Watching Meng Ran draw a knife, the man didn't look particularly surprised or startled.
Over the years, all sorts of people had come at him wielding different weapons.
At first, every single one of them had been brimming with confidence, thinking they could fell him in just a few moves. But reality rarely played out as they imagined.
The weapons or techniques they prided themselves on were nothing but a mere tickle to the bald man.
All kinds of sharp blades could, at most, leave a faint white scratch on him.
That was why the bald man had absolute confidence in his defense—not blind confidence, but the conclusion drawn from countless battles.
Meng Ran gripped his Qieyun tightly, and the aura around him instantly became fierce and cutting.
It was as if he and the knife had become one, his entire being transformed into a soaring blade that cleaved the clouds above.
Seeing Meng Ran like this, the bald man's own battle intent surged; he bared his teeth in a grin.
No words were exchanged—the next second, the two of them collided again.
Qieyun danced wildly in Meng Ran's hands, flipping up and down, left and right, like a colorful butterfly weaving recklessly through a flower field.
The bald man, pressured by Meng Ran's relentless assault, began to feel his momentum waver. The blade left white streaks across his body.
Though the knife couldn't pierce his skin, the pain was real. Meng Ran refused to believe that this human tank could feel nothing from such sustained attacks.
Finally, after enduring an untold number of strikes, the bald man's face twisted with anger.
Since his debut, he had never been so humiliated. Now, he was being treated like a punching bag, relying solely on his super-strong defense, with no ability to retaliate.
The Phantom's speed was simply beyond him, and the unpredictable teleportation left him completely on the back foot.
A flash of anger lit up the bald man's eyes. Before Meng Ran's next strike could land, he preemptively calculated the trajectory of the blade.
Having successfully predicted it, he gripped the knife's edge with his hand. His superhuman defense left him fearless, unafraid of any cuts to his hand.
He tightened his grasp, preventing Meng Ran from withdrawing the blade, and snarled with a feral grin: "I like this knife too. How about you just give it to me?"
Seeing the bald man holding his Qieyun, Meng Ran didn't show the slightest frustration. Instead, he smirked with a trace of mockery in his voice:
"Give it to you? Of course—but can you really hold it?"
The bald man frowned in confusion. He didn't understand what Phantom could possibly have up his sleeve to be so supremely confident.
Before he could ponder further, Meng Ran gave him the answer.
At the moment the bald man gripped Qieyun, dark clouds began gathering overhead, thunder rolling across the sky.
The bald man, preoccupied with trying to figure out Meng Ran's trick, didn't notice the ominous signs above.
Almost immediately, as the bald man was still lost in thought, a bolt of lightning struck him directly.
Simultaneously, it seemed to resonate with Meng Ran's own energy, as countless streaks of lightning began wrapping around his body.
Meng Ran channeled the electric energy through Qieyun straight into the bald man.
In an instant, the man was enveloped in blue-and-white lightning, screaming in agonizing pain.
The electric attack lasted for more than ten seconds before dissipating.
When it ended, the bald man stood dazed on the ground, charred and blackened, as if his soul had been drained.
"So… can you really hold this knife?" Meng Ran asked, shaking his head at the bald man, who now seemed like an entirely different person.
He withdrew Qieyun, freeing it from the man's grasp.
At that exact moment, the previously dazed bald man's eyes cleared.
Seizing the instant Meng Ran drew back the blade, he threw a punch, catching Meng Ran off guard.
The bald man's heavy fist slammed into Qieyun, which Meng Ran had raised to block at his chest.
The clash of steel rang sharply.
The bald man's S-class strength dented Qieyun's blade.
The impact forced Meng Ran to step back several meters.
Roaring in anger, the bald man shouted, "I will kill you!"
Without hesitation, he charged again at Meng Ran. The lightning had left him slightly charred, but he hadn't lost any combat capability.
On the contrary, facing Meng Ran's relentless assault, the humiliation fueled his fury, seemingly increasing his power.
He swung his fists at Meng Ran continuously, each strike accompanied by heavy gusts of wind. The ground beneath them began to crack and crumble under the force of their battle.
Meng Ran, too, was burning with anger.
In a moment of carelessness, Qieyun had suffered some damage at the hands of this massive, gorilla-like man.
A sharp gleam appeared in Meng Ran's eyes. He gripped Qieyun tightly and shouted:
"Qieyun!"
A massive arc of blade light sliced toward the man.
"Haah!" The bald man roared, punching into the incoming blade light.
Bang! Though he shattered the blade with his fist, the force of the explosion flung him backward several meters.
Landing and steadying himself, he noticed a sharp pain in his right fist.
Looking down, he saw a streak of blood across his massive fist.
"Heh, this just got interesting," he chuckled, amused by seeing his own blood.
Since awakening his powers, he had never been injured. The last time he saw his own blood was during a pre-awakening blood test.
Since then, no one had ever broken his defense or drawn blood from him.
Meng Ran, however, wasn't about to stand by while the bald man acted tough. Seeing the shattered blade light, he immediately teleported.
In a flash, Meng Ran appeared behind him, slicing several blade arcs from different angles.
The bald man lacked teleportation. Though he sensed the danger, he couldn't evade all the blade strikes.
He rolled awkwardly to the side, narrowly avoiding two or three of the arcs coming straight from behind.
For the remaining attacks, he could only grit his teeth and endure.
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