I Can Merge Techniques

The pressure on Zhang Ling'Er instantly doubled. Her once elegant and fluid Sword Techniques fell into disarray, forcing her into a panicked, stumbling retreat.

Watching this, Zhao Qingyan and the others couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

'This young miss of the Zhang Family truly is a delicate flower from a greenhouse, utterly unaware of the dangers of the martial world.'

'To get distracted by something else in the middle of a heated battle?!'

'She's simply courting death!'

Chu Fan tightened his grip on his Black Abyss Soward, preparing to strike again.

But just then, a figure suddenly flashed before his eyes.

An incomparably tyrannical aura washed over him, carrying a biting sense of pressure.

The tall, taciturn woman who was always behind Zhang Ling'Er had, at some point, flashed in front of him, standing like an insurmountable mountain.

Chu Fan's pupils constricted slightly.

This female guard had been concealing her aura, appearing like an ordinary Attendant. Now that she had suddenly erupted with power, she revealed a profound cultivation at roughly the Third Heaven of the Acupoint Realm!

Among everyone present, aside from the bizarre and unpredictable Mutated Witch, this woman's aura was the most terrifying.

The woman was expressionless, her gaze as cold as frost. She looked at him as if he were an insignificant ant and said coldly, "If you know what's good for you, don't interfere with my young miss's affairs. Otherwise..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but the unspoken part was filled with a naked threat!

Her tone was calm and even, but the killing intent between her words was sharp and bone-chilling, enough to make one's blood run cold.

Even the expressions of Zhao Qingyan and her seasoned Demon Suppression Guards changed upon hearing this!

'Has the Zhang Family in Qing Province become this arrogant?'

'They even dare to brazenly threaten a Demon Suppression Guard from the prestigious Demon Suppression Bureau?'

Chu Fan, however, remained expressionless, his demeanor as placid as ever as he silently watched the female guard before him.

The long saber in his hand dragged slowly across the ground as he walked with steady steps toward the woman's right.

SCRAPE... SCRAPE... SCRAPE...

The sharp edge of the blade scraped across the bluestone tiles, creating a series of ear-piercing sparks that were exceptionally clear in the silent night.

"Hm?"

The female guard couldn't help but frown at Chu Fan's actions.

'His utterly dismissive expression and actions... Could it be that he didn't hear my warning at all?'

WHOOSH!

The very instant the thought formed in her mind, Chu Fan abruptly vanished from her line of sight!

"What?!"

At the edge of the barrier, the three masters from the Six Gates, who had been watching from the sidelines, looked as if their eyes were about to pop out, their faces filled with horror.

"Good heavens, how can he be that fast?!"

Seeing Chu Fan arrive alongside Zhao Qingyan earlier, they hadn't paid the young-looking Demon Suppression Guard any mind, assuming he was just a rookie who had recently joined the Demon Suppression Bureau.

But the strength Chu Fan had displayed moments ago had already stunned them.

But the speed Chu Fan suddenly unleashed was so fast they couldn't even capture his Residual Image!

SWISH!

But Zhang Ling'Er's guard, Qing Ling, was a battle-hardened expert. Though startled, she was not flustered.

Relying on the powerful combat instincts and keen Divine Sense she had honed through years of slaughter, she struck with her sword in a backhand motion without even looking.

With an exceedingly sharp whistle, the blade cut through the air, precisely aimed at Chu Fan, who had just teleported behind her!

This sword strike was fast, precise, and ruthless!

In that hair's-breadth moment of crisis, she managed to steadily block Chu Fan's descending slash!

CLANG!

Saber and sword clashed violently, sending sparks flying as a deafening boom exploded outward!

A tyrannical storm of Force erupted from the point of impact, sweeping out in all directions as a fierce gale!

The three from the Six Gates, who had already retreated to the edge of the barrier, turned pale with shock from the blast. They had to retreat several more steps before they could regain their footing.

THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP...

The female guard, Qing Ling, instantly turned pale. The qi and blood within her roiled, and she staggered back several steps.

Each step she took back crushed a deep footprint into the bluestone pavers beneath her!

But Chu Fan remained where he stood, not retreating even half a step, his posture as straight and tall as a pine. The only difference was that the bluestone beneath his feet had been shattered to dust!

Zhao Qingyan and her two companions maintaining the barrier, as well as the members of the Six Gates on the side, all stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with utter disbelief!

It was as if time itself had frozen in that instant.

No one present had imagined that this young Demon Suppression Guard could be so overwhelmingly powerful!

Elsewhere, Zhang Ling'Er and the Mutated Witch, who had been locked in a frantic exchange, were also startled by the sudden boom. Their battle movements came to a halt as they both turned their heads in astonishment to look toward Chu Fan and Qing Ling.

"How is that possible!"

As Zhang Ling'Er witnessed the scene, her eyes filled with utter disbelief!

No one knew Qing Ling's true strength better than she did.

Across the entire younger generation of Qing Province, there were very few who could contend with Qing Ling.

'And this unfamiliar Demon Suppression Guard, someone she had never even seen before, had managed to knock Qing Ling back with a single blow?'

...

'Such immense power!'

Qing Ling shook her arm, which was numb and aching from the impact, her brow deeply furrowed.

'The fluctuations of Primordial Qi from his body are clearly nowhere near my level. At most, he looks like he's at the Divine Power Realm Third Layer. So how could a single slash from him erupt with such terrifying, overwhelming power?'

'Just where on earth did this kid come from?'

'If the Demon Suppression Bureau had a Demon Suppression Guard of this caliber, there's no way I wouldn't know him.'

Suddenly...

A name suddenly flashed through Qing Ling's mind!

Her pupils constricted. Her gaze grew even colder as she said in a frigid voice, "You're Chu Fan?"