Chapter 396: Third Round – Miaomiao & Fogan VS Zhang Liao & Qu Yi – Part Two (1/2)
Zhang Liao's face was pale. He didn't know how, but he couldn't use his Qi or feel his nascent soul.
Something was wrong after his domain power had been destroyed.
The Zhang Clan's branch leader stared at Miaomiao, who seemed too relaxed for someone who had just used a powerful technique.
He regretted not attacking Miaomiao earlier. He couldn't even use any of his supreme skills and his halberdier domain power!
”What did you do!? Did you use a domain sealing talisman!?”
Miaomiao narrowed one eye and smirked, ”Why do I need to use that when I can just smash whatever domain you have with my sword.”
”You…”
Zhang Liao took a long deep breath to calm down. He borrowed some of Yang Essence from both of his heaven-grade halberds to check his dantian and his soul.
His dantian and his soul were fine. The elemental Qi, Yang Essence, and his nascent soul were intact, but he couldn't control anything.
”Confused?” Miaomiao waved his katana around in leisure. A second later, Killer Queen glowed in bright orange color as if it was a heated blade in a forge.
Then, Miaomiao slashed horizontally.
SHINK
The bright red horizontal line flashed in front of Zhang Liao again. This time, Zhang Liao's battle armor was sliced. A long cut had appeared on his chest part.
Again, Miaomiao canceled Zhang Liao's connection with his Qi and Essence. Even the borrowed Qi from his heaven-grade halberds were destroyed.
Zhang Liao gritted his teeth as he couldn't see the movement. Currently, Miaomiao was 100 meters away from him, yet his armor was definitely cut.
”Sword Domain!?” Zhang Liao muttered in astonishment.
Miaomiao shrugged, ”Wrong. If I really had the sword domain, you would have been dead after the first strike.”
”Then, what did you do!?”
”Do I have to reveal my techniques to my opponent during an important life-and-death match?”
”…”
Zhang Liao bit his lower lips. He clenched his weapons in frustration and despair.
He didn't know how to counter or cancel Miaomiao's mysterious technique! Every power he had was suppressed and disabled!
While Zhang Liao and Qu Yi had stopped moving, the people from Yuan Shaoqing's camp began booing. Even the neutral onlookers, merchants, and weak cultivators jeered at Zhang Liao and Qu Yi.
”Such incompetent representatives! Are you really nascent soul cultivators!? Why can't you kill a simple brat that hasn't even reached the 5th-stage!?”
”IDIOT QU CLAN PATRIARCH! I BET A LOT OF MONEY ON YOU! KILL THAT ORC AND THAT BRAT ALREADY!!”
”What are you doing!? Why aren't you fighting!? Have our fighters gone retarded?”
”Is this what the Great Zhang Clan is capable of!? Don't make me laugh. You must have bet a lot on your opponents before you challenged them, right? The odd is 150 to 1 against Siren City! Are you colluding with the Yuan Gambling House!? Are you throwing the match for money!?”
Hearing the jeer and the baseless insult, Zhang Liao and Qu Yi's faces flushed in anger. It was not like they didn't want to fight, but they couldn't use their Qi.
Despite being under the mysterious restriction, Zhang Liao bellowed and absorbed the remaining essence from his two halberds. Using the last bit of his power, he directly charged at Miaomiao and swung the two heaven-grade weapons, aiming to slice him into two like a scissor cutting through a thin sheet.
”As expected of the future tiger general of Cao Cao, you have a good fighting spirit.”
Zhang Liao didn't know what Miaomiao was talking about, but the youth simply charged at him with the katana pointing at his neck.
His halberd attack missed. Instead, Zhang Liao was stabbed! Killer Queen penetrated his neck like a hot knife cutting through butter.
Zhang Liao had expected this, but he didn't flinch. He borrowed some Yang Essence and metal element Qi from his weapons to his hands and flushed out the remaining energy back to the weapons.
Both souls in Zhang Liao's weapons screeched as they sensed the will of their master and the threat of Miaomiao's mysterious skill and presence. They slipped off Zhang Liao's hands and moved by themselves, aiming their blades at Miaomiao's neck.
CLANK
CLANK
Despite being coated with metal Qi, lightning Qi, and 100 billion liters of Yang Essence from Zhang Liao's flushed energy, the two heaven-grade halberds failed to cut through Miaomiao's dark red scales, which shone the same color as the Qi-Sealing Amethyst gemstones.
After contacting with the metal-like scales, the two weapons suddenly lost control of their Qi. They flopped and fell on the ground as they couldn't muster the energy from their souls.
The neck of Miaomiao, which had been hit by the halberd blade, gleamed in black light. It shone like the dark amethyst gemstones in Nero's cave, which could suppress any cultivator's Qi and Essence upon touch.
Zhang Liao widened his eyes while the tip of Miaomiao's katana was inside his neck. He finally realized what Miaomiao had done and the trick that the latter had used against them.
'Qi-Sealing Amethyst Scales… So he got a fortuitous encounter from the forbidden mine. That explains everything, including that spider monster...'
The counterpart of Cao Cao's Great General closed his eyes, accepting his defeat. He didn't say anything, but he waited for Miaomiao to deliver the final blow.
…
After Miaomiao had stabbed Zhang Liao's neck and withstood the halberd strike, Fang Yanxu stopped conversing with his superior, Samsara, and looked at the battle.
The immortal's face distorted. From the very beginning, he knew what Miaomiao had used.
Miaomiao had used three techniques to disable Qu Yi and Zhang Liao's domain power and Qi manipulation ability!