136 The Warrior's trial - 7!
She fell to her knees and joined her hands as she pleaded, tears streaming down her eyes: "Big Brother Ashen, Please save Brother Li. I know you can do it, please!"
Clang!
Clank!
Clank!
Right now, Yan Li was facing a ceaseless barrage of attacks from Li Qi. Even his sword was beginning to show cracks in it. It was clear that his life would end after some more attacks.
Ashen looked at the scene and shifted his gaze to the two children pleading with him. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
What should I do?
He thought with a conflicted expression.
"Big Brother Ashen, help him, hurry, he'll die!" Yan Xiu shook Ashen's white silk pants as she pointed to Yan Li blocking Li Qi's relentless attacks in an urgent tone.
Ashen didn't want to interfere too much without any reason since that could agitate the world's will. It was clear that Yan Li was meant to die in this trial and if Ashen changed that, it would change the destiny.
At the same time, Yan Li was getting pushed back as he tackled Li Qi's polearm attacks. Due to the collisions, his sword was getting scraped, with small parts of metal leaving the sword and flying around.
On the other hand, Li Qi's weapon didn't have a scratch on it. It was clear that his weapon was of much higher grade than the weapons that other children had.
Yan Li knew that his sword wouldn't hold much longer and he looked for an opening to strike, however, Li Qi was too good to leave an opening to take advantage of.
Also, due to the polearm's longer reach, it would be much more difficult for Yan Li to get close to Li Qi to land an attack.
He looked at the other participants and was disappointed. There was not a single member of his group who had finished his battle and could help him.
Clank!
Crack!
At this moment, he felt a much heavier attack from Li Qi compared to the attacks before as he was sent sliding back, creating some distance.
Yan Li looked at the state of his sword and his eyes widened in horror. There was a crack in the blade of the sword.
Li Qi, looking at Yan Li with caution and worry, asked: "What are you hiding? How did you do that?"
"I am as clueless as you bastard!" Yan Li roared internally.
And without showing his real emotions outside, he smiled at Li Qi as if he knew the reason.
"Not in the mood to talk, huh..." Li Qi smiled and said proudly: "Don't be cocky just because you broke my weapon. I can defeat you with just this remaining shaft!"
Saying that he lunged at Yan Li again, attacking with the long shaft, using it like a staff to attack. He knew that Yan Li's sword was on its last legs, so he was confident in winning.
Yan Li once again repeated his previous strategy, to block with the sword and attack with the knife.
Bang!
Swoosh!
Clank-Clank...
Once again the previous scene repeated itself, Li Qi's staff getting cut in half, reducing it to the size of a club.
"Again?" Li Qi couldn't hide his surprise.
The blade of the polearm getting sliced was alright since a blade is thin, however, a shaft, which is thicker and stronger than the blade getting sliced like this was just ridiculous!
It was as if god himself was helping Yan Li, giving him some ridiculous blessing.
It is just that he didn't know that it wasn't some god helping Yan Li, It was Ashen!
He was controlling sword qi to make the sword wielded by Yan Li a lot sharper, capable of cutting through any material.
Though it was not simple to do that, considering that Yan Li's sword was low quality and wouldn't be able to handle continuous sword qi application, therefore, Ashen would only make the sword sharp just the moment before contact, helping it to cut through Li Qi's any attack.
Ashen smiled in amusement, looking at the surprised Li Qi and Yan Li.
You should thank your luck that I like you and we met yesterday otherwise you would be dead right now!
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