367 Defeated! (1/2)
It has to be mentioned that the blade wasn't destroyed by Venerable Mei's hand alone. It was the movement of the combined Xuan efficacy of Venerable Mei and Lei Wu Bei which had destroyed it.
This had happened because Venerable Mei had forced the blade towards her right before she had tapped it with her finger. And, Lei Wu Bei had used his strength to turn it to the opposite direction. Both individuals had used the entire extent of their strength at that time. This meant that opposing forces had tried to twist the blade in different directions. And, it was then that Venerable Mei accumulated her Xuan efficacy, and tapped the blade with her finger. Her timing had been very precise!
The forces of Venerable Mei and the Great Master had been exerted on the knife at the same time. What kind of a Devine Weapon would be able to resist such forces?
The answer to that was a straightforward 'none'! At least, such was the case with Lei Wu Bei's treasured blade…
How would the blade not turn into scrap iron when the three different forces had acted upon on it…?
Therefore, it could be said that his treasured blade had been destroyed by his joint action with Venerable Mei.
Venerable Mei clasped her fist, and a thin wisp of blood flowed from it.
Her hand could be considered exceptionally 'tough'… even from the standard of Xuan Beasts! But, she had been in human flesh at that time. And thus, she had received that injury because she had held that blade by its sharp edge. However, her injuries were quite insignificant compared to the price that had been paid by Shi Chang Xiao and Lei Wu Bei. In fact, her injuries were far too insignificant…
Because… this strike had established a narrow victory!
Li Jue Tian had been sent in a dazed state. It was only for a split second… But, Venerable Mei had reached the ground by then. In fact, she had already repulsed Li Jue Tian's attack by then. Moreover, he had initiated this attack after having redoubled his efforts. Therefore, Venerable Mei's body had been pushed into a forward motion towards Lei Wu Bei. She had then kicked his legs at their claves a few times. It could be said that Lei Wu Bei would've come to be called 'Disabled Great Master' instead of the 'Cold-Blooded Master' if those kicks had packed a serious force behind them.
In fact, it wouldn't have been very surprising if his legs had been shattered by those kicks!
Lei Wu Bei became pale with fright. He lifted his right foot. His body spun twice, and he alighted three feet away. But… he instantly regretted that move!
Because… Shi Chang Xiao had appeared behind him by then, and had blocked his path…
Venerable Mei took a turn around Lei Wu Bei over, and appeared before Shi Chang Xiao like a black dragon that had twisted around a pillar. Then, her legs pounded on Shi Chang Xiao like raindrops.
Shi Chang Xiao was very alarmed by that attack since Lei Wu Bei's body had covered everything from his line of sight. He knew that this was an anxious moment in the fight. But, he hadn't noticed that Venerable Mei had come so close to him. Therefore, he was left exposed to Venerable Mei's attack while he tried to avoid Lei Wu Bei's retreating body.
She Chang Xiao tried to resist in a flurry. He steeled his heart and mind despite everything, and prepared to attack. But then, he saw that Venerable Mei was too close to him. Moreover, they were already prepared to pressurize him with their mountain-like palms. He didn't have enough time to congeal enough Xuan Qi as a result. Moreover, he didn't have enough time to retreat… even if had wanted to. Therefore, Shi Chang Xiao could only close his eyes, bite his teeth, and wait for his fate.
A ”Bang!” and ”Slam!” were heard as Shi Chang Xiao's shoulders were struck. He was then sent rolling-out like a ball.
Then, Venerable Mei retreated at a lightning fast speed, and went back around twenty five meters. This allowed the strike from the air-bound Solitary Eagle to drop onto the space between them. She then faced the red-eyed Li Jue Tian, and struck him hard with her palms again; thrice!
Li Jue Tian had lost all routes of evasion. So, he could only stake his life to endure the three palm-strikes.
This was akin to bullying people!
It could be said that Venerable Mei had suffered close to no harm whatsoever. However, Li Jue Tian's internal injuries had become very grave by this point. The result of those three palms was rather obvious. Li Jue Tian's body left the ground like a ball that had gone on a wild 'bouncing spree', and flew into the sky. His mouth spurted blood in a crazy manner. In fact, it was almost as if a fountain had started to spray blood-colored water…
Li Jue Tian had used his Xuan Qi to keep his bones in place. However, they broke open, and ruptured at this moment. In fact, they had been thoroughly ruptured. And, blood spurted-out from his entire body like spikes from a hedgehog. In fact, one could say that thin arrows of blood had been shot out from every pore in his body.
Then, Venerable Mei's long sleeves wrapped around Li Jue Tian's injured body, and threw him further up into the sky in a lightening fast movement. This was a very sly and timely move! The Solitary Eagle had launched a very aggressive attack in the downward direction at this very moment — the third move of the 'Nine Claws of the Ghostly Falcon'!
This was the most fatal strike in the Solitary Eagle's arsenal. And, this was also the most incisive strike of his'. Moreover, he had drawn his entire Xuan Qi for this attack. However, there was no way that he could've known that an aggrieved Li Jue Tian would be delivered right below his striking hand. Li Jue Tian's mouth opened, and spurted an arrow of blood on his face.
The Solitary Eagle was startled. He quickly decided to retreat. He first evaded that arrow of blood. Then, he caught Li Jue Tian's body with his hands. After that, he quickly moved ten meters away in the horizontal direction to evade Venerable Mei's follow-on attack.
How could Venerable Mei not intend to follow-up with an attack if they had thrown Li Jue Tian up like that? The Solitary Eagle was quick to understand this. And so, he caught-on and evaded as quickly as possible.
The Solitary Eagle's reaction could be considered very fast. However, he couldn't have imagined that it was still a step too late in front of this opponent!
He felt a sudden and incisive pain in his belly. Venerable Mei had attacked with their three palms-strikes. Two of them had failed, but the third one had hit its mark. And, that strike was enough to leave the Solitary Eagle screaming in agony, and made him float away like a 'kite without a string'. His face contorted, and he tried his best to gain control. But, he failed at it. ”Argh!” he spat blood, and it spilled over Li Jue Tian's body.
Solitary Eagle's initial movements had been exceedingly fast. In fact, it was even beyond the reach of Venerable Mei. But, the Solitary Eagle had been forced to retreat, and had then caught Li Jue Tian. This had bitten into his Xuan efficacy. Then, he had been forced to evade an extremely strong attack. Moreover, he had been using a lot of Xuan Qi to protect himself all along. And, his Xuan Qi had fallen to a very low level as a result of this. Then again, Xuan Qi had never been Solitary Eagle's forte. It seemed as if he had merely been grazed by this attack. However, the injuries he had received weren't light.