80 Li Lians Surprise Attack (1/2)

Xiao Fang was on his way home when he sensed a bright white ball of fire zipping through the air towards him.

'Who would be so bold to attack me in my own sect,' he thought before turning to face it.

He reached out his hand to deflect the attack, but before he could touch it it suddenly blew up. Xiao Fang  jump out of the way.

[ Floating Leaf Rushing Tide ]

The flame still caught his arm, but it wasn't strong enough to burn him, only inflicting a minor wound.

The moment Xiao Fang sensed who it was, his expression suddenly changed.

'Dammit, I almost forgot about her.'

She had flames coming out of her hair, eyes, hands and feet, but her whole body burned from her fierce fiery aura. Some in this sect call her the Tyrannical Fire Demon, but to Xiao Fang she was none other than Li Lian.

”Li Lian, you attacked me with my back turned to you, if you wanted to exchange pointers you should've just asked.”

Li Lian knew he'd get stronger but she didn't think he'd also get faster .

”You know what you did yesterday, it's only natural that I seek revenge,” she tried to justify her sneak attack on him.

”Ha! Seek revenge? With what ability,” Xiao Fang intentionally provoked her.

He was curious to see the just how much she improved over the past 2 months.

Without wasting time with words she immediately attacked throwing flaming fists and kicks in his direction, but Xiao Fang effortlessly dodged them then charged towards her.

Hand to hand combat was unwise against an opponent like Xiao Fang, so she needed to make space between them. Luckily, he held back considerably, not even pulling out his sword against her.

”Your attacks are strong, but they lack speed. What good are strong techniques if you can't land them?” He angered her some more.

Just as he finished saying those words, he sensed a powerful attack coming straight towards him with a frightening velocity.

It was the same attack she used on him at the very beginning, but this time it was several times bigger.

He didn't attempt to dodge her attack. Instead, he raised his arms to shield his body and curiously waited to feel the strength behind her new technique.

BOOM~!

The explosion was so great it could be heard from miles away.

Once the smoke cleared, Xiao Fang was seen standing as still as a statue in the defensive stance. For a moment she believed that she had won, but just as she was about to mock him, Xiao Fang finally put his arms down to dust off his dust-covered robes.

”Is that it? You didn't really think you could defeat me with such a mediocre technique. If so then it seems I had nothing to worry about.”

He was clearly hurt, but he still decided to tease her anyways. Xiao Fang's words made Li Lian pout for a moment before speaking.

”Did you prepare something for me? Go ahead and show me. I'll stand right here and accept whatever you have to offer.” Xiao Fang said mockingly.

He was surprised and a bit skeptical that she still had something up her sleeve, especially considering how exhausted she looked.

Through her heavy breathing, she smiled innocently then pointed up at the sky.

Because he was blindfolded, he couldn't see the blinding white lights in the sky but now that he was focusing his hearing he could sense what she was pointing at.

”You- have you lost your mind!?”

Xiao Fang took a step back. He was genuinely terrified.

Seeing him take a step back she decided to mock him.

”Oh ho, didn't you say you would receive it standing still? Could it be that you are going back on your words?”

Hundreds of feet in the air, there were several dozens of bright white lights blanketing the sky above them.

”Hahahaha, didn't you call it a mediocre technique. Are you scared now!?”

”Are you trying to destroy the entire sect!?”

”Hmph, if you just apologized then I would've forgiven you, but instead you chose to mock me. You brought this upon yourself.”

Despite her words, the malicious smile on her face showed that she had no intentions of holding back from the start.

”You look like you're enjoying this. If you stop now I will consider sparing your ungrateful life.”

Despite his words, Xiao Fang was clearly sweating nervously.

He could only use his movement ability a few more times, but there was nearly a hundred 'Exploding Stars' above them.

'I need to stop her,' he thought in panic, then quickly rushed towards her.

However, before he could reach her, he watched her do the impossible.

She jumped high in the air, but using the fire beneath her feet she didn't come back down. Instead she continued to rise.

”You must be kidding me...” Xiao Fang was shocked, amazed, but also terrified.

”Today is the day you finally submit to me, Xiao Fa-” She suddenly felt her heartbeat beat once exceptionally loud, then felt herself falling straight down towards Xiao Fang.

[ Reaper's Grasp ]

Xiao Fang calmly had a hand raised in her direction. Seeing that, she quickly understood he was behind it.

Flying was even more exhausting than her 'Exploding Star' technique. It could even be said to be her strongest technique, so she needed to end things quickly.

She quickly shot down the white balls of flame as she tried to fly against his Reaper's Grasp, but the moment her exploding stars descended past her, she felt Xiao Fang release his hold on her.

'Dammit,' Xiao Fang thought.