Chen Yi panted heavily.
He survived.
Yes, survived—Chen Yi felt that he had truly survived.
From start to finish, except for the last instant, You Xu's blade had been pressing down on him.
But it was Chen Yi who lived, and You Xu who died.
Before the fight, You Xu had said, "One never knows which blade will be the last," and indeed, his words became prophecy. He likely never imagined, even in his dying moments, that he would fall to the blade hidden behind the use of True Qi.
You Xu, who had regained his Fourth Rank status, was imposing. Perceiving he could not defeat him head-on, Chen Yi deliberately concealed his killing blow until the very last instant, when You Xu was poised for victory yet faintly careless—that's when Chen Yi took his life.
You Xu died, unjustly so. He was clearly about to win, and it wasn't as if he played his game poorly. He lost merely to a transcendent move from Chen Yi, akin to a celestial strike.
But dead was dead.
