Volume 6 Chapter 150 (1/2)
Chapter 40 – The Silver Dragon Princess (III)
Thinking to the side, her body floated approximately a hundred meters in the air. Using the main four magical disciplines of water, fire, earth, and wind, she sent attacks down at Ye Yin Zhu's figure like the howling wind and torrential rain. This, however, was something a Cyan Rank mage was absolutely unable to accomplish.
Controlling the Jade Silk with his right hand, Ye Yin Zhu's left hand lightly strummed the zither strings. Confronting a powerful enemy, his mind was now empty. The split second Lisha began her attack, he understood his counterpart's intentions. He was incapable of sending his sound blades to reach a height of a hundred meters, and his opponent was using her Cyan Rank strength to display Violet Rank power. If he continued to be pa.s.sively beaten down, he wouldn't even be able to playhis zither music. How could he win like this?
A milky white radiance surged up from the Divine Celestial Protection. Ye Yin Zhu's zither magic was Intermediate Level Green Rank, so he was naturally unable to resist Cyan Rank magic, let alone such a concentrated bombardment of Cyan Rank Magic. Nevertheless, at this moment, his eyes expressed a firm resolve.
The Divine Celestial Protection was one of the three defensive items he possessed and seemed very ordinary when compared to the other two items. It could, however, release varying intensities of defensive power according to how much power the user fed it with. It was also the most useful of the three items. At this moment, Ye Yin Zhu, for himself and for Zi, used something he hadn't used to protect Zither City when an army of several tens of thousands of beastmen attacked it.
His left hand momentarily left the strings of his zither and groped for that cloth bag filled with Violet Bamboo Divine Needles that had been fitted to his leg since he had been a child. His four fingers gently dug through the bag and pulled out three long needles within his hand. As he controlled Jade Silk, he inserted the three Violet Bamboo Divine Needles into his own head without the slightest hesitation.
Violet light flashed. Quietly, and yet not, Ye Yin Zhu's eyes flashed with a violet light as an expression of slight pain appeared on his face. The hand holding Jade Silk slowed slightly. He narrowly avoided Lisha's magical attack.
Because Jade Silk had transformed into a dazzling radiance as the Bamboo Defense, and Lisha's gaze was obstructed by the Cyan Rank magic, she was unable to see Ye Yin Zhu's actions.
Ye Yin Zhu very quickly repeated his action twice more. It was still the violet-colored long needles, but the region they pierced were slightly different. In the blink of an eye, only nine Violet Bamboo Divine Needles hadn't been inserted into his head. Subsequently, his expression changed as the gracefulness of his face disappeared slightly. The previous pain had also disappeared, replaced with iciness.
The jade light suddenly vanished, leaving Lisha with the impression that Ye Yin Zhu's dou qi was unable to endure and that he was going to lose.
In a flash, the Divine Celestial Protection released an immense radiance, like a gigantic sphere of white light that rapidly expanded to a diameter of three meters. The entire bombardment of Cyan Rank magic could only ripple the white sphere, absolutely unable to forcefully pierce it.
Ye Yin Zhu raised his head to look up at Lisha, who was still floating in the air. He calmly said, ”That's right; with your spiritual force, my zither magic cannot be completely displayed. However, that doesn't mean there isn't an effect. It will merely be slightly influential, that's all. Please listen to my song, 《 Flocks of Geese on the Sh.o.r.e 》.”
The Divine Celestial Protection strangely displayed a formidable defense. In a flash, s.h.i.+ning white light surrounded the area he was seated on. A zither appeared above his knees, the Thundering Spring replaced by the Moon and Tides' Clear Brilliance. A layer of silver brilliance appeared in the depths of his eyes. His eight fingers flew altogether as the beautiful melody of 《 Flocks of Geese on the Sh.o.r.e 》 began to rise and fall, the sostenuto unceasing and the tune gracefully euphonious. The main key was serenely beautiful, but with the serenity was poignancy. The soft flowing music held a thought-provoking clarity and freshness.
This was the second song Lisha had heard Ye Yin Zhu play, and this song had a completely different feeling compared to 《 Devastating Allure 》. 《 Devastating Allure 》 seemed to express the feelings of her heart, while at this moment, 《 Flocks of Geese on the Sh.o.r.e 》 gentled her mood. Her hands that were casting magic couldn't help but slow down a bit.
Although it was strange why the Divine Celestial Protection could obstruct her Cyan Rank magic bombardment of aerial attacks, Lisha was even more astonished at why Ye Yin Zhu wanted to play this zither song. It sounded practically as harmless as human-domesticated animals! Only, she had no choice but to admit that this zither song was just as pleasant to listen to.
This was a scene of dazzling beauty! In the air floated an absolutely gorgeous beauty with silvery hair and violet eyes. Countless rays of cyan light of all sorts of shapes flew out, while a milky white sphere, similar to an immense pile of cotton, lit up the ground and enclosed a handsome youth with a stern appearance and graceful temperament within. This completely felt like a jade controlling a hidden sealed guqin, a philosopher's heart meeting that of a saint's.1
A sphere of deep yellow light, followed by the drifting melody of 《 Flocks of Geese on the Sh.o.r.e 》, made Lisha sense that something was amiss. She was aghast to discover that she was unexpectedly dropping from her hundred meter alt.i.tude, with only twenty or so meters until she was ground level. It seemed as if she couldn't control her body.
《 Flocks of Geese on the Sh.o.r.e 》, one of the great nine famed songs of the Zither Sect. Effect: Forbidden Sky.
Ye Yin Zhu onced played this song when he faced Nesta. Back then, Nesta's Gigantic Dragon was also rank 7, equivalent to an Indigo Rank, yet the influence of the Moon and Tides' Clear Brilliance Zither, in addition to the Gigantic Dragon's intimidation from Zi, brought out the song's effect in a split second.