Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 118: Chapter 117 [Female Assassin]

Xie Yuhe, a very distinctive female assassin with strong capabilities, yet she had a touch of a gentlewoman’s demeanor, seriously embodying a commanding feminine presence, which was Ye Tianchen’s impression of her.

The brief clash made Ye Tianchen not underestimate Xie Yuhe in the slightest. She was a master from an Ancient Martial Sect and also a Superpower User. The combined power of the two was indeed somewhat formidable. If he hadn’t been on guard and his Superpower Realm hadn’t already reached the King Realm, he would have definitely been unable to withstand Xie Yuhe’s killing moves.

In terms of Superpower, Xie Yuhe belonged to the special types of Superpower Users. These users couldn’t be properly categorized into other types, and their abilities were a multitude of oddities. The most powerful and the most useless often came from this category, which truly showcased what superpowers were about, the embodiment of versatility.

According to Ye Tianchen’s analysis, Xie Yuhe should be among those specialized Superpower Users who could disintegrate any material instantaneously and explosively, catching enemies off guard with lethal attacks. It was quite unpredictable. Luckily, during the apocalypse, Ye Tianchen had battled with disintegration-type Superpower Users and knew how to remain cautious, or else the close-range explosion of that dagger just now could have claimed his life.

”I really want to know which Ancient Martial Sect you hail from now. Your Flying Knife skill is so sublime, could it be you’re a descendant of Little Li’s Flying Dagger?” Ye Tianchen asked teasingly with a smile.

”I won’t tell you that. There’s no need for me to tell you either. What I am most interested in is the reaction of everyone when they find out that Ye Tianchen, the prodigal son of the Ye family, is actually a super powerful Superpower User,” Xie Yuhe said with a mischievous smile.

”Beauty, my identity has always been a mystery. If you intend to leak it, then I would have no choice but to kill you,” Ye Tianchen said indifferently.

When Xie Yuhe heard this, she instinctively stepped back a few paces, sensing Ye Tianchen’s strength. From the start of their encounter until now, it was always her attacking and Ye Tianchen defending. When it came to defense, all her attacks were blocked by him. If Ye Tianchen took the initiative to strike her, she didn’t know if she’d be able to defend herself.

Ye Tianchen wasn’t joking. The fact that he was a Divine-level Superpower User reborn from the apocalypse absolutely could not be known by the outside world, for it would surely cause a sensation. Even his identity as a Superpower User, he didn’t want to reveal. He didn’t want his parents and sister to feel estranged and wished to live a joyful life with them.

”Is that so? You think killing me won’t be that easy, don’t you?” Xie Yuhe said with a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth, looking somewhat cheeky and adorable. Encountering such a female assassin, Ye Tianchen also found it quite amusing. Had it been any other assassin, he probably would have rushed in and finished them off by now, not still playing like this.

Boom!

Ye Tianchen’s expression changed. He threw a punch at Xie Yuhe, fast and forceful. In the blink of an eye, it reached her face, shocking Xie Yuhe into hastily retreating. But Ye Tianchen’s fist was even faster, closely trailing her, nearly touching the tip of her nose, ready to strike at any moment.

Thump!

It couldn’t be denied that Xie Yuhe was a killer who recruited the best of both an Ancient Martial Sect and a Superpower User. In that critical moment, she lifted her pretty leg and aimed for Ye Tianchen’s jaw. She thought she could kick him away to stop his right fist from following so closely and terrifyingly. But Ye Tianchen caught her pretty leg with his left hand, throwing off her balance.

”Ah!”

With a scream, Xie Yuhe fell to the floor while Ye Tianchen’s right hand missed, and his left hand, holding Xie Yuhe’s pretty leg, lost balance and stumbled forward.

It was an incredibly dramatic scene. Both Ye Tianchen and Xie Yuhe were experts, so neither had expected such a thing to happen at a critical moment. When everything settled down, Ye Tianchen’s lips were pressed against Xie Yuhe’s, both staring at each other in shock. They were both dumbfounded by the sudden turn of events, which was utterly unexpected, and for a moment, they didn’t know what to do.

Imagine this: a female assassin and her target, absolute nemeses bound to kill one another, were now embracing and kissing. How utterly baffling and comical was that?

”Go to hell!”

Xie Yuhe’s face flushed with embarrassment, her cheeky demeanor gaining a hint of red that made her look even more adorable. She lashed out with a kick toward Ye Tianchen’s chest. Ye Tianchen quickly reacted, bracing himself with his hands on the ground and leaning backward to dodge Xie Yuhe’s kick.

”I’m going to kill you!” Xie Yuhe also scrambled to her feet, bellowing as her hands wove through the air, conjuring a Taiji Bagua map in front of her that rapidly filled with numerous flying knives, creating an incredibly terrifying and menacing sight.

Whoosh!

The Taiji Bagua pattern advanced towards Ye Tianchen, suspended mid-air, sending countless flying knives shooting towards him. Ye Tianchen knew that as they neared, the flying knives would certainly explode, likely filling the entire Small Bamboo Forest with shards, leaving nowhere to hide.

At that moment, positioned mid-air, Ye Tianchen found it extremely difficult to instantly evoke the King Realm superpower within his body to form a Superpower Light Shield. Faced with the rapidly approaching flying knives and the imminent threat of explosion, Ye Tianchen truly felt a tingling of dread; this was the first time he had encountered such danger.

In fact, in terms of strength, Xie Yuhe, despite her power, was not more formidable than Yong Chun Tai. It was because she was a Superpower User and had mastered the Absolute Skill of an Ancient Martial Sect, becoming an expert of the Sect, that her combined abilities resulted in moves with immense lethality, catching one off guard.

Bang, bang, bang...

A series of explosions went off, kicking up dust and debris across the Small Bamboo Forest. The flying knives aimed at Ye Tianchen did indeed burst open as they neared, scattering in all directions, shattering stones, churning up the ground, and some even bisecting thick bamboo stalks. The tiny knife shards possessed such formidable force; Xie Yuhe’s strength was truly formidable.

As the dust settled, Xie Yuhe was shocked to find Ye Tianchen had vanished. The thought that he might have escaped her lethal attack alarmed her. She had given it her all, and the explosion of the flying knives had covered the entire Small Bamboo Forest, making escape seemingly impossible. Yet Ye Tianchen had slipped away, greatly surprising Xie Yuhe.

Actually, the reason Xie Yuhe was so powerful was that she was not only a Superpower User but a unique one who could disintegrate objects. Additionally, she had mastered the Absolute Skill of an Ancient Martial Sect. The combination of these two made her extremely powerful. For instance, the angry move she had just unleashed—the Taiji Bagua drawn through profound Ancient Martial Sect Inner Strength and a barrage of flying knives powered by strong Inner Strength—was already astonishing for its speed and force. The explosive disintegration of the flying knives upon nearing an enemy only amplified their speed and power, greatly increasing their lethality. This was the extraordinary combat prowess resulting from a fusion of deep Ancient Martial Inner Strength and a Superpower User’s own formidable abilities.

When Xie Yuhe walked over, she found that Ye Tianchen was nowhere to be seen in the Small Bamboo Forest. Instead, there was a line written on the ground that left her red-faced and gnashing her teeth in anger. It read: ”Your lips are quite soft, but your temper is a bit too fiery, my little chili pepper. Farewell for now!”

”Ye Tianchen, I swear I’ll kill you!” Xie Yuhe, furious, stomped on the ground to erase the writing while furiously shouting.

Ye Tianchen had not killed Xie Yuhe because, after all, he was not a bloodthirsty man, and he had no real grievance with her. Most importantly, he found this female assassin intriguing—with her strong skills yet a touch of girlish cuteness, unlike the typical cold-blooded assassin devoid of humanity. Besides, having accidentally kissed her, it wouldn’t be quite right to kill her afterward, would it?

In this rebirth, it was only the second time Ye Tianchen had kissed a woman’s lips. Appearance-wise, Xie Yuhe couldn’t compare to Qi Ruxue and Liu Rumei, but she had a type of cuteness that seemed to strike a chord in Ye Tianchen’s heart more than others.

Walking out of the Small Bamboo Forest, Ye Tianchen let out a long breath. The ordeal had been incredibly perilous; had he not landed and swiftly used his Earth Element Power Technique to shield himself, he might have been riddled with the fragments of those exploding flying knives.

Leaving that line of writing was just to tease the adorable female assassin Xie Yuhe, to rile her up a bit. What Ye Tianchen didn’t expect was that in the future, a woman who could be tender as water or deadly with a blade would become a part of his life. But that was to come later; there were still many thrilling, passionate moments for Ye Tianchen to experience.

Ye Tianchen reached the roadside and casually hailed a taxi. He didn’t dwell on his flirtation with Xie Yuhe. Sometimes a man enjoys teasing a woman—it’s not a bad way to live. What did surprise him was that in this life, there were Superpower Users who practiced the Absolute Skills of Ancient Martial Sects and combined the two into an unprecedented strength. Surely there were others besides Xie Yuhe who were stronger and also managed to integrate these powers.

”Shaolin’s Yijin Jing has always been the most profound Inner Strength Cultivation Method of the Ancient Martial Sects. It would be great if I could get my hands on it!” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but murmur to himself. (To be continued. If you like this work, I invite you to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)