Chapter 273 – Shooting Stars (2/2)
Her feet were very small, and wore two boots made out of dragonskin. Stepping on the cracks that rippled towards the side of the cliff, they made a very shocking scene.
Those cracks represented the clash between incomparably terrifying powers.
Nanke did not expect this arrow, however, she was able to block it.
Two sword intents that were extremely clear formed a cross in front of her, blocking that arrow that came from within the depths of the night.
The end of the arrow vibrated at a great speed. The two sword intents in the shape of a cross also vibrated with it, and in the space above the flat peak, the arrow actually also began to vibrate, with rays of light being refracted by it.
Behind the Qi was Nanke’s face. Her expression was still indifferent, and her gaze was still dull.
With a soft pop, Xu Yourong’s arrow was shaken into countless pieces. With that, the two extremely overbearing sword intents also disappeared.
The clear barrier between the two also disappeared. It was unknown whether it was the space created by the old man, or something else.
At this moment, Nanke’s dress gently swayed before turning into nothing.
In the next moment, she appeared on the other side of the flat peak, only several dozen feet away from Xu Yourong. She thrust the sword in her hand forwards.
However, Xu Yourong’s speed was even greater.
She did not move, and instead raised the longbow in her hand once again, pulling the bowstring.
This time, there was an arrow on the bowstring.
The sound of the arrow arose from the mountain in the night.
Nanke’s dress swayed again, and turned into nothing again. She immediately appeared in another area on the flat cliff.
Whoosh!
At the same moment that she had appeared again, Xu Yourong shot her third arrow.
This arrow did not hit Nanke either, and only hit the night wind. Afterwards, it disappeared into the deep night sky.
Seeing Nanke’s extremely weird and unexplainable movement technique, Xu Yourong finally revealed a cautious expression for the first time.
However, this did not impact her speed of drawing and shooting at all. Her movement was still succinct yet natural, and did not seem like she was in a battle.
Nanke’s movement technique was too fast.
Xu Yourong’s shooting technique actually had the same level of speed as Nanke.
If normal people watched the battle, they would only see Nanke disappear from her original location, and then appear in the next moment in a different place. Similarly, they would not be able to see what Xu Yourong was doing. In their vision, they could only roughly see the quiver in the night sky shake slightly, and see countless images of Xu Yourong drawing the bow. However, they would be unable to see what she was doing.
Only by putting these images together could the real world be seen.
The real world that only belonged to her.
However, if Chen Changsheng was shown this battle, he would be able to understand it very easily.
Xu Yourong treated the Icebreaking Sword of the Holy Maiden Peak… as a shooting technique to be used.
As for Nanke, what she used was the strangest and most unfathomable technique of the entire continent… the Yeshi Step.
Also, she did not use the simplified version of the Yeshi Step that Chen Changsheng had used his unbelieveable memory and willpower to learn—it was the complete version of the Yeshi Step. It could even be considered as the perfect version of the Yeshi Step. Compared to the demon expert who was sent to assassinate Luoluo before, it was unknown how many times better her movement technique was.
Logically, it was impossible to learn the complete version of the Yeshi Step if one was not a part of the Yeshi Clan, let alone the perfect version. However, Nanke was a part of the royal family, so she naturally carried the bloodline and talent of the various clans in the land of demons. Speaking from this sort of idea, cultivating was never a fair matter.
Xu Yourong’s cultivation level did not fall below Nanke’s. Her shooting technique that was rarely shown in the world was even more exquisite and unparallelled, conforming to the natural laws. Facing up against Nanke’s slyfully wonderful and indescribable foot technique, she stayed silent and did not panic in the slightest bit. With the sounds of the bowstring and the sounds of the arrows shot out, it actually prevented Nanke from advancing.
However… the arrows in the quiver were limited, and there would also be a moment when it would be emptied.
This was reality, and reality meant that it would definitely occur at a certain moment. Perhaps it would be the next moment.
In the next moment, Xu Yourong’s quiver became empty.
She was no longer able to influence Nanke’s weird movement technique.
With a great sound, Nanke’s figure blurred between real and fake, and arrived in an area several feet in front of Xu Yourong.
An extremely overbearing and powerful yell exploded out from Nanke’s petite body.
At the same time, an extremely bright sword ray exploded forth.
That sword ray of several inches in length originated from her tightly grasped long sword.
The sword ray drew a circular arc in the night sky, and chopped violently at Xu Yourong’s body.
The sword ray carried sword energy of unparalleled domination, directly sealing off all of the other directions around Xu Yourong. It actually gave the victim a feeling that even if they wanted to dodge, they could not avoid it.
The night wind on the peak of Sunset Valley blew violently, and the sword ray was bright like lightning.
Xu Yourong’s hair band was invaded by sword intent, and was cut silently. Her black hair fell onto her shoulders.
If she was hit by the sword ray, she would definitely die.
How would she receive this strike?
She extended her hand towards the sword ray.
That hand was very white and very elegant.
Compared to the violent and terrifying sword ray, it seemed tiny and weak.
However, her expression was still so calm, so confident.
Past the bright sword ray, she stared calmly into Nanke’s eyes.
Her hair danced gently in the breeze created by the sword.
A shapeless Qi exuded from her hand into the night.
The Qi was very warm and did not carry any killing intent. It was as if it was summoning something.
Suddenly… hum hum hum hum hum
In the night sky surrounding the peak of Sunset Valley, countless shrill sounds of arrows suddenly resounded.
Over ten arrows pierced through the night sky, arriving from all directions.
These arrows were all the arrows she had shot previously. They seemed to have disappeared into the night sky, but just like the first arrow she had shot on the mountain path, they had never flown off, and were only waiting for her summoning.
She extended her hand towards the night sky.
Over ten flowing lights appeared in the night sky, and like shooting stars descending from the sky, they rushed at Nanke.