Chapter 193: Swords Arrayed, United Assault

bicycle. Seeing that there were already quite a few people gathered around the basketball court with sounds of roughhousing, she didn’t hesitate to push the bicycle aside and follow Hao Ren into the...Chapter 193: Swords Array Fired Simultaneously

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"What's the point in winning" Hao Zhuhi asked her.

Su Han was stunned for a moment and hadn't thought about it. She just wanted to practice with Hao Ren to improve his practical experience but never thought about betting on anything.

"You can never win against me," Su Han said indifferently as she thought of this.

"Alright!" Just as Hao Ren was thinking of testing the power after opening seven acupoints, he stood up.

A humming sound rang out as his internal qi spread outward to form a dark red barrier. Compared to when he had only opened one or two acupoints back then, Hao Ren could now clearly feel the abundance of the five elements inside him. If the dragon's pearl was like a small motor and also a small reservoir for absorbing elements, every time he opened an additional acupoint, his power would increase by another tier, and so would the capacity.

Two grayish-white sword qi appeared in Hao Ren’s palms. Su Han looked at Hao Ren as she held a white longsword in her hand.

"Let's begin." Hao Ren threw a ball of grayish-white sword qi towards Su Han. This ball of sword qi did not distinguish the five elements and was essentially chaotic elemental energy, which Lu Linlin and Lu Lili referred to as "palms of thunder."

Su Han dodged half a step back and used her longsword tip to break Hao Ren's chaotic sword qi.

Crackling sounds...

The chaotic sword qi seemed like a thunderclap, splitting on Su Han’s sword tip.

A weak electrical current passed through the sword body, causing Su Han's fingers holding the sword to slightly tingle.

Before Su Han could adjust her stance, Hao Ren threw his second ball of palms-of-thunder. Su Han wielded her longsword in a circular motion and blocked it with the blade.

More crackling sounds...

The chaotic sword qi exploded again; Su Han’s palm tingled once more.

Chaotic sword qi could break through all five elements! Su Han's longsword was made from the Heavenly Web Divine Jade, a precious material. That's why she considered it her primary magical treasure!

But even so, Hao Ren’s ball of sword qi was capable of breaking apart her jade sword and causing lightning power to spread onto this "evil-warding" Heavenly Web Divine Jade that could block all elements!

Su Han was slightly surprised. If not for the fact that Hao Ren was only at the Kan level, with limited power in his grayish-white sword qi, she might have suffered a major loss! If Hao Ren were at the Kun level, her longsword would be forced to retreat from that move!

However, Hao Ren could only throw these three balls of sword qi. Previously, he could release one ball of chaotic sword qi; now that he had opened seven acupoints, he could manage two but no more. Once his special moves were exhausted, he immediately switched to ordinary five-element sword qi and whipped out a white-colored blade.

White color indicated metal attribute! Su Han herself practiced the metal attribute; her longsword traced a graceful arc, utilizing its unique material to render Hao Ren's white-colored sword qi intangible.

Bouncing, shooting, pushing... both hands simultaneously releasing sword qi from his palms... Hao Ren's sword qi poured out as if they were free...

Although the power was weak, any contact with Su Han would mean a win for him!

Sword qi, he only drew a thread of it for each one. If the old value was full, Hao Ren would throw out sword qi in the colors of "gold", "wood", and "earth"!

Su Han originally wanted to hone Hao Ren's skills, but didn't expect him to become more fluid with each strike. From emitting sword qi from one finger to two fingers, then all three fingers at once!

Each wave brought ten streaks of sword qi! Hao Ren didn’t bother distinguishing the elements; hence, there were all colors: white, azure, black, red, and yellow.

If anyone had been watching from the side, they would have seen dazzling sword qi flying inside a dark-red barrier!

The situation seemed like Hao Ren was forcing Su Han to only defend without any chance of counterattack!

Before the ten streaks of sword qi he just released even reached him, Hao Ren sent out another ten streaks!

Su Han could block all these with a defensive barrier, but that would defeat the purpose of this sparring session.

Ten sword qi streaks were blocked by Su Han's longsword; in mid-air, there were heartbeats of sword qi already emanating from Hao Ren’s fingertips!

Before Su Han, there was always a stream of sword light!

Su Han wasn’t exactly an expert in combat. Faced with sword lights of different colors, though she maintained a composed expression, her hands and feet were slightly disorganized.

Hiss!

Finally, one streak of sword qi pierced through Su Han’s longsword's defense and hit her body.

Su Han quickly dodged, but a tear was still left on her clothing.

Seeing this, Hao Ren hurriedly retracted the sword qi in his hand.

Rustle! Su Han’s sleeve tore open, revealing a patch of snow-white skin near her shoulder.

Buzz. Hao Ren withdrew the dark-red barrier, signaling the end of their sparring session.

Su Han turned to look at the tear and put away her longsword, pulling down her torn sleeve.

"How was it, Su Han" Hao Ren asked sincerely.

"Average," Su Han said indifferently. Even if she lost by half a move, she didn't want to lose face as an expert.

Hao Ren chuckled awkwardly; he hadn’t expected his random sword qi emissions could break through Su Han’s longsword's defense. He thought it was intentional on her part to encourage him.

"This…" looking at Su Han, he said, "I’ll compensate you for a piece of clothing."

“No need.” Su Han coldly threw out the words and walked towards her bedroom.

Hao Ren knew that Su Han had gone to her room to change clothes, so he stayed where he was and pondered. He couldn't just suddenly return now, could he When he saw the time was already seven o'clock, he walked over to the kitchen next to him, took out a frying pan, and retrieved two eggs from the refrigerator before starting to cook.

When Su Han came out of her room wearing a set of emerald green clothes, she smelled a very fragrant aroma.

The sight that greeted her was Hao Ren in the kitchen cooking a pot of white congee. On the plate next to it were four well-done egg dishes (omelets).

"I just made some simple breakfast," Hao Ren served up two bowls of white congee and brought the omelet over.

Su Han, who was usually very calm, felt slightly panicked.

This was the first time someone had prepared a meal for her in the morning.

Previously, if she got hungry, she would sit in meditation and cultivate; if extremely hungry, she'd eat instant noodles.

Hao Ren didn't think much about it. He just felt that since it was early morning, he might as well make something to fill his stomach. Regardless of the difference in Su Han's eyes, he picked up two omelets and ate them with the white congee, gulping them down.

Su Han sat down, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and slowly started eating too. Though not as luxurious as gourmet food, an egg dish was still more fragrant and delicious than instant noodles.

She turned to look at Hao Ren, recalling their recent duel, suddenly thinking that he was only in the Rank 3 category but could continuously release ugly sword beams non-stop; if he continued cultivating, this Sword Dao beam would no longer be a straight shot but controlled by Sword Technique. Then,

Could it be that I underestimated the power of the Split Light Sword Shadow technique A slight doubt arose in Su Han's heart.

Afterswallowing all the congee, Hao Ren got up with an empty bowl and said, "There isn't anything else for me to do. I'll just go back."

Su Han nodded without saying a word.

Hao Ren put the empty bowl in the kitchen sink, washed it clean, then left the kitchen and headed towards the communal apartment door.

"Um! Um!" Su Han coughed lightly as she watched his back, suddenly calling out, "If you don't mind, you can stay here for two more days to cultivate."

“Ah, no need. I'll go back and not disturb your cultivation,” Hao Ren put on his shoes by the door and said.

Su Han held an egg dish in her hand, staring at him blankly.

Hao Ren walked out of the door, waved to her, then closed the door. The large room was left with only Su Han again.

While eating the still warm white congee, Su Han fluttered her long eyelashes and fell into a quiet state of reflection.

Hao Ren's chaotic sword attacks had given her new insights during their battle earlier; she had merely wanted to guide him but was surprised by his performance. Her sword skills weren't particularly high-level, yet Hao Ren made for an excellent sparring partner.

Of course, the breakfast he prepared wasn't bad either.

Hao Ren took the elevator down to the basement garage and started up the Ferrari before leaving the Hua Cheng residential area. As he walked out of Su Han's communal apartment, looking at the black wooden door across from him, he had thought about visiting Lu Qing's house but decided against it after some consideration.

He called Zhao Ranzi several times with no answer. Then, he tried calling Zhao Hongyu, who also didn't pick up. Hao Ren felt a bit worried and then called Lu Qing to find out that Zhao Ranzi’s family had gone to the Dragon Palace to check on the ritual platform.

From Lu Qing, Hao Ren also learned that Lu Linlin and Lu Qianli had gone out to buy clothes. He thought it was fortunate that he hadn’t visited Lu Qing’s house; otherwise, they would have definitely dragged him along to the shops.

Driving back to his seaside villa, Hao Ren parked his car in the garage, with no intention of taking it out anytime soon. Driving a Ferrari around school was still too conspicuous.

The villa was quiet since Grandma wasn’t there and Uncle Wang had gone home to stay. Hao Ren tidied up the house. Seeing the slightly overcast weather outside, he sat by the window in lotus position for meditation.

Waves crashed against the shore. In his blurred vision, Hao Ren seemed to have returned to his childhood days once again. The figure of Xie Yujia flashed through his mind.

She was a little girl with mud on her hands and feet, and big round eyes and nose.

Hao Ren opened his eyes and looked at the phone beside him before picking it up to dial Xie Yujia’s number.

Although it was only eight or nine in the morning, Xie Yujia should have already woken up.

The call rang twice before being answered with a sharp click.

"Is this Ah Ren Yu Jia went out to buy groceries. What’s the matter" A rough voice came from the other end of the line.

Hao Ren was startled, then realized that it must have been Xie Wanjun who had answered since Xie Yujia hadn’t taken her phone with her.

"Yeah, there’s nothing much. I just want to chat with her," Hao Ren said.

"What is there to chat about over the phone! If you have time, go out on a date!" Xie Wanjun barked into the phone.

“Uh… Okay. Tell her that I called when she gets back.” Hao Ren spoke softly before hanging up.

Hao Ren closed his eyes to meditate again but couldn’t calm down. Images of young Xie Yujia kept popping into his mind. He gave up on meditation and stared out the window at the waves, reminiscing about his childhood days.

Regarding Xiao LuoBo [Little Radish], he didn’t have a clear impression, yet there seemed to be an unconscious memory of her. At that time, he didn’t know what love was or what a good feeling was; all he knew was that this little girl always followed him around and it annoyed him.

However, after not seeing her for some time, he found himself missing her.

Zizi zizi… The phone vibrated.

Hao Ren saw the screen read “Xie Yujia” and immediately answered.

"Hao Ren, why did you call me" Xie Yujia’s clear voice came through the phone.

“Oh, there’s nothing much. Did you just go out to buy groceries”

"Yes. My brother wants steamed fish and chicken breast with green beans so I went out to get some ingredients for lunch," Xie Yujia said.

Xie Yujia wasn’t as cold as usual; instead, she talked about daily life matters, indicating that she didn’t want her relationship with Hao Ren to deteriorate further.d."Old Mu alone doesn’t represent the whole clan’s stance. At most he can be intimidating at the birthday banquet but in the end, he still has to return to his mountain; and the Wood Dragon Clan is fo...