"Is that a deal?" Chu Feng asked.
"I never go back on my word!" Leng Yue replied.
"But what if you renege?" Chu Feng pressed.
"If I, Leng Yue, ever go back on my word, then I am worse than a pig or a dog — unworthy of being the Chief General of the Heavenly Dao Palace. After this life, I shall be reborn as livestock for all eternity, slaughtered and trampled by others." Leng Yue raised her hand and swore.
"My, how ruthless. In that case, I'll reluctantly trust you this once." Chu Feng grinned.
"Then make your move. I advise you to use everything you have — otherwise, it won't be any fun."
The moment those words left Leng Yue's lips, she actually closed her eyes, not even bothering to look at Chu Feng. Her intent was perfectly clear: although she had agreed to fight him, she simply did not take him seriously in the least.
"Arrogant, but Leng Yue has every right to be." Watching her composure, Baili Xinghe let out a smug laugh. Glancing at Chu Feng, he thought to himself, "Chu Feng, let's see how you get humiliated."
"Even for a fight with you, there's no need for me to step in personally." However, far from being rattled by Leng Yue's provocation, Chu Feng simply smiled. With a flick of his will, a surge of water flowed out from within his body, and the Water Immortal's Supreme Art materialized before him.
Swish, swish, swish—
The instant the Water Immortal's Supreme Art appeared, it launched its assault — countless droplets transforming into sharp arrows, wave after wave crashing forward like an entire army.
Most importantly, Chu Feng's current cultivation was that of a seventh-rank Half-Emperor, while the Water Immortal's Supreme Art possessed an eighth-rank Half-Emperor's cultivation.
"The Water Immortal's Supreme Art — so this fellow really did obtain that supreme secret technique." At that moment, Leng Yue's eyes snapped open, wide with shock.
As a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Palace, she had once had the privilege of witnessing a Supreme Elder of the palace unleash the Wood Immortal's Supreme Art.
At the time, watching that lifelike construct — one rank stronger in power than the Elder himself — Leng Yue had been consumed with envy and swore that one day she would obtain the Wood Immortal's Supreme Art for herself.
And now, the Water Immortal's Supreme Art, equal in fame to the Wood Immortal's Supreme Art, had appeared right before her eyes — and it was attacking her.
What made it even harder to swallow was that the wielder of this technique was a peer, someone of her own generation. It filled Leng Yue with frustration and a deep sense of injustice.
"Only an eighth-rank Half-Emperor — no match for me!" Leng Yue cried out. Her body swayed like a willow branch, weaving through the onslaught with effortless grace. In the blink of an eye, she had closed the distance to the Water Immortal's Supreme Art itself.
Pop, pop, pop—
Drawing near, cold light flashed in Leng Yue's eyes as her jade-like hands split into a flurry of afterimages, hammering blow after blow into the Water Immortal's Supreme Art.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
Her speed was incredible. Though her palms were slender and delicate, each strike detonated upon the Water Immortal's Supreme Art, erupting into ten thousand bursts of water.
In mere moments, the Water Immortal's Supreme Art had been battered beyond recognition.
"Exactly as I predicted." Though the Water Immortal's Supreme Art had been defeated, Chu Feng remained composed with a faint smile. The reason Leng Yue was so powerful was that she possessed a four-rank combat advantage.
So even though they were at the same cultivation level, the Water Immortal's Supreme Art — which only had a three-rank combat advantage — naturally could not contend with her.
And the reason Chu Feng wasn't alarmed but rather pleased was because his earlier guess had been correct.
A Leng Yue like this was simply not someone Zhang Tianyi could hope to defeat. So… his decision to come fight her himself had been the right one.
"A four-rank combat advantage — Leng Yue actually possesses one too!" Though Chu Feng had anticipated this, Baili Xinghe was thoroughly stunned. He clearly hadn't expected Leng Yue's strength to be this formidable — far beyond what he had imagined.