124 Ninth Disciple (1/2)
Jasmine was confident. Of course she was, she was over five hundred years old and every bit as clever and powerful as she believed herself to be. She had watched generations of immortals grow up from little kids, seen them at the worst and at their best. She herself had also been an immortal for fifteen years and fully grasped her power. There was no Spirit Lord past or present in Beast God Sanctum that could beat her. Chen Wentian was impressive, his beetle's sword attack was one the best and his tricks with phantoms was strange and fascinating. But it was only a few party tricks in front of true power!
Jasmine's first attack used speed. She dashed around him, trying to find an opening, and finally took a swipe at his head with her front paw. Her speed was fast and her attack power was strong but Chen Wentian was able to block it with his bare hands. He was still forced back another ten meters. He shook his right arm to ease the pain.
”You're quite talented, you'll make an excellent disciple!” He mocked.
”You!”
They resumed their physical attacks as each tried to understand the other. Jasmine held the edge in raw speed and power due to her divine beast physique but Chen Wentian had the Nineteen Demon Subduing Palms. The superiority in martial arts soon allowed Chen Wentian to weave counterattacks into his defense.
Jasmine cried out in frustration at the latest exchange where she suffered a hit to her shoulder, ”Don't you know you should never hit a little girl!”
Jasmine stamped her feet in anger. She then bared her fangs and brought out her sharp claws as well, adding deadly weapons to her strikes. Chen Wentian couldn't take those attacks head on and he also didn't want to use any immortal weapons so he dodged as best as he could. The barren wasteland was soon met with an even worse fate as Jasmine's attacks cut apart the surrounding rocks and ground them into dust. Chen Wentian could not dodge some of the attacks and was forced block and the air soon filled with a deadly symphony as aharp claws clashed against sword energy.
Finally Jasmine pulled back and stuck a paw in her mouth, ”Mmmm, ow, ow, ow! You cheater, who said you could use sword energy!”
It looked like her claws weren't trained and suffered under the harsh impacts against his supremely sharp sword energy created from Dugu's 10th Sword. Chen Wentian withstood the onslaught but did not unscathed. He had suffered several wayward cuts and slices and was slightly bleeding.
”Don't cry when you're losing. Aren't you a divine beast?” He taunted.
”Bastard! I'll show you divine beast!”
Jasmine's fur bristled and her two fluffy tails became rigid and upright. Mysterious energy gathered in her tails and two miniature spheres of energy gathered above her tails, like two miniature moons. Jasmine then opened her mouth, and a beam of pure white energy shot forth. It was beautiful and mesmerizing but Chen Wentian didn't feel like taking such an attack head on and quickly dodged away.
It was a good thing he did as everything behind where he had been standing for an entire mile had been vaporized.
”Hey, are you trying to kill me?”
”Haha, if you don't want to die then just surrender!”
Chen Wentian finally figured out from her last attack that she was not a plain nine tailed fox but a special breed called the Nine Tailed Moonlight Fox. Her snow white fur was a big clue but he still had to witness her moonbeam attack to realize.
”Fine, if you want it that way...” Chen Wentian muttered and fully encased himself in blue dragon flames.
The ground beneath his feet started to steam from the intense heat and eventually melted into a puddle of lava. Jasmine let him show off for a bit before launching another attack. A beam, even larger than the first, shot straight at Chen Wentian but this time he didn't move and countered with his flames.
Boom!