932 The Fight in a Cave - Part 2 (2/2)
She pulled her sword crane out and aimed the Sui Lion's neck as it continued to suppress Archy, but when it detected the threat coming towards it, the Sui Lion looked up and roared at her. It did stagger her momentarily, but Yue Wen knew she needed to do something to turn the tide or else Archy's intervention might turn into his sacrifice.
”Take this! Intermediate Sword Art, Maiden's Mirroring Stab!” Yue Wen shouted back as she closed one of her ears to prevent too much pain and moved forward in a zig-zag motion. At that point, Archy decided to fight back since the Sui Lion was currently not breathing down on him. Despite being pinned down with the beast's claws plunged into his arms, he bit down towards the Sui Lion right shoulder.
The Sui Lion squirmed a little, and that caused its claws to dig deeper into Archy, and in turn, the Panda could not help but release his bite due to the pain. However, that was sufficient time for Yue Wen's attack to proceed without interference as the zig-zag motion caused multiple images of her to appear, and they simultaneously jumped to attack the Sui Lion.
While they might just be mirror images of Yue Wen, her chi energy existed in all of them, providing them 1/3rd of piercing strength of her usual attacks. So, with the mirror images attacking at all sides, the Sui Lion got injured to the point it let go of the Panda Mercenary. The blinding flashing lights from the mirror images of the Healing Maiden's cultivation style was also troublesome for the Sui Lion, causing it to abandon the fight and retreat.
”Oh no, you are not going anywhere.” Yue Han announced as he emerged from the shadows and jumped from the cave's ceiling and stabbed the Lion's head from above. He then used his chi energy to push the blade further down, causing blood and brain matter to be pouring out from the wound.
As for Tanke and Bu Dong, they too had cleared their share of monsters, and they regrouped with the others to heal their wounds. ”Damn it, Sis. That was freaking dangerous!” Yue Han complained after he made sure the beast underneath him was killed.
”How could I've known that a pistol would be that deafening loud within a tunnel? I'm sorry about that. I swear I didn't do it on purpose.” Yue Wen apologised as she retracted her hands from Archy seeing that the wound had already close. With one of the new life potions, the Panda Archer was able to move again in no time.
”While, I'd like to stay here and complain about our mistakes in the battle, its best we quickly find the hostages before more of them show up and take their food stock back.” Bu Dong warned as he impatiently waited for the healing to be done. He suddenly felt his confidence from earlier had been hampered by the previous encounter with these veteran Sui Lions. If they were already that difficult, didn't that mean their Boss would be even more demanding?
”Just give them a little more time. I can't sniff any more of Nian underlings in the cave. Besides, it's better to have a competent party than an injured one.” Tanke said as he checked his armour to ensure it was secured properly.
”I am actually more afraid of another possibility. According to what I heard other Pandarens say there's a chance that Nian might appear after each side quest.” Bu Dong replied, and Tanke snorted.
”All the more reason for us to be mending our wounds before moving forth.” Tanke insisted and calmed Bu Dong down to the best of its AI capabilities.