Chapter 560

Chapter 560: Blade Duel at the Forbidden City (3)

Translator: Lonelytree

“This...” Tang Yun’er at the side was shocked and he could not help but gasp, “...What is with this Qing Hong... how do they manage to stay in the air for so long?”

“Using the sword to unleash Qi and she still manages to unleash such a giant slicing slash and the slash contains enormous power of ice, this...” Liao Wu’s life had been turned upside down by the Northern Sparrow Cross. He thought he was already one of the best swordsman in the martial world already, but... once this unknown young female swordswoman made her move, she used a godlike skill that he had not even seen before. With the common knowledge of this world, that kind of skill could not be used without at least 40 years of training. And in these 40 years, you had to be training more than average martial arts. If you were training a common inner Qi mantra, then even after 80 years, you would not be able to use this kind of skill.

“And the scariest thing is...” Miao Yin opened her mouth to add, “There is no sign to their kung fu at all, there is no discernible style and influence. The skills all appear random but there are enormous power behind every single one...” She subconsciously reached for her blade. “Standing here for so long, I could not even feel a wave of inner qi at all, I cannot even perceive their breathing style and possible school that they belong to...”

“Hmph... Such ignorance.” Cao Qin’s half male and half female voice said, “The real powerful kung fu is shapeless and does not bind itself to any rules. It breaks through all the existing rules, only then one can achieve a higher epiphany.” He was not talking nonsense but knew his stuff for real. The training of this Master Cao had already broken through the limit of normal kung fu and had stepped into the realm of the study of Xuan. His perpetual youthfulness was the best evidence. “You people train day and night but you are just training your inner Qi. But the thing that they are training are who knows how many times stronger than inner Qi.”

When they spoke, the battle in the sky started to change again. As Feng Bujue predicted earlier, in terms of sword fight, he was in the disadvantage. Even though Brother Jue’s technique and experience in fighting was much better than when he started but he was still lacking compared to Xu Huai Shang. In terms of pure speed and strength, without the ability to use Body Enhancement Spell, he was on the losing side.

“Ha! Watch this! Flying Dragon Stepping Cloud!” Seeing as he was about to fail, Feng Bujue quickly faked an attack and drew the distance from his enemy. Then he followed it up with Geppo and fled upwards. Before he left, he did not forget to give his escape a showy name to farm the Stylish Points.

“This is just Geppo... You think I have not seen that before...” Xu Huai Shang grumbled under her breath before she settled back on the roof. It might be that she had fought for a long time with Brother Jue in the air, but in reality... she did not have any flying ability. Earlier she was only borrowing energy, she made used of Feng Bujue’s ability to sky and enabled herself to halt in the air as well. This skill... sounded difficult but it was very simple for her because Xu Huai Shang had a very powerful passive skill called Darting Swallows.

The skill enabled her to make her body incredibly light under certain circumstance, making her able to dart around like swallows. With the aid of this skill, whenever she hit Brother Jue, she could use the rebound from Brother Jue’s block to fly higher into the air. In a way, this was even more effective than Geppo because it did not even exhaust Stamina Points. Of course, Geppo and Void Steps’ effect required air to activate but Darting Swallows required something to rebound against so there was difference between them.

[She has improved a lot even though it has only been half a month since I fought her...] Feng Bujue thought. [If not for zero time simulation, I would have been seriously injured from the battle earlier already...] He could not help but be reminded of his Killing Game with Flashes of Sword. Similarly he was bullied by the opponent’s expert mastery of fighting and he somehow managed to survive. [There is no other option, the only advantage I have is height, so I better use Rankyaku to slowly grind her down...] With that decision made, Feng Bujue stopped in the air and kicked out two half moon shaped slashes.

But...

Huh – Huh—Bang—Bang—Suddenly two palm strikes came from the side lines, stopped his Rankyaku and dissolved them into nothingness.

“Master Feng.” Cao Qin swept his sleeve and raised his head to say, “This is the rooftop of the imperial palace, what do you plan to do?”

At this point, the four audience revealed an ‘Oh~’ expression. They were like audience at a stage performance, their feeling following the destiny of the people on stage...

[It’s over now... it is really all over now...] Feng Bujue was overwhelmed by despair. [This woman is more cunning than I thought...] At this point, Brother Jue could not say anything, the show had been led away by Xu Huai Shang. Whatever Goddess Xu said would be taken as the truth and Brother Jue could only keep silent with a face carved with grief and anguish. If he said anything or suddenly escaped or mount an ambush, then his Stylish Point would drop him directly to his death.

“Aiz...” Xu Huai Shang sighed. “I knew it was impossible between you and me in this life...” She wiped away her tears and knelt down beside Brother Jue, “So one hour ago, I have swallowed a powerful poison...”

[What?! And I have eaten a dragon’s heart then!] Feng Bujue groaned internally.

“...Since you are not able to fulfil my wish, then what is the point for me being alone in this world.” Goddess Xu had completely submerged into her role. No wonder she was scouted by so many celebrity agency, the girl was a natural actress. “But this duel at least allows me to die beside you...” At this point, Xu Huai Shang pulled up Brother Jue into a hug and placed his head on her shoulder. This was truly a fatal blow... under this condition, Brother Jue’s last hope of escaping had been shattered.

[Aiz... women are so scary...] Feng Bujue sighed to himself. [I have underestimated you...] Brother Jue could not help but be reminded that if his inventory wasn’t locked, he could have pulled out the cleaver and end everything on the spot; if his Flying Dragon Fist was not on Cd, it would be over too. But that was not the case in this scenario. Hoping the Npc would come help him was impossible. When they saw him being pulled into a hug by the faithful woman, they sighed in pity... basically they had planned to sit through the show to the end.

“Why would you do something like that...” Like a broken toy, Feng Bujue uttered weakly. The defeat annoyed him but he was not that horrid in personality to force disconnect so he decided to play along with Xu Huai Shang to the end.

“Please don’t say anything anymore...” Xu Huai Shang silently raised her right hand and placed the tip of her sword over Brother Jue’s heart. “I have already made my decision, nothing will change my mind.”

“I say... that’s enough already, no?” Feng Bujue leaned into Xu Huai Shang’s ear and whispered, “I have already surrendered so just end it already.”

“Don’t you enjoy such plays? Hmph...” Xu Huai Shang said proudly in return, “Want to lay a trap for me? Bet you didn’t expect this.”

“If you don’t kill me now, I am going to cry soon.” Brother Jue said in warning.

“Hah?” Xu Huai Shang was startled, “How will that help you?”

“After I cried, I will say that I was finally touched by you, then I will ask Cao Qin for powerful medicine like Tian San Snow Lotus or Thousand Year Lingzi to neutralize your poison and then we can fly away together as a happy couple.” Feng Bujue said.

As he finished, the blade stuck into his heart. At that moment, Xu Huai Shang broke in cold sweat. She thought she had controlled the entire situation, she did not expect... the man would be able to come up with such a dangerous development in such a short amount of time. If Feng Bujue really put his plan into action then the situation would change again... and Xu Huai Shang would be stuck in her lover role and could not harm Feng Bujue anymore.

“This round does not count, the whole set is too ridiculous...” Xu Huai Shang uttered in Brother Jue’s ear coldly before he dissolved into a pool of white light. “Next time, I will win you in a more direct way.”

“You still couldn’t get over that Battle of Butterfly, can you...” Feng Bujue replied in an undeniable tone, “Regardless... I shall be waiting any...” His words stopped because he had been transported away. At the same time, Xu Huai Shang who heard the victory announcement left the scenario.

At the top of the forbidden city, only the four confused NPc were left. Even Cao Qin could not help but suspect that... they had encountered two ghosts...