Chapter 42: Black Thick Smoke

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  On the other hand, Cai Zhong's body surface rose with a faint black mist, as if his body was slowly burning. Neither of them took the initiative to make a move. After three years, neither of them knew what level the other had reached, so they were observing and waiting for an opportunity.

  The people present naturally understood this truth and no one opened their mouth to urge them on, they just quietly observed the two of them.

  Confronting each other for nearly two minutes, a gentle breeze blew by, and the blades of grass on the ground trembled slightly. Cai Zhong made the first move, while Lei Yu remained still, adhering to his principles, using stillness to control movement, and responding to all changes with inaction.

  Cai Zhong's figure was swift, and with each step he took on the ground, a wild gust of wind would sweep past his body. With the help of the favorable wind, Cai Zhong's speed seemed to increase even more, and behind him, a black residual shadow actually appeared.

  Lei Yu didn't dare to underestimate his opponent, who had already fought him to a draw three years ago. With his true energy condensed and ready to be unleashed, he waited for Cai Zhong's figure to approach before they both made their move at the same time. Every punch contained tremendous explosive power, but Lei Yu dodged left and right, only to have all his attacks cleverly blocked by Cai Zhong. Lei Yu had no choice but to acknowledge his opponent's ferocity, as each attack seemed to possess a kind of inexplicable penetrating power that felt like a death knell striking at his very soul, causing his heart to tremble involuntarily.

  Cai Zhongye was also in a difficult situation, he intentionally avoided Lei Yu's fists and feet every time he made a move, the numbness made it hard for him to control his strength and accuracy, and the two were evenly matched for a while.

  "Unbelievable! I didn't think that Little Feather has reached this level of power!" Lei Yuntian's eyes revealed a look of surprise, and the people behind him also had their mouths agape. An opponent like this was undoubtedly the strongest among these people from the back hills, and some even began to regret how they had treated Lei Yu in the past. But at this moment, the duel had just begun, and everything was still unknown.

  The two men were very measured in each of their moves, they wouldn't use full force, if one move didn't work, then all that was left was to wait for the arrival of failure, from this it can be seen, they were still probing each other.

  The footsteps under their feet did not stop flashing, from east to west, from south to north. The urgent "pa pa" sound spread throughout the venue, and you can see how fast their punching speed was.

  Cai Zhong deftly moved his hand from below and swiftly wrapped it around Lei Yu's arms, striking directly at Lei Yu's chin with a sharp claw. The palm wind even produced a shrill sound due to the sharp fingernails. Lei Yu's reaction was not slow, as he slightly leaned back, causing Cai Zhong's attack to miss its mark. Both of them took a step back and gathered their strength again, before colliding once more in an instant burst of energy.

  When Cai Zhong approached Lei Yu again, trying to rely on his own dark power to penetrate his chest, a flaw was revealed. Cai Zhong's abdomen had an empty space that Lei Yu detected, and while raising his hand to block the fierce attack, his right leg lifted without leaving any trace, knee raised and flipped over, a side kick directly attacking Cai Zhong's lower abdomen. Unable to react in time, the powerful impact force brought wave after wave of numbness, and his body flew backward instantly.

  Cai Zhong exerted himself to steady his body, a wave of pain accompanied by a momentary numbness causing turmoil inside him, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out from his mouth. At this time, Cai Zhong's eyes looked at Lei Yu with an even more ruthless gaze.

  The onlookers in the arena were all stunned, especially the Lei family's side - was this still the same good-for-nothing who had been recognized as a waste product back then? Judging from the current situation, Cai Zhong absolutely possessed the strength of a late-stage Four-Order, yet it was impossible to determine Lei Yu's strength. The fact that he could withstand and even injure him proved that Lei Yu was by no means weak.

  "I didn't expect Xiao Yu to have reached the strength of the fourth stage at this age!" Lei Yun Tian exclaimed excitedly, jumping up from his chair in surprise.

  Lei Yu took a deep breath and regained his composure. Cai Zhong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "You've improved a lot. It seems I need to take you more seriously!"

  Lei Yu didn't respond, and as Cai Zhong's voice fell, a thick black smoke rose up around his body, enveloping him completely. Lei Yu cautiously watched the thick black smoke in front of him.

  Cai Zhong condensed his demonic powers in the black smoke, and his eyes suddenly turned blood red. A mysterious black short blade appeared in his hand, but this situation was not seen by Lei Yu due to the thick black smoke. However, the Sect Master sitting on the viewing platform and Zhao Han beside him saw it clearly - Cai Zhong had become enraged.

  Suddenly, Cai Zhong's figure disappeared from the black smoke and reappeared behind Lei Yu in an instant. All of this happened in a flash, and no one knew how he did it.

  Lei Yu couldn't have predicted that such a thing would happen even if he had reacted faster, and suddenly a chill ran down his back. Lei Yu wanted to turn around, but it was too late, a cold light flashed from top to bottom.

  "Ah!"

  "Little Brother Xiaoyu!"

  "Little Feather!"

  The stands on the scene suddenly became noisy, and Nuo Yilong and others, as well as Lei Yuntian, were anxiously watching Lei Yu in the arena.

  Cai's attack won't be that simple, after a knife cut through, he raised his hand and struck out with a palm on Lei Yu's back, "Ah!" Lei Yu let out a painful cry, his body was shocked and flew out, falling to the grass.

  First was the extremely deep wound on his back, followed by a palm with penetrating power. Lei Yu suddenly felt that his strength could no longer continue, and a heart-piercing pain came from the wound from his shoulder to his waist. Lei Yu spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body kept trembling.

  Cai Zhong's sharp blade, after being stained with fresh blood, seemed to become even more frenzied, its surface presenting a red glow, and then the layer of Lei Yu's blood disappeared.

  "Xiao Yu!" Nu Hu clenched his fists, the scene before him was that Lei Yu had already been seriously injured, if he continued like this, it was very likely that his life would be in danger. He didn't think Cai Zhong would be so ruthless.

  However, this is also an unavoidable thing. Before the duel, it was not said that the use of weapons was not allowed. Moreover, this trial was originally a matter of life and death, just like a normal life-and-death battle.

  Ai'er's anxious expression was covered by her hand, she didn't dare to look again, while Xiao Fei on the side had a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, with a relieved expression in his eyes.

  Sweat beads the size of beans covered Lei Yu's forehead, his gasps growing more intense. He gritted his teeth, staring fixedly at Cai Zhong in front of him. Was this still the same opponent from before? Why had he become so cruel and ruthless? Although their fight back then was also fierce, it hadn't been as life-or-death as now. Moreover, from Cai Zhong's blood-red eyes, Lei Yu couldn't see any humanity, only a thirst for blood and something terrifying.

  "Die!" Cai Zhong stretched out his tongue to lick the bloodstained wound, step by step approaching Lei Yu, the bloody blade in his hand emitting a cold glow, that deathly aura closing in on Lei Yu.