Ye Tian looked at Huang Dingtian and said calmly, "This place is too cramped. If you really want to spar with , let's find sowhere a bit more spacious. How about it?"
"Of course," Huang Dingtian replied with a sneer. "Pick any place you like. No matter where we go, I'm going to deal with you in the end."
"Interesting. Let's go then!"
Ye Tian then turned to Han Zhengyun and said, "We're stepping out for a bit. Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
"Alright, co back early."
Han Zhengyun nodded, but in truth, she was extrely tense. As soon as Ye Tian and Huang Dingtian left, she patted her chest in relief—she had been on edge the entire ti. Now that Ye Tian was gone, she didn't know whether he'd be able to return.
"Forget it. We're just two strangers crossing paths. Even if he doesn't co back, it doesn't really have anything to do with ."
She tried to comfort herself this way, thinking that if she convinced herself it didn't matter, she wouldn't worry so much. But ironically, the more she told herself not to worry, the more concerned she felt for Ye Tian.
Ye Tian and Huang Dingtian arrived at a clearing in a nearby forest.
"Hmm, this place isn't bad. What do you think?" Ye Tian asked.
"Yeah, not bad at all," Huang Dingtian said, eyeing the surroundings. "Nice mountains and rivers. Once I kill you, I'll toss your body into that ravine over there. Saves you the trouble of needing a grave."
"So you ca here today for the sole purpose of killing , huh?"
"That's right. Didn't you realize that?"
Ye Tian nodded. Of course he had realized it. But so things, if said too plainly, just lose their aning. He smiled and replied, "I know you ca to kill . But you see, the one who ends up dead might not be . Ever think about that?"
"Hm?"
Huang Dingtian was taken aback. At this point, he hadn't expected Ye Tian to remain so composed and calm. This made Huang Dingtian reassess him sowhat.
"You're quite the surprise, kid," he said. "Didn't think you'd be so calm in front of , especially now. Impressive."
"Do I need your praise to be impressive?" Ye Tian said with a faint smile. "You want to know why I'm so calm? Because I'm not afraid of you. Anyone with half a brain could see that."
"You're not afraid of ?"
"Nope."
Ye Tian stared straight at him. "I know Chen Tiequan sent you to kill . But I'm not one for needless bloodshed. So I'll give you a chance. If you kneel and beg, I'll let you go. How's that sound?"
"What? You're telling to kneel and beg? That's unbelievably rude!"
"Do I owe you courtesy?"
Ye Tian chuckled. The idea that his would-be killer expected polite treatnt was laughable. The guy was here to kill him—what right did he have to demand respect?
The weather was worsening. A light rain had started to fall. Ye Tian looked at him and said, "Let's get started."
"Fine, I won't hold back anymore."
With that, Huang Dingtian charged at Ye Tian at lightning speed.
Seeing him rush forward, Ye Tian just smiled. "Not bad."
But truthfully, he didn't take Huang Dingtian seriously at all. The man's attack? Easily handled.
Pa-ta!
Ye Tian casually waved his hand, and an invisible force pushed Huang Dingtian to the side. His attack missed entirely.
"No way… What just happened?"
Huang Dingtian was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why his strike had missed. It seed like Ye Tian barely moved. Yet right before he landed his blow, sothing strange happened—Ye Tian had only gestured with his hand, and a powerful force struck him head-on.
"What do you an 'no way'? What are you talking about?" Ye Tian asked, amused.
Huang Dingtian demanded, "What did you just do?"
"Oh, nothing. Seems the mountain wind's picked up a bit."
"The wind, huh?"
Hearing that, Huang Dingtian hesitated, then smiled. "Yeah, that must be it. It was the mountain wind!"
Regaining his confidence, he launched another attack. But this ti, Ye Tian rely blew a breath of air—and once again, a strong gust slamd into Huang Dingtian and sent him flying.
Boom!
He crashed hard into the ground again.
This ti, Huang Dingtian couldn't pretend it was nothing. He stared at Ye Tian. "What did you just do, Ye Tian?"
"I didn't do anything. Did you see do anything?"
"If you didn't do anything, how did I get thrown like that?"
"There was a gust of wind just now. And you were airborne. Don't you know why you fell?"
"Right…"
Huang Dingtian thought back. He had indeed been mid-air when the wind struck. Now that Ye Tian reminded him, he felt like he understood.
It must've been the wind. He was airborne, and a sudden gust hit at the right mont, slamming him to the ground.
Now that he thought he had it figured out, he laughed. "Didn't expect that. Heaven played a little joke on . I didn't kill you just now because Heaven lent you a hand. But your luck won't last forever."
"Is that so?"
Ye Tian was utterly unimpressed. He could tell Huang Dingtian still wanted to kill him.
Looking at Ye Tian's cold, detached expression, Huang Dingtian said, "No one's going to help you now. If you beg for rcy, maybe I'll give you a quicker death."
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