Chapter 231 (1/2)
Chapter 231
Tearabbed her arm
”What the hell was that?” he hissed”Who's trying to kill me?”
Zi Yuan turned around to face hirave tone”But we have to—”
”Look out!”
Li Yundong lunged forward, swinging Liuhe upwards to parry the inco object
CLANG!
Sparks flew out froolden hairpin
ZING!
The golden hairpin changed its course and shot towards the ceiling
Li Yundong stared at the deadly hairpin, which was now hovering slightly below the ceilingLi Yundong narrowed his eyes in suspicionFor soain like it did just nowHad his parry weakened it? Or was it perhaps running low on spiritual energy? Who was controlling it? Was the controller here inside this hall?
The hairpin glowed a little and startedaround an i?
There was a soft rustle behind himHe didn't even have to turn around to know that the sound was caused by Zi Yuan's purple ribbon
Li Yundong kept his eyes on the hairpin, hisa ?
A second later, he decided to go with fencing: the hairpin see attacks rather than slashes; not to mention that the attacks were fast, so his defense had to involve swift parries withsilently thanked Zi Yuan for encouraging him to read more and do more research
”I'll cover your six,” Zi Yuan whispered, ”and you coveranswered
A second later, he felt Zi Yuan's back touching his
They were both standing back to back
”Any specific reason for this strategy?” he asked
”I know its attack pattern,” Zi Yuan said”It'sto split up and attack us from all directions”
So it won't be just frontal attacks
Li Yundong's eyes narrowed further
”Here it co stance”It hasn't separated yet, though”
”It will, trust uard down just because it hasn't split yetThe actual split will be swift, and you won't knohat hit you if you're careless”
SWIsh!+ CLANG!
Li Yundong parried a thrust with a quick flick of his wrist
”We have to restrain it first,” said Zi Yuan
”How?”
The hairpin swerve to the right when Li Yundong parried it again
”Keep it distracted,” Zi Yuan said”I' didn't answer but kept his gaze focused on the hairpin instead
The hairpin launched another thrust at himHe rotated his wrist, but ied course as soon as he moved his wrist just a little
shi+t! A feint!
Li Yundong quickly adjusted his stance to co in his defense, and then flicked the sword upwards to deflect a thrust aimed at his torso
There was a rustle: the purple ribbon shot out over his left shoulder and coiled around the hairpin
The hairpin slipped away froain
Li Yundong flicked his wrist and parried the attack sideways
”da right”
”That thing is too agile,” Li Yundong said, slapping the hairpin upwards”It even kno to feint”
”Keep trying,” Zi Yuan said
”shi+t” Li Yundong said”You were rightIt's separating now”
The hairpin split itself into dozens and dozens of needles, which circled rapidly above their heads like a ring made up of thin spikes
”Qi Kinesis,” Zi Yuan said, pressing her back against his”They're dispersedYou have to force theo”
”Roger that,” Li Yundong said
The needles clinked loudly above theh the needles atching him
”On the count of three,” Zi Yuan said steadily
Li Yundong began the count in his headOneTwoNow!
Li Yundong unleashed his Zhenqi fro it into a donut-shaped bubbleThe invisible bubble rose upwards and enveloped the needles fro all the needles together into its center
Green light shot out froh the hole at the center of the torusLi Yundong felt the effect alainst the bubble, trying to force their way out of his Zhenqi's control
”Hold it together,” Zi Yuan said calht shot out froainst his Zhenqi after they were struck
”da” Zi Yuan whispered in surprise
Zi Yuan struck the needles with the green light again
What happened next creeped the fck out of Li Yundong: the needles began shi+fting into some kind of weird formation
NoIt wasn't forrotesque faceAnd the face was staring right at hier dispelled every ounce of fear that the face had roused in himHe retracted his Zhenqi and channeled it into the sword instead
The high-pitched whining of the sword returned with a vengeance, but this tiht as a feather in his hands
White light filled the stage when he raised the sword and pointed its tip at the grotesque face
The face recoiled
”Who are you?” Li Yundong said coldly”Who sent you to kill me?”
The expression on the face shi+ftedJust when he thought he was ation, the face imploded, literally: the needles collapsed inwards and reshaped the switched into a Kendo stance and swung the sword doards
The hairpin slipped away and shot towards theof the hall
A second later, it was gone
With a sigh, Li Yundong withdrew his Zhenqi frolow vanished instantly, and the stage was visible againA set of soft fingers wrapped around his hand
He felt a tug