648 Good at Battle (1/2)
Standing on the ground and looking over, the two vague runes were absolute straight lines. However, if one were to look from the dark clouds above, they could see that the runes were already curved. They were slowly becoming two overlapping circles and encircling the bloodied Ye Hongyu within.
A Two-Horizontal Talisman was a divine talisman and was Ning Que's strongest means besides his Primordial Thirteen arrows. When it first appeared in Lanke Temple, even Ye Su and Qi Nian didn't dare to despise it. No matter how strong Ye Hongyu was, she had to be alert.
At this moment, the sky was above her while the lower half of her body was pond water and mud. Between the sky and earth were the two horrifying talismans. It seemed like there was no way to escape and no way to avoid Ning Que's lightning-like knife skills.
Ye Hongyu dived into the pond water without hesitation, just like how she chose earlier to kneel down opposite of the bank of the pond earlier. During a battle, she didn't care about any manners.
She would forget that she was the Great Divine Priest of West-Hill and that she was a woman. She would even forget who she was, not caring about any discomfiture or humiliation. All that matters was that she won in the end.
Actually diving into the pond was risky too. The pond water was already murky and the water was stagnant, this would affect the battle greatly. However, she was still as flexible while swimming in the water. Her blood-red robes stuck tightly to her alluring figure when in contact with water. She seemed like she had turned into a real red fish, about to pass through the two runes in an instant.
Looking at the red fish in the water, Ning Que didn't look shocked as he had long guessed what Ye Hongyu would do. With a slight step, he raised his hand in preparation to slash down.
Even before that could happen, there was suddenly a lot of blood-red turbulence in the water. The Two-Horizontal Talisman had seeped into the water's talisman and there were dozens of tiny cuts on her body.
The water in the pond swayed and the talisman was fierce. Ye Hongyu couldn't proceed further and the water foams splashed everywhere, as white as a peony. Her figure peeked out from within the waves as she took out her sword and pierced it straight between Ning Que's eyebrows.
What a fierce Taoist Sword aura! Ning Que raised both his hands as if he was lighting up the skies. Just as he slashed down towards the wave, the knife skills were heavy and unblockable. He suddenly felt the aura of the Taoist Sword but that didn't stop him.
Ye Hongyu looked at the podao that had chopped down towards her. She was expressionless as the Taoist Sword that was formed from the two fingers on her right hand still pierced forward steadily. It was as if she didn't care about her life.
At this moment if the two of them didn't change their tactic and held back, Ning Que's knife would cut Ye Hongyu into two halves while Ye Hongyu's finger sword would pierce right through Ning Que's Ocean of Qi. He would either die or become retarded.
The knife still landed and the finger continued forwards. Bringing with it the awe-inspiring energy of destroying everything in its path, it had the malicious intention of ending everything together.
Ning Que and Ye Hongyu were both gambling.
They were gambling with their life and the other person's life.
They were gambling to see if the other person treasured his or her life.
The two of them looked incredibly indifferent.
Using Ye Hongyu's words from the past, only two people in the cultivation world understood what a true battle was. One of them was her while the other was Ning Que.
The two of them were too good at battling. Their life was a continuous battle for survival and hence, they had almost the same psychological quality and strong will to fight.
They had finally reached the most critical moment of life and death in this battle. However, they had no idea who was more vicious, who was more vicious to oneself and more indifferent and familiar with life and death.
If Ning Que was alone, he really wouldn't retreat.
His state wasn't as high as Ye Hongyu and the fact that he could use his iron arrow to plot against her and to push her into such a mess, forcing her to gamble on her life, it was already a success. In the face of such a rare opportunity, he was very willing to use his life to gamble with Ye Hongyu's. Even if at the end of the day, both of them would be hurt.
However, Sangsang was just standing by the bank behind him. She was very sick and the whole world was after her. If he died, she would die too. Hence, he cannot die.
Looking at Ye Hongyu's calm eyes under the blade, Ning Que was sure that even though she was the Great Divine Priest of Justice, she could still die any moment as she was alone. He had to back down.
Ning Que quickly moved his knife and blocked it at the front of his lower abdomen. Ye Hongyu's finger sword was clearly aiming between his eyes but for some reason, he thought that she was going after his lower abdomen.
This was purely an instinct that he had nurtured from countless battles and a conclusion drawn by intuition.
Ye Hongyu pierced out from the waves. She was smaller and her sword was indeed aiming at Ning Que's lower abdomen. It landed heavily against the thick surface of the knife and gave off a muffled sound.
A faint light appeared on the surface of the podao. That was the image of the aura of heaven and earth condensing to an extreme.
Ning Que's wrist was severely injured as he felt an annoyance at his chest.
Just as Ye Hongyu's finger sword pierced on the surface of the knife, a transparent Taoist Sword that was condensed from the water in the pond silently floated up from behind her. With a swish, it pierced into Ning Que's left chest!
Ning Que gave a muffled snort as the Great Spirit in his body rushed out of his body and covered his chest and abdomen. The Taoist Sword that was condensed from the pond water caused it to rain. His body swept back in a rush as he spat out a few mouthful of blood in mid-air.
He landed heavily on the ground as a deep hole was left in his chest. If the Great Spirit in his body wasn't unusually tough, his heart would have been pierced cleanly by this sword.
Ye Hongyu stood on a blade of water grass. She had multiple wounds on her body as blood seeped out continuously. They instantly soaked her already wet divine robes and dripped into the pond water below her feet.
The clear light shone obliquely from behind her as they passed through the damp divine robes. There weren't any captivating feelings as the scene seemed especially fierce. She was already the Divine Priest of Judgement and no longer the Tao Addict that she was back then by the Yanming Lake.
Ning Que used his hand to press against the bloody hole by his chest. Looking at the girl on the water, his body felt exceptionally cold.
He had been in the Knowing Destiny State for less than half a year and his state was unstable. If it was a head to head battle, he wouldn't be a match for Master Qi Mei of Xuankong Temple. He might not even be able to defeat Luo Kedi. However, he had his Primordial Thirteen Arrows as well as his divine talisman. These two items are strong tools when it comes to killing someone above his state. Moreover, he was good at fighting and was used to being ambushed. Hence, he could fight so well at the front.