90 The demons smile. (2/2)
She continued to slide backward until her feet touched the wall of ice Li Yang had set up behind her. The moment her feet touched the wall, spikes grew out of it, aiming to pierce her feet. But Yuan Yijun had been prepared for this, so the moment the spikes touched her feet, her law of motion caused them to curl up and shatter.
She pushed off the ground with both her arms and used her law of motion to return herself to a standing position. But just as she was standing properly again, a fist arrived in front of her face and smashed into her nose, causing the back of her head to crash into the wall of ice and shatter it. She responded by flooding Li Yang's right hand with her law of motion, causing the bones in all his fingers but his thumb to twist and shatter.
She then kicked off the ground and used her law of motion, as well as the force of Li Yang's punch, to support her body as she did a backflip, rolling over the shattered wall of ice. While doing the backflip, she also used the chance to once again kick Li Yang, delivering an upwards kick to his outstretched right arm.
Her foot crashed into his arm a little above his elbow, the bone at the spot she touched trying to curl itself up, shattering as a result. Normally, when somebody's bone was shattered like that, they would be unable to move their arm. But Li Yang was different, he simply used his law of lightning to control the electrical signals in the nerves in his arm, forcing the arm to move as he wished.
After rolling over the shattered wall of ice, Yuan Yijun dashed forward, jumping over the remains of the walls and charging at Li Yang. Her strengthening technique could not last forever, so she had to swiftly crush Li Yang in the one department where she had an advantage, close combat. Thanks to her law of motion, the more times she came into contact with Li Yang, the weaker she would make him.
He could freeze and scorch her with each attack, but each time she came in contact with him, she would shatter his bones and even tear his flesh, so she would weaken him faster than he could weaken her. Or so she believed and hoped at least.
She instantly reached Li Yang's front, using the momentum of her movement to aim a punch directly at his chest. The attack was meant to force Li Yang to back up, giving her the chance to chase after him and giving her the advantage of being the one to initiate a barrage of attacks, forcing Li Yang into the defensive.
But once again Li Yang completely betrayed all her expectations, not even making an effort to dodge. Her fist smashed into his chest, shattering another six of his ribs, the skin and flesh on the right side of his chest starting to wriggle and twist, tearing itself. But she wasn't pleased that her attack landed, because she caught a glimpse of Li Yang's eyes, of the mad glint that flashed in those fiery crimson eyes.
As fast as lightning, Li Yang's right arm stretched out and grabbed onto the wrist of Yuan Yijun's arm, clamping down on it like a vice. She tried to use her law of motion to force him to let go, but Li Yang simply ignored the pain of the bones in his fingers repeatedly shattering. Lightning flooded into her arm, robbing her of all control she had over her right arm. And then, while she was punching out with her left arm to force him to let go, she heard his soft and calm, yet oh so terrifying voice.
”Now there won't be any running away.”
Right after she heard his voice, Yuan Yijun felt his knee smash into her abdomen, knocking the wind out of her and causing her to lean forward and vomit, interrupting her attack. The knee to the abdomen was only the start, Li Yang lowering the knee that had smashed into her abdomen and then raising it again, this time having it crash into her face and shattering her nose.
Her head was forced up from the attack, but before she even got to respond, Li Yang gave her another headbutt, her skull creaking slightly from the force behind it. He then used his left arm to punch her in the abdomen again, this time hitting her directly where her dantian was located. When his fist made contact with her dantian, fire, ice, and lightning flooded into her dantian, surrounding her runes and the Ascended Road that she had created.
Now, with just a quick thought, he could completely shatter her runes and Ascended Road, crippling her cultivation and forcing her to start from scratch. Realizing this, Yuan Yijun hurriedly spoke out, her voice drenched in fear.
”You can't! It's against the rules of the clan!”
The clan was fine with the disciples fighting and competing, it promoted growth, but they strictly forbade killing or crippling other disciples. After she spoke out, she saw Li Yang's now bloody lips curl into a smile as he nodded his head to show that he understood the rules of the clan. But just as she was about to let out a relieved sigh, Li Yang spoke up.
”Don't look so relieved. The rules aren't your ally here, they are your enemy. The rules state that we are forbidden from killing or crippling each other, but that means as long as I don't kill or cripple you, I am free to do whatever I please.”
Looking at the calm and even somewhat charming smile that Li Yang held as he spoke those words, Yuan Yijun couldn't help but feel like she was looking at the smile of a demon. He was right, as long as he didn't kill or cripple her, the clan wouldn't really bother with what he did to her.
Yuan Yijun wanted to shout out her surrender, but before she got the chance, Li Yang once again punched her abdomen, once again forcing her to lean forward and vomit. Then, in front of the stunned and shocked audience, Li Yang proceeded to viciously beat Yuan Yijun, just like he had done to Kong Lingxin and Yuan Ruogang.
The two hadn't been quiet when they spoke, so the entire audience had been able to hear their exchange. And watching him viciously beating Yuan Yijun, the audience felt much the same as Yuan Yijun, that his smile was truly the smile of a demon.