115 Freedom Against Control part 2 (1/2)

Tianfei tapped her feet on the ground and flashed backwards. She giggled as she watched Chilong attempting to follow behind her. Despite her using flash step, Chilong still seemed to keep up closer to her. Every turn would result in Chilong in turn, turning in the same direction. Tianfei frowned seeing Chilong able to track her with such precision. He had the cloth kept close to his nose as to not forget the scent.

”You are more of a beast than I thought...”

Tianfei shot a blade of wind from her palms before jumping up to a tree. This disrupted her scent trail and forced Chilong to a defensive position. Chilong stared at the ground frantically looking around. The trail of scent has been blown away leaving him with no leads on his target. Tianfei let out a breath of relief as she looked down upon Chilong who was frantically looking around. Internally, she was cursing Chilong for being so troublesome.

'It was just a meat bun. What is his deal?'

Tianfei waited for Chilong to move away to the next location before figuring out her next course of action. She could always use her stronger projectile techniques however with Chilong's reflexes, any projectiles won't work a second time. In the distance, he saw Chilong brutally cutting down on all the dummy that she had set up from the formation. She squatted on the branch before swinging upside down moving freely against the wind. Her eyes were shut in contemplation for only a minute until she opened them up again with a plan in mind.

”Chilong...I'll harass you till you give up.”

She grinned cheekily as she dropped onto the ground and slowly set up some more formations.

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'34....When will this end.'

Chilong slammed down his axe on a dummy figure simply watching another one show up in the distance. He knew this was futile however he wasn't one to simply give up. Even the tiniest possibility of less than a single percent, was enough for him to take action. Chilong's nose sensed a change in the air. As rain dripped down his face, he was met with a familiar scent. Although there was no figure detected, his nose said otherwise. Chilong grinned as he charged up his axe and slashed out infront of him. He then was met with a cheeky voice behind him.

”Idiot...”

A jet of wind shot to his stomach making a weak slash wound across his sides as he attempted to dodge. He grit his teeth as his axe flicked mud in all directions around him. With the current conditions, even if Tianfei was visible, it would still be hard to make out where she was. The scent in the air disappeared once more leaving Chilong more wary than before. Chilong sent his ball of energy shooting around attacking random spaces. Chilong lifted up his hands as he shifted the ball to attack another dummy. This time however, the dummy popped with a surprise. A blade of wind sliced a side completely off the ball of lightning. Not only did the size halve once again, the energy contained in it was much smaller. All that energy was lost, unable to be re-absorbed into his body.

It was at this point in the battle that he had noticed a particular breeze between his legs. He didn't mind much as there was nobody around.

'Same old trick...'

”Annoying...”

The ball of lightning returned to Chilong's palm as he drunk something out of a bottle. Immediately after, sparks started to be generated from his hands and the ball returned back to it's original state. He simply stood there as mud started to pile upon his feet. He had a firm grasp on the ball of lightning and played around with it as if it were a simple rock. A blade of wind suddenly appeared behind him. Chilong didn't even flinch and crushed the ball in his hands. Immediately, a massive shortwave erupted with Chilong at the center. Chilong had placed his guards up however the same couldn't be said for Tianfei. Chilong saw small spurts of red appear seemingly out of nowhere in his peripheral vision. He sneered as he looked in the general direction. His hands were outstretched and a bit of that blood touched his fingertips.

*Sniff*

”Oh? That's where you're hiding.”

Chilong had the look of someone who had enough. He was going to enjoy this while it lasted. He sneered as he slowly tracked where the girl was at.

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Tianfei dropped the white cloth that was on her hands onto the floor. Her hands retracted the string of qi as she watched Chilong simply stand there.

'What is he doing? Is he not mad?'