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Chapter 36 The Deadly Exhibition Match
Just as the audience was making a fuss, an unassuming but vigorous old man stepped onto the stage. He didn't say a word, wore no protective gear, and simply drew the sword from his waist, which silenced the audience below.

He was Yoda, the French swordsmanship master.

Chen Lai stepped onto the stage from the other side, wearing a full fencing outfit except for his mask. After getting on stage, he first gestured to the audience below, attracting the attention of the ladies, and then turned to Yoda to fasten his mask.

Looking at Yoda, Chen Lai narrowed his eyes slightly. This old man also had a problem!

[Sealed Artifact 0-13 "Old Artist": Takes the form of a rapier. The user of this sealed artifact can defeat all users of the same type of weapon. Side effects: ???. Value: 200000]

Good grief, they've even brought the sealed artifact... Why isn't that side effect showing up?

Chen Lai drew his sword from his waist and assumed a fighting stance. It wasn't that he couldn't accept being defeated; it was just an exhibition match.

Standing opposite him, Master Yoda looked at Chen Lai's face and suddenly shook his head.

“You’ve made a mistake,” he said.

This inexplicable remark startled Chen Lai, who then said in a voice only the person opposite him could hear, "What are you saying? I don't understand."

“You have polluted this world. Your small actions will bring great trouble to everyone!” Master Yoda said to himself, completely ignoring Chen Lai’s question.

Seeing that Yoda was impossible to communicate with, Chen Lai was also getting angry. What had he done? This old man was pointing fingers at him like an old lady on a bus asking him to give up his seat!
"Let's settle this with our swords," Chen Lai said, sounding somewhat annoyed.

"Just what I wanted!" Yoda launched the first attack, sliding forward and thrusting out the "Old Artist" in his hand.

Chen Lai summoned the dormant Fuheishen and asked him to teach him how to fight. Facing a sword master like Yoda, relying solely on himself was far from enough.

Snap snap snap snap snap bang—

Their swords danced in the air like two venomous snakes intertwined, and at the most extreme moment, the tips of their swords would pierce each other.

The audience below watched with rapt attention, all the previous noise and distractions vanished, and they simply held their breath, intently watching the duel on stage.

The two seemed evenly matched, but Chen Lai knew in his heart that the old man's sword was ridiculously fast, and he was attacking at an increasingly faster speed, as if he were stacking "Fatal Rhythm"!
If this continues, I won't be able to handle it sooner or later!

歘!
Even with Fuheshen'er's assistance, the defense, though seemingly impenetrable, had a lapse. The "Old Artist" slipped through the dense sword shadows and accurately struck Chen Lai's shoulder.

Warm blood gushed out, and Chen Lai felt his fencing uniform being pierced, and his arm felt somewhat uncomfortable.

When a person is injured, their first feeling is usually not fear, but anger. Chen Lai is very angry right now!
Judging from the force and penetrating power of that sword strike, he understood that the old man in front of him wanted to kill him, and to kill him right in front of everyone!
We have no grudge against each other. I'm just a player who didn't steal your sealed artifact, and yet you want to kill me?
Anger made Chen Lai's face turn slightly red, but he had not lost his mind. He had already grasped the power of the sealed artifact, and it would be unwise to duel Yoda with a sword.

So he threw away his rapier, raised his hands high, and jumped back, saying, "I surrender."

In sword fighting competitions, it is common to concede defeat midway. In aristocratic sports, if one side is physically exhausted, in order to maintain dignity, everyone will allow him to withdraw from the competition rather than forcing him to finish.

But Yoda wouldn't allow it. His purpose in coming here today was to kill Chen Lai, to kill this troublesome and difficult person.

He threw down the two "Duel" badges from his chest, and suddenly a phantom appeared on the stage to replace Chen Lai in a performance match against Yoda—a little trick by the Sequence Seven "Artist".

Chen Lai witnessed Yoda's actions firsthand. He saw another "self" step forward and begin a mock fight with another "Yoda," while the audience cheered, completely unaware that it was a charade. "Nothing to talk about?" Chen Lai didn't pick up the sword, but watched Yoda approach him step by step.

"You must die, or we will all perish with you!" Yoda remained a riddle-maker.

Since there was no room for negotiation, all that was left was to fight. Unfortunately, the musket he had bought was in the locker room and he hadn't brought it with him at all.

Taking off his fencing uniform and loosening his muscles, Chen Lai thought, "The 'old artist' could help Yoda defeat those who wield swords, but he doesn't use a sword anymore!"
"Fuheshchen, come out! Let me see your power!"

Chen Lai continued to call out to Fu Heishen, whose physical abilities he could utilize even better than his own.

Seeing Chen Lai clench his fist instead of using his sword, Yoda was slightly taken aback, but he quickly regained his composure—he was a master swordsman, and with a weapon, he had the advantage over the unarmed!
At this moment, Fuheishen, who replaced Chen Lai, swung his arm and fixed his gaze firmly on Yoda.

This old man's physical abilities are clearly several times higher than those of his peers, and he may also have some special abilities, like a sorcerer... When facing such an opponent, Fuheshen's most common method is to defeat him at high speed.

With a twist of his body, Chen Lai approached Yoda in a way that was difficult for ordinary people to achieve. At this moment, Chen Lai's body was almost parallel to the ground, and only a blur could be seen in the air. His hand blades came together and moved forward, like a drill trying to pierce through Yoda's body.

Yoda looked surprised. Why hadn't he shown this physical strength and control before?

Without time to think, he could only change his tactics on the spot, drawing his slender sword out like a whip. If this strike hit, it would leave a sharp bloodstain on Chen Lai's body, just like a hospital injection needle that doesn't go into a vein but comes out directly from the skin.

"whispering sound."

Chen Lai curled his lip in disdain, twisted his body slightly in mid-air, leaned back, and delivered a whip kick horizontally. He supported himself with his hands on the ground, using his legs as punches with ease.

Yoda took a solid kick; for someone his age, such an attack was far too powerful.

"No, I didn't lose! I only took a kick!"

Yoda took a few steps back and suddenly cried out. The sealed artifact "Old Artist" in front of him flipped over uncontrollably, its blade pointing at his stomach.

[Side effect of the 0-13 sealed item "Old Artist": I let you win, and you still lost after all this, so you have to apologize.]

The next second, the rapier flew out like a javelin, piercing Yoda's stomach. He was pinned to the floor, clearly beyond saving.

Chen Lai stepped forward, pulled out the sealed artifact 0-13, and struck Yoda a few more times.

"Wrong." Yoda stared at the void before his death, seemingly saying something.

"You brought about a mistake." His pupils dilated; he was dead, and the extraordinary properties within his body precipitated out, becoming as viscous as mercury.

[Sequence 7 "Artist" Extraordinary Trait: Can be used for potion making, but the multiple low-sequence traits it contains may cause problems. Value: 700000]

With no container at hand, Chen Lai could only use his rapier to pick up the viscous, extraordinary substance and hide behind the stage curtain.

(End of this chapter)