Capítulo 1547: Chapter 1747: Let’s See Who’s Faster!

It was late at night, and under the cloak of darkness, visibility was greatly reduced. However, as soon as Ye Yiyun turned around, he could immediately recognize the figure—there was no doubt it was Hao Jian, with whom he had a deep enmity.

Ye Yiyun was secretly startled, not expecting Hao Jian, who was severely injured, to act so quickly. He had already dealt with Liu Yu and the others and caught up, filling Ye Yiyun with an involuntary sense of surprise.

At the same time, he sped up his pace while carrying Moon.

But no matter how fast he ran, carrying Moon meant he couldn’t outrun an unburdened person. Seeing that Hao Jian was catching up, Ye Yiyun rushed towards a less populated area.

Reaching a desolate place, he hadn’t caught his breath before Hao Jian caught up. Knowing he couldn’t escape, he no longer prepared to flee.

Ye Yiyun turned around to face Hao Jian. Although Hao Jian seemed considerably more at ease than he, it was clear that the injuries from this morning still had an impact, as evidenced by Hao Jian’s sweat-drenched appearance. This gave Ye Yiyun more confidence.

He then gently laid Moon down from his back, slowly placing her flat on the ground.

Seeing Moon in a comatose state, Hao Jian looked at Ye Yiyun with an angry face and asked, “What did you do to her?”

Initially encountering Hao Jian was intimidating, thinking of his terrifying abilities when dealing with Guan Haoyang, Luo Fan, and those Elders. But seeing Hao Jian clearly out of breath due to his wounds, Ye Yiyun felt emboldened.

Ye Yiyun looked at Hao Jian and said with a smile, “Nothing much, just made her sleep temporarily!”

Ye Yiyun spoke with confidence, completely disregarding Hao Jian, and even looked at him with contempt.

Seeing Hao Jian remain silent, Ye Yiyun assumed he was frightened and felt even more assured, so he said, “How quickly you caught up! Did you manage to deal with Elder Liu Yu, too?”

Still, Hao Jian said nothing, his attention wholly on Moon lying on the ground. He was eager to know what had happened to Moon, what Ye Yiyun had done to her, and why she was unconscious.

Seeing Hao Jian’s silence, Ye Yiyun figured out the answer. Since Hao Jian had caught up so quickly, Elder Liu Yu must have really been taken care of by Hao Jian. This realization made him secretly alarmed—he had indeed underestimated Hao Jian, who continually displayed strength beyond his expectations.

Still, he feared Hao Jian not in the slightest, as he had an artifact that made him unafraid of the heavily injured Hao Jian.

Of course, if he knew Hao Jian’s injuries were mostly healed, he would be even more shocked, and his confidence would instantly diminish greatly.

At this moment, Ye Yiyun was still talking nonsense. Hao Jian was only concerned about Moon’s safety and ignored Ye Yiyun, directly rushing towards Moon to reclaim her.

Ye Yiyun, swift of eye and deft of hand, quickly revealed a small knife, pressing it against Moon’s neck, shouting, “Stay away from me, or I’ll show you what happens when a tiger shows its claws! See if you can snatch Moon from me faster than I can leave a mark on her neck.”

Ye Yiyun was skilled in his technique, holding the knife to the artery in Moon’s neck, which, if cut, would cause uncontrollable bleeding and quickly pose a life threat.

Seeing this, Hao Jian stopped his action immediately. He was confident he could disarm Ye Yiyun and rescue Moon, but not confident he could do so without Moon getting hurt.

In other words, although he was quick, there was a high risk of Ye Yiyun injuring Moon, so taking action was a very unsafe move.

Having made up his mind, Hao Jian stopped in his tracks and stood still.

At this moment, Ye Yiyun’s face showed a sly smile as he looked at Hao Jian and said, “Looks like you have a sense of proportion!”

Hao Jian said, “I advise you to release Moon, or you’ll die a horrible death!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Yiyun burst into laughter and said, “Die a horrible death? Are you threatening me? Do you believe I can take Moon’s life right now? I don’t care—if she dies, I can find a new target. But for you, Moon only comes once.”

“You still dare to rant big on my face, you really think you’re somebody, huh!” Ye Yiyun suddenly shouted sternly.

Hao Jian didn’t say a word and calmly took a few steps back.

First, he needed to stabilize Ye Yiyun’s emotions. Otherwise, if Ye Yiyun’s emotions erupted, he had no confidence he could quickly take Moon away from Ye Yiyun.

But at this moment, Hao Jian was completely unaware that Ye Yiyun was doing this just to buy time.

Time was ticking away, and Ye Yiyun was slowly assessing the time in his heart. As long as he dragged it out to a certain point, the situation would greatly turn around. By then, it wouldn’t be up to Hao Jian; he still needed to hold off Hao Jian now.

But just then, he was momentarily distracted for about a second, which was nothing to him but gave Hao Jian a huge opportunity. One second was enough for him to be confident to rescue Moon without Ye Yiyun injuring her.

In that instant, Hao Jian immediately moved, quickly flashing in front of Ye Yiyun. Taking advantage that Ye Yiyun hadn’t reacted, he grabbed the hand holding the knife against Moon’s neck, twisted it, and knocked the knife to the ground before kicking Ye Yiyun away.

“Bang!” Ye Yiyun was instantly kicked to the ground by Hao Jian. However, just as Hao Jian was about to help Moon up, Ye Yiyun had already gotten up and picked up the knife from the ground, slashing it toward Hao Jian.

Hao Jian, who was about to help Moon, immediately let go of her; otherwise, he would be slashed by the fiercely swung knife from Ye Yiyun.

Once again, Ye Yiyun pressed Hao Jian with the knife, forcing him to step back step by step.

Initially, Hao Jian didn’t expect Ye Yiyun to be so fast, turning around to deal with him quickly. However, after Ye Yiyun stabbed at him a few times, he suddenly noticed Ye Yiyun’s flaw and swiftly acted before Ye Yiyun could continue his next move, grabbing his hand first.

Ye Yiyun wanted to resist, but his hand was tightly held by Hao Jian. Hao Jian pressed down hard, causing the knife in Ye Yiyun’s hand to fall to the ground. Quick-eyed and deft, Hao Jian kicked the knife up, and with his other free hand, caught the knife immediately.

At this point, the knife was in Hao Jian’s hand, and Ye Yiyun stepped back several steps after freeing himself from Hao Jian’s grip. Seeing his weapon, which had been in his hand, now with Hao Jian, he dared not act rashly.

He looked at Hao Jian and suddenly laughed, then wiped his shoe sole, revealing another knife. He then drew this knife out, tossed aside the scabbard, and attacked Hao Jian swiftly.

Hao Jian smiled, calmly facing Ye Yiyun’s fierce assault.

In fact, Ye Yiyun’s movements seemed slow to him, but now he was seriously injured. Although his superficial injuries were almost healed, his internal injuries posed a significant threat. The previous fights had somewhat damaged him, and the earlier intense running hurt him a bit more. So, naturally, his speed wasn’t as fast as before, even though he could see Ye Yiyun’s flaws, without speed it was somewhat difficult to break through Ye Yiyun’s attack.

Suddenly, Hao Jian was on the defensive and was forced to retreat continuously by Ye Yiyun’s attacks, a smile appearing on Ye Yiyun’s face.

He could see that Hao Jian’s injuries were starting to take their toll on him; otherwise, he wouldn’t have had a chance to spar with Hao Jian and would have been defeated by him. He saw through this very clearly.

As long as he continued his attacks, making Hao Jian’s injuries worse, his chances of winning would increase. Thinking of this, he sped up his attack even more.

In his view, although Hao Jian was powerful, defeating him this time wasn’t possible.

With each attack he launched, Hao Jian had to retreat a step, without a chance to defend himself.

But suddenly, Hao Jian stopped retreating, a flash of insight allowed him to see that Ye Yiyun’s lower stance was vulnerable. He stepped back to evade Ye Yiyun’s current attack, then bent down and delivered a heavy side kick. Ye Yiyun’s eyes widened in shock, and by the time he reacted, Hao Jian’s foot had already landed on him.

“Bang!”

He was kicked out by Hao Jian and landed heavily on the ground, the knife tightly grasped in his hand flying out.

He quickly tried to get up, but as soon as he stood up, a knife was pressed against his neck.