Vol 9 Chapter 30 (1/2)
VOLUME 9 CHAPTER 30: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL ENCOUNTER (7)
Liu Bei POV
“…” Yuan Zhi was silent and just as the spear was about to pierce her, she suddenly pivoted on her right foot and turned to her left. When she turned, I got a good view of her face and I saw that her expression was blank, neither stern nor airheaded.
Those were… Really quick steps.
“Don’t you run! Ha!” When the woman saw this, she raised her weapon and swept her weapon towards Yuan Zhi–
*Ding*! A clear sound rang out as Yuan Zhi raised her sword and blocked the blow. She then swept her blade up, aiming at the woman’s right hand.
The woman withdrew her right hand and raised her spear as she pulled back with just her left hand to avoid Yuan Zhi’s attack and did multiple one-handed stabs but they were all dodged by Yuan Zhi.
Yuan Zhi’s movements were swift and light. Every attack was vicious, strong and fast but Yuan Zhi was able to avoid every attack ever so slightly. The easiest way to describe Yuan Zhi’s fighting style would be that she seems to be a master swordsman.
Even though she looks every inch that of an administrative official, she has shown astounding prowess in martial arts. In comparison to her, my haphazard twin swords skills seem like childish tricks.
“Kuh!” The woman clicked her tongue, looks like she’s finding it difficult to deal with Yuan Zhi.
“Un!” Just then, the woman stabbed viciously at Yuan Zhi’s face.
Yuan Zhi did the same move as before and turned around as she used her sword to block the attack–
“Yaa!!”
Wu!
In an instant, the woman suddenly increased her strength greatly and the spear rammed against Yuan Zhi, forcing her back several steps.
“d.a.m.n it!” Yuan Zhi yelled as the woman pulled back her weapon and charged at me.
“You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!” Huang Zu growled as she tried to get up but failing as her i juries from before were too grave.
“Xuan De!” Yuan Zhi yelled as she ran over.
As for the me that was the target, I was just standing in a daze as I stared at the woman charging over. Only when she was almost in front of me did I remember that I ought to retreat and stepped backwards. However, my body betrayed me at the most crucial of times and I stood rooted to the spot.
“Xuan De.”
… Eh? Just as I was panicking, not knowing what to do, the woman before me called out my name once more.
This voice… I get the feeling that I’ve heard it somewhere before… Even if it’s really hoa.r.s.e, I feel nostalgic from hearing it.
“Xuan De! Look out!” A tired voice came from behind. I raised my head, as did the woman, and under the blinding light of the sun, a white figure came leaping down from the sky, aimed at the woman.
That’s– Yuan Zhi?!
Wu!
The woman got a shock as did I and hurriedly raised her sword to block the attack.
*Dang*! Yuan Zhi’s sword landed squarely on the woman’s spear.
Just then, thanks to the movements from before, the bag that covered the spear’s blade slipped off and revealed a s.h.i.+ny, dazzling blade.
“Who are you?” Yuan Zhi said after she finally landed and sighed, “Never mind, I’ll go ahead and have a good look at your face.”
“Eh?”
Along with a *Cha*, the woman’s hood was sliced in half, revealing a head of s.h.i.+ny, l.u.s.trous blonde hair.
(TL: Imagine those shampoo advertis.e.m.e.nts, only there’s no shampoo here obviously.)
“Speak! Who are you?!” Yuan Zhi continued to question the woman who
had her back to me.
“I’m the one with questions here, who are you both? Why are you hindering me?” The woman replied with a question.
A s.h.i.+ny, silver spear, blonde hair…
Un… Though I would really like to go up and check, it would be very perilous for me then so all I could do was to stay where I was. Just as I was putting 1 and 1 together, these 2 could no longer hold back and said at the same time–
“Because you’re Cai Mao’s underling.”
“You d.a.m.ned dog of Cai Mao.”
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