Chapter 2109: You're Nothing But a Mayfly
"It's you?"
Harvey Liu turned around and looked at the young man standing behind him, his gaze full of gloom and his fist clenched tight. What shocked Harvey most was that, from start to finish, he hadn’t sensed anyone approaching from behind.
That kid had arrived here without making a sound.
If he hadn’t spoken up, Harvey might never have noticed his presence.
Just this trick of hiding his aura made Harvey’s heart skip a beat.
"What are you trying to do?"
Harvey spoke in a low voice, muscles tensed, already preparing for battle.
The sword qi around him still crisscrossed, blasting into the flagstones at his side and leaving more and more deep scars.
"Weren't you looking for me?"
Evan Lin looked at him and said calmly, "I'm the Master Lin from Seacrest you were looking for."
"There were too many people just now, so I couldn't be bothered to make a move in public. But now, as you wished, you've found me."
Master Lin from Seacrest!
Hearing Evan's words, Harvey's pupils suddenly contracted. He squinted at Evan, his mind going blank for a moment.
There were way too many rumors about Master Lin from Seacrest. The more Harvey asked around lately, the more he felt this Master Lin was seriously strong.
But the stronger Master Lin became, the more Harvey felt a burning urge to stomp him underfoot.
Nowadays, Harvey had inherited sword qi from First Cloud Sword Dao. When he first returned to China, he sought out so-called experts for sparring—and always walked away undefeated.
He had absolute confidence in himself and never thought Master Lin from Seacrest was anything special.
But now, hearing Evan declare his identity so cleanly—and recalling that bizarre sword qi rebound in the hotpot restaurant—Harvey felt an inexplicable sense of crisis rising inside.
"Good. Very good!"
Harvey took a deep breath, forcing himself to clear his mind. When he looked at Evan now, his gaze was even more vicious. "In that case, let's set a time and place."
"Pick a crowded venue, sign a life-and-death contract, and let everyone watch—watch how Master Lin from Seacrest falls beneath my sword qi!"
"I'm going to step on Master Lin from Seacrest's head and build my reputation across all of Beijing, step by step!"
Harvey's heart surged with excitement as he spoke. "You ambushed me just now and left me injured—I'll let that slide."
Up to now, Harvey still couldn't control his sword qi well. His qi and blood hadn't settled, and his agitation only made him more uneasy.
"No need to pick a place. Right here is fine."
Evan shook his head, straightened up, and walked slowly toward Harvey. "You're not my match. I have zero interest in stomping your face in front of a crowd."
"Your words and actions just now annoyed me."
Evan's indifferent voice rang in Harvey's ears, making his expression shift again and again.
Harvey's face was full of wariness. He was confident in his sword qi, but after being injured, his control was still shaky.
"In other words, Master Lin from Seacrest, you're planning to beat me while I'm injured?"
Harvey's face was full of ridicule and disdain, but deep in his eyes was pure wariness and coldness. "If word gets out, won't the name Master Lin from Seacrest lose its shine?"
"All the rumors say you're some top expert—but this kind of move is pretty low, isn't it?"
As Harvey spoke, he kept looking for an opening.
But before he could finish, he saw Master Lin from Seacrest's fingertip suddenly glow with a faint layer of pale inner strength. As soon as it appeared, Harvey's expression changed completely.
Evan flicked his finger, sending that ball of inner strength flying straight at Harvey. Even seeing it coming, Harvey had no chance to dodge.
It was too fast—he couldn't react at all.
"Ah!"
Harvey let out a startled yelp, his whole body trembling.
But he quickly calmed down, realizing that the inner strength entering his body hadn't harmed him at all.
"That's your trick?"
Harvey looked oddly at Evan, who was slowly walking over, his face full of disdain. "Just some flashy nonsense—looks good, but it's useless!"
"You really think that's enough to scare me off?"
Harvey had just finished speaking, but Evan couldn't be bothered to explain.
Then Harvey suddenly noticed that the sword qi in his body, which had been chaotic, was now gradually settling down.
Not only that, but his control over the surrounding sword qi had actually improved?
"Ha!"
Harvey's face lit up with excitement and joy as he realized what had happened.
He lightly waved a hand, and a stream of sword qi instantly blasted the spot he pointed at.
With a loud bang, the wall was left with a deep scar.
At this moment, Harvey felt like he could control every strand of sword qi with a thought.
The unprecedented sense of power made his whole face light up with excitement.
"You idiot! That move of yours just now didn't hurt me—in fact, it made me even stronger!"
Harvey looked at Evan approaching, his eyes full of mockery. "I'm stronger now than I was before!"
"Let's see how Master Lin from Seacrest handles a fight with me!"
Harvey shouted, and the sword qi around him instantly targeted Evan, who was walking over.
Streams of sword qi crisscrossed, razor-sharp, forming a web so dense it looked like it could shred anything caught in it.
"Idiot."
Evan walked forward calmly, not even glancing at the sword qi swirling around him.
When the razor-sharp sword qi was just three meters from Evan, his inner strength shattered it completely—none of the sword qi could get anywhere near him.