105 Nice, grand, and quick. (2/2)
Faced with the two attacks coming at him, Zi Yanwu showed that he had an abundant amount of fighting experience, and that he was rather flexible despite his chubby appearance. He let go of both his axes and leaned back so far that he could touch the ground with his left hand, digging his entire fist into the ground and lowering himself so much that Fang Ying's sword went over his body, Li Yang's kick missing his wrist because Zi Yanwu had moved his hand slightly before digging it into the ground.
He then used his left hand as support and kicked off the ground, both his legs lifting above his head as he did a cartwheel, his feet stomping down on Fang Ying's sword when they touched the ground. He pulled his left hand out of the ground and gave his body half spin to the left, raising his right leg as he was doing so. He aimed a quick stomp at Fang Ying's right elbow with his right leg and used his left arm to send out a backhanded punch aimed at Li Yang's head.
Li Yang stepped forward and ducked down, dodging beneath Zi Yanwu's fist and stepping closer. He used his right arm to send a sideways punch at Zi Yanwu's waist and his lift arm to send an upwards punch aimed at Zi Yanwu's elbow, aiming for the two largest openings Zi Yanwu currently had. AT the same time, he also responded to Fang Ying.
”Bzzt, wrong. I'm actually part of the Yuan clan right now, I'm wearing these robes because I got rather fond of this style of clothing while I lived in the tribe as a child. That's a nice sword you got there, but try this one.”
While punching out, Li Yang also sent a bit of his mind into his dantian, causing his sword to come flying out like a blur, heading directly for Fang Ying. Fang Ying used her left hand to grab onto the hilt of the sword that Li Yang had sent at her, somewhat surprised when she recognized it as his old sword. But she could also see that it wasn't the same as it was in the past, it had absorbed and fused with her poison.
She slashed upwards at Zi Yanwu's incoming foot, the purple wavy pattern on the sword releasing a faint light as deep purple lightning started to dance around the blade. At the same time, she responded to Li Yang and sent her Qi into the sword she was still holding in her right hand, using the special array inside it to cause the blood within Zi Yanwu's left foot to flow in a chaotic manner.
”It's rather pretty, isn't it? It was gifted to me by Master when I broke into the Immortal Rebirth realm, the array within it helps me control the blood in other cultivators who are normally too strong for me to control their blood. And oh, you're a tribe savage, are you?”
Zi Yanwu didn't know what he found worse, that he was unable to get an edge over these two even after he ate a strength-enhancing pill or the fact that the two were seemingly flirting while fighting him.
He used his law of wind to alter the direction of his right foot, turning his stomp into a sideways kick to deflect Fang Ying's sword attack. Li Yang's attacks were a bit more troublesome, as Fang Ying controlling the blood in his left foot made it hard for him to step aside while he dodged. In the end, he realized that he had no choice but to let one of Li Yang's attacks hit him if he wanted to properly avoid the other.
He covered his waist with even more reinforced metal, hastily creating a wall of wind in front of it to soften the blow as much as possible. As for his currently mid-swing left arm, he created a thick wall of wind in front of it, a loud banging sound resounding out as his fist slammed into the hardened wind, forcefully stopping his attack and causing Li Yang's upward punch to miss him.
Li Yang's fist slammed into the wall of wind that Zi Yanwu had created in front of his waist, his law of ice flooding into the wind and freezing it, allowing his fist to shatter it. His punch landed on Zi Yanwu's waist, a thunderous boom ringing out as Li Yang unleashed as much fire and lightning as he could, the metal on Zi Yanwu's waist turning completely white from the heat, a few drops of molten metal dripping to the floor. Of course, he did not forget to respond to Fang Ying at the same time.
”A tribe savage, eh? Just you wait till it's just the two of us, I'll show you just how savage I can be.”
Zi Yanwu's eyes shot up slightly when he saw that the metal on his waist had gotten so hot that parts of it were even starting to melt. He was quietly thanking himself for not underestimating Li Yang, otherwise, he might have suffered a small wound now. Some of the lightning penetrated the metal and entered his body, but he quickly crushed the lightning with his far stronger Qi, so he didn't suffer any damage.
Things went far worse for his right foot, which kicked into the side of the sword that Li Yang had tossed to Fang Ying. Zi Yanwu recognized the danger, but he had to kick the sword aside, there was no way for him to block it or dodge it without touching it. His foot made contact with the side of the sword, and he did succeed in kicking it to the side, but his foot started corroding the moment it touched the purple lightning.
The first to corrode was the flesh on his pinky toe, it turned black and simply slid off the bone, his other toes and the rest of his foot swiftly following. The poison in this sword wasn't the same as the poison Fang Ying could use right now, it was the poison she used while she was at her peak, her strongest poison. It was only a small miscalculation, believing that even if he got poisoned he wouldnæt be affected immediately, but it was this miscalculation that led to Zi Yanwu's downfall.
Fang Ying let go of the white sword she was holding in her right hand, using the force of Zi Yanwu's kick to spin her entire body around and direct a sideways slash into the waist of the panicking Zi Yanwu. The golden-purple sword dug into Zi Yanwu's waist, Fang Ying letting go of the sword and thrusting her now empty right hand towards the other side of Zi Yanwu's waist. The white sword he was still standing on vanished into a ripple in space, appearing in Fang Ying's hand again, the tip of the sword piercing into Zi Yanwu's waist and throwing all his blood into a chaotic frenzy. Despite all these actions, Fang Ying still responded to Li Yang, even letting out a cute giggle.
”You say that as if it's a threat, but all I'm hearing is the makings of a good time. Path's open, make it grand.”
Li Yang immediately knew what Fang Ying meant, quickly standing up from his ducked position. Zi Yanwu was panicked and doing his best to deal with the poison in his right waist and his chaotic blood, his defenses were completely lowered. Li Yang sprung up from the ground and placed his hand on the back of Zi Yanwu's head and channeled his law of destruction into it, taking great care to properly control it.
His law of destruction gathered inside Zi Yanwu's brain, forming a miniature black hole that started to devour and twist apart everything around it. Zi Yanwu's struggle immediately ended, his expression becoming blank for a short second before his entire head imploded, sucked into the miniature black hole. Parts of his neck and shoulders were also starting to get sucked into the black hole, which used the energy contained within Zi Yanwu's flesh to grow larger. Li Yang didn't want this black hole to run out of control so he quickly dissipated it, causing Zi Yanwu's mutilated body to collapse to the ground. Li Yang picked up his golden-sword, sending a smile at Fang Ying.
”Nice, grand, and quick, just like the lady ordered. Any complaints can be taken to our customer department, but you cannot expect a response for at least a few weeks.”
Li Yang was completely at ease now that he was with Fang Ying, he could drop his perpetually cold and calm demeanor and crack a few jokes. Fang Ying put away her sword, casting a sideways glance at the corpse before undoing her fusion with Langshen and nodding her head.
”I'm fine with waiting a few weeks if it means I can complain as much as I want.”
The two locked eyes, their faces lighting up with smiles. Li Yang stepped over Zi Yanwu's body and was just about to open his mouth when another loud crashing sound drew his attention. Turning his heads he could see that two more groups had reached the area, one group clad in the robes of the Tian clan and one group clad in the robes of the Puppet God sect. They all had a few wounds so it was clear that they had been battling just recently. Looking at the interrupters, Li Yang only felt like cursing.
”Oh for fuck's sake, more of you?”
Li Yang looked at the two groups with exasperation and annoyance, but they looked at him with a mixture of interest and shock. Fang Ying had stepped forward and was standing by his side, both of them standing over the mutilated body of Zi Yanwu, whose flesh had started falling off due to the poison. It wasn't hard for them to guess that Li Yang was the one who had thrown the spear earlier, he had the same aura as the spear after all. And looking at the scene, it seemed like the two of them had joined forces to kill Zi Yanwu.
They couldn't help but wonder, was this youth the one that Fang Ying had come here to find? Li Yang's gaze landed on Xiong Xieren, who was looking at Fang Ying with furrowed eyebrows. Xiong Xieren was about to open his mouth and say something, but Li Yang opened his mouth first.
”If I were you, I wouldn't look at my wife like that. It's a real easy way to end up losing your eyes or your life.”
How could Li Yang let anyone look at Fang Ying with eyes like Xiong Xieren, eyes filled with nothing but greed and lust? He was fine with people looking at her with loving or worshipping eyes, she was the best woman in the universe after all. But looking at her with that type of lust and greed was something he would not allow. The eyes of everyone in the two groups shot up after they heard Li Yang's words, and looking at the smile on Fang Ying's face, it was clear to them that she didn't reject his words. Xiong Xieren's expression sank and he opened his mouth, but before he got the words out, he was interrupted by Fang Ying.
”Alright, now's not the time to cause trouble. Let's find a more secluded place first.”
She placed her hand on Li Yang's shoulder and nodded her head at Langshen, who let out a growl and caused space around the three of them to ripple. The three of them vanished, leaving behind not only two groups of shocked people, but also a news story that would cause quite a bit of commotion.