The destructive power of two 2nd-rank martial artists is immense. The gap between a 1st-rank and a 2nd-rank martial artist is significant; a peak 1st-rank martial artist can exert a thousand pounds of force with their arms.
At the 2nd-rank level, strength, speed, bones, and internal organs are greatly enhanced, making it easy to withstand cold weapons with the body alone.
Lin Ye had previously been able to counter-kill a 2nd-rank martial artist by relying on pain, causing the opponent to suffocate and go into shock, ignoring any defense and directly breaking their spirit.
But this time, he hit a wall. The opponents were puppets, immune to such tactics. Seeing two initial-stage 2nd-rank puppet martial artists charging at him, Lin Ye used Treading the Clear Wind, pulling Lin Xi as they fled.
Lin Ye glanced at Su Yan and Song Yuanyuan, who had already run off with all their might when the puppets appeared. However, the puppets ignored them, focusing solely on pursuing Lin Ye and Lin Xi, closing the distance rapidly.
"Lin Ye, what do we do next?"
"Just kill Li Dashan, but with these two things here, I can't get close to him."
"Heh, your unbeatable Pain Sharing has finally met its match, hasn't it? Now it's my turn."
Lin Xi suddenly turned around, her pupils turning crimson, and her long, black hair began to change to a snowy red due to her talent.
Yes, snowy red, with the whiteness of snow and the redness of blood, like blood dripping onto white snow.
"Lin Ye, I'll hold these two off, you take care of Li Dashan."
"You two bastards, let me freeze you into ice sculptures."
Form of Ice.
In an instant, blood-colored ice formed in Lin Xi's hands, creating a three-hundred-kilogram blood-red ice hammer.
Frozen Ice Seal.
The cold spread widely, enveloping the two puppets, the temperature dropping continuously, and the ground covered in blood-red ice crystals.
Lin Xi raised the ice hammer high, its surface covered in blood-red ice crystals, and smashed it down on the two puppets, who slowly raised their hands to block the terrifying attack.
Mystic-rank techniques are indeed powerful, allowing Lin Xi to use two martial techniques in one breath without showing any fatigue, her lips curling into a bloodthirsty grin.
Unlike Lin Ye, she didn't like to use her brain, preferring to speak with strength and fists. Ever since awakening her talent, it was always Lin Ye's Pain Sharing solving problems, making her A-Rank talent, Bloodfrost Extreme Cold, seem like a decoration.
So when she found out that Lin Ye's previously unbeatable Pain Sharing was ineffective, she was more excited than anyone, finally able to fight to her heart's content.
...
After Lin Xi dealt with the two puppets, Lin Ye used Treading the Clear Wind, rushing towards Li Dashan. Seeing Lin Ye, Li Dashan recalled the intense pain from before and quickly retreated, cursing internally.
Damn it, he's done this twice before without issue, so why is there such a freak this third time?
A mid-stage 1st-rank martial artist chasing a peak-stage 2nd-rank martial artist was utterly ridiculous. If anyone in the circle heard about this, that 2nd-rank martial artist would be humiliated beyond measure.
But this was the reality. It wasn't that he couldn't beat Lin Ye, but this kid was just too strange.
Mad Blood Lament!
Seeing the old guy running too fast, Lin Ye didn't hesitate, immediately using the Mystic-rank martial technique Mad Blood Lament. Instantly, he felt his blood burning, as if on fire.
The power of the burning blood continuously fed back into his strength, temporarily boosting Lin Ye's power to the peak of a 1st-rank martial artist.
His speed increased by several levels, closing the gap with Li Dashan, who had no speed-type martial techniques. Seeing Lin Ye's strength and speed surge, Li Dashan cursed.
Who the hell's young master is out here experiencing life? He's spent half his life struggling to become a 2nd-rank martial artist, with only three martial techniques, two of which are Yellow-rank low level, and he doesn't even dare dream of Yellow-rank high-level.
Yet this kid is like a walking martial technique library, with talents to boot. If he's not a great family disciple, what is he?
Screw it, no more running! Can't outrun him anyway, might as well fight!
Chased like a dog, Li Dashan turned to attack Lin Ye.
"Mountainous Fist!"
Li Dashan punched directly at Lin Ye. A peak-stage 2nd-rank martial artist could kill a mid-stage 1st-rank martial artist with one punch, even with low-level techniques and no talent. That's the advantage of higher cultivation.
Seeing this, Lin Ye was not afraid but delighted, clenching his right fist as his entire arm swelled, then smashed it towards Li Dashan's punch.
A technique that shatters one's own bones to unleash extreme damage, a strategy of mutual destruction.
With a loud boom, the two collided, the shockwave making the trees in the dense forest tremble violently. Li Dashan's expression shifted from determination to disbelief.
After the clash, Lin Ye stepped back several paces, his arm bones shattered to pieces. But during Mad Blood Lament, his body temporarily lost the sense of pain. When the side effect of doubled pain hit, he'd be in for it.
Li Dashan, feeling his Qi and blood surge, spat out a mouthful of blood. Looking at his trembling arm and the pain radiating from it, he stared at Lin Ye as if seeing a ghost.
A mid-stage 1st-rank martial artist, and he was two minor realms above him, a gap as vast as a chasm, yet this kid fought him to a standstill!
But the next moment, seeing Lin Ye's limp arm, his expression relaxed slightly, sneering.
"Your bones are completely shattered. Even if you're a prodigy, with your arm in that state, your future is ruined. This is what you get for crossing me."
Lin Ye glanced at his arm, seemingly unconcerned, then raised his left arm to use the same move again. Seeing this, Li Dashan was dumbfounded, cursing loudly.
"You're a madman, a complete madman! Your arm's broken, and you're still fighting me! Die, just die already!!!"
Yellow-rank mid-grade, Mountain-Shaking Crash, Li Dashan's strongest move.
But Lin Ye was fearless, raising his left hand and smashing it towards Li Dashan's body.
Boom!!!
Another loud explosion echoed through the forest, Lin Ye's body was thrown against a tree by the recoil, snapping it instantly.
Li Dashan wasn't unscathed either, Lin Ye's punch landed on his shoulder, breaking through the defense of his supposedly invulnerable 2nd-rank martial artist's body.
With his right arm injured and shoulder bones cracked, Li Dashan's face turned pale from the pain, but seeing Lin Ye lying before him, he laughed.
"Hahaha, you little bastard, you dared to oppose me. Aren't you a noble young master from a great family? This is the result of chasing me, haha..."
Before he could finish laughing, Lin Ye slowly got up, and to Li Dashan's horror, Lin Ye's arms, which should have been shattered, were completely healed.
Lin Ye flashed a bright smile, then slowly raised his right hand.
Yellow-rank high-level, Bone-Shattering Fist!