan continued to unleash attacks, each one carrying the force of thunder, each move deadly. However, Jing Zhe's dodging and maneuvering surprised him even more. He made more than ten moves in a row, all of which were dodged by Jing Zhe, and he didn't even break a sweat on his face, showing how easily he dodged!

For the first time in many years, Duanhun Shan began to doubt his own skills. This was a feeling he had never had when fighting against those grandmasters, but he felt it in a young man he thought should be powerless.

Therefore, he stopped and did not choose to continue the attack.

"This is... the peak of the 'Shadow Follows the Wind' technique?"

The Soul-Severing Fan asked somewhat uncertainly.

Jing Zhe smiled and nodded, saying, "Senior, you truly live up to your reputation. A master is a master indeed. You recognized it at a glance. I admire you, I really admire you!"

"..."

Duanhun Shan's face turned red, because he felt that Jing Zhe's words did not sound like a compliment, but rather like a mockery!

Everything that happened today, from the moment I met Jing Zhe, has been incredibly strange!

Firstly, he couldn't tell that Jing Zhe had internal strength, so he treated him as an ordinary court official, inevitably underestimating him.

However, after his initial failure, he became more cautious, but even with his increased caution, he couldn't harm Jing Zhe in the slightest.

You should know that his lightness skill was already at the middle stage of the "Following the Wind" level, while Jing Zhe was able to dodge his attacks so easily, which could only be at the peak of the "Following the Wind" level!

Like a shadow following the wind, reaching the pinnacle...

The reason why the Soul-Severing Fan was able to roam the martial arts world for many years and kill countless masters was partly due to his mastery of martial arts. However, before becoming a master, he had also killed many people whose martial arts were more powerful than his!

What is it that we rely on?

It's definitely light-footed skill!

The Soul-Severing Fan has one advantage over other martial arts practitioners: its lightness skill.

It should be noted that the other masters he knew were at most at the initial stage of the "Following the Wind" lightness skill, and many were only at the peak of "Light as a Swallow". Therefore, he could use the advantage of his lightness skill to keep fighting and eventually kill someone with a higher level than him.

When he reached the middle stage of the "Following the Wind" technique, he felt that he was invincible. No one who was a master in martial arts as well as him could match his lightness skill. And those who could match his lightness skill were definitely not as skilled as him. Of course, he did not believe that anyone could match his lightness skill. Since he started practicing martial arts, he had never seen or even heard of anyone whose lightness skill could reach the peak of "Following the Wind".

Although he hasn't reached it, and it seems he can't reach it, after all, lightness skill is too difficult to master. Without a stroke of luck, reaching the peak is nothing short of a pipe dream.

Therefore, upon realizing that Jing Zhe possessed the peak of the Shadow Following the Wind technique, the Soul-Severing Fan was extremely shocked.

At this moment, he finally understood why he couldn't sense Jing Zhe's martial arts level and why Jing Zhe dared to make such a bold bet with him. It was because he didn't know martial arts but possessed the pinnacle of lightness skill!

His lightness skill was superior to his own, so it was easy to explain why he couldn't discern his level of skill, and he even dared to make a bet with him!

...

Seeing him stop, Jing Zhe asked curiously, "Senior, why did you stop attacking? We bet we had a quarter of an hour! If you waste any more time, we won't have enough!"

The Soul-Severing Fan, however, remained unperturbed and said, "Boy, has your lightness skill reached the peak of 'Following the Wind'?"

Jing Zhe smiled and nodded: "Senior has a good eye. I only reached my peak a few years ago. It's nothing to mention, nothing to mention at all!"

"..."

Duanhun Shan's face darkened. If you reached the peak of lightness skill at the age of less than twenty and still say it's not worth mentioning, then shouldn't all other martial arts practitioners be dead?

After all, there are many people like him who are over sixty years old but have not yet reached their peak, or rather, are unlikely to reach their peak. Jing Zhe's words were undoubtedly a show of bravado!

What's even more infuriating is that he can pretend without any problems, which is just too infuriating!

Are you... twenty years old this year?

Jing Zhe smiled again: "This junior is only eighteen this year, and will be nineteen after the New Year! Does senior think that I am not young anymore, and that my internal strength is rather ordinary?"

"..."

Duanhun Shan looked up at Jing Zhe. If it weren't for their different positions, he would have said, "I have long admired you, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Jing Zhe urged again, "Senior, the quarter of an hour is almost up. Don't forget our bet. If you don't attack soon, we can leave in a bit."

"Walk?"

Who knew that the Soul-Severing Fan would laugh coldly: "You wish! Boy, you've reached the peak of the Shadow Following the Wind at such a young age, you should be a little arrogant! I won't be presumptuous either, but it seems that it would be very difficult for me to kill you now!"

But it's not like there's no way out. After all, you only know light footwork, but you don't have internal strength or martial arts skills. If I'm focused on chasing you, even if you're good at light footwork, you won't have the stamina to last long! Besides, if I don't chase you and only kill that girl, what can you do?

Moreover, if you try to escape using your lightness skill while carrying that girl, it's tantamount to crippling your own martial arts. You won't be able to unleash the full potential of your peak "Following the Wind" technique, and you certainly won't be able to escape!

"..."

After the Soul-Severing Fan finished speaking so bluntly, Jing Zhe was stunned for a moment and asked, "Senior, we made a bet. If you still can't kill me after a quarter of an hour, then you can't make things difficult for us anymore!"

Upon hearing this, Duanhun Shan looked at Jing Zhe as if he were an idiot.

"You don't really think that even if you win, I'll just let you all go, do you?"

"What, do you think you, as a grandmaster, would go back on your word? If this gets out, aren't you afraid of giving others ammunition to criticize you, and being ridiculed and scorned?"

Jing Zhe had already guessed the meaning of the Soul-Severing Fan, and his voice turned cold as he considered the worst-case scenario.

After hearing this, Duanhun Shan sneered as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, and said, "Laugh at me? Who dares to laugh at me? In this world, strength speaks for itself! If anyone dares to laugh at me, I will kill them directly. Do you think anyone would dare to laugh at me?"

"So, senior, you mean you're not going to keep the bet?"

Jing Zhe took two steps back. He really didn't expect that the Soul-Severing Fan, a grandmaster, could be so shameless. He could only secretly plan his next move.

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