Chapter 266 (1/2)
Chapter 266
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Li Yundong jumped backwards and planted himself in front of the fox spirits . ”Stay close to me!” he shouted over the clinking of swords . His hands moved quickly to form a mudra .
Acalanatha's 2nd Mudra: The Immovable Mountain of Treasure!
”It's been an honor, Li zhenren!” Du Fei's hand went through a series of quick hand signs . ”Too bad you have to die though . ” Du Fei let out a sad chuckle . ”You would've been a great a.s.set to the Great Six . ”
A fusillade of swords rained down upon Li Yundong and the fox spirits as soon as Du Fei's hand stopped moving .
Li Yundong bridged his Three Gates . ”Namah samanta vajranam ham!”
A golden, semi-transparent barrier flashed into existence, forming a dome-like structure above Li Yundong and the fox spirits . A chorus of feminine shrieks broke out when the swords charged at the dome from every direction .
Then, the swords stopped, every single one of them . Their tips couldn't penetrate the barrier . An orange flare lit up the left side of the dome courtesy of the fireball blasting against the dome's surface .
A grim thought occurred to Li Yundong right then .
The other two could attack him as well, and when they did, there was nothing the barrier could do to protect him, since they both had spells that could bypa.s.s the barrier by reaching up from under the ground—
Something coiled around Li Yundong's ankles . He glanced down and saw a bunch of vines and roots snaking around his legs .
Behind him, the fox spirits screamed .
Amidst their screams, he also heard the sc.r.a.ping and clinking of metal . He turned his head and saw the women hacking at a bunch of vines with their swords . Li Yundong gritted his teeth and faced the front again . He had to do something quickly before Zhang Hongcheng breached the barrier from under the ground .
He did a quick scan of his surroundings, noting the dome's radius . The swords would probably reach them within a second once he released the barrier . The fireball would take longer, maybe four or five seconds .
”Take cover!” Li Yundong screamed over his shoulder .
The dome vanished when Li Yundong switched to a new mudra .
CLINK!
The swords arrowed down towards him whereas the fireball swept in from the side .
Acalanatha's 10th Mudra: Almighty Pus.h.!.+
”Namah samanta vajranam ham!”
The air stirred .
”No!!!!!” Du Fei screamed .
The swords were flung outward and away from Li Yundong by an omnidirectional repulsive force; the fireball disintegrated, forming tiny b.a.l.l.s of flames which scattered into the night sky . Strangely enough, the clinking noise—due to a thousand swords falling to the ground—he'd been antic.i.p.ating never came . Instead, only one sword fell down from the sky .
The sword lay motionless beside Du Fei's feet .
Li Yundong yanked his leg upwards, freeing his ankle from those annoying vines . When kicked aside, the vines flopped lifelessly to the ground, a clear sign that the spell responsible for them was no longer active .
Li Yundong turned around to check on the fox spirits . He saw a bunch of pale faces staring back at him in shock . Some of the women still had vines and roots wrapped around their limbs .
Li Yundong looked towards the Fan of Seven Treasures and was relieved to find that the fan was now winning in its battle against Du Fei's staff and the wooden sword . The arhats had appeared once again and was now driving those dark wraiths back towards the wooden sword .
”Oww…! That didn't really work, did it?”
Li Yundong tore his gaze away from the fan and saw Dang Qiang climbing to his feet .
”No s.h.i.+t,” said Chen Anji, the wood-style user .
Zhang Hongcheng was nowhere to be seen, but knowing his moves, he was probably hiding somewhere underground .
”You failed,” Li Yundong said in a clipped tone, glaring at Du Fei .
Du Fei smirked . ”It ain't over yet . ”
Li Yundong leaped backwards when a hand burst through the ground's surface . Zhang Hongcheng's emerged from the ground, revealing his full body .
Zhang Hongcheng moved his hands .
”Earth Element: Human Boulder!”
Zhang Hongcheng's body swelled up and turned into a boulder, which began rolling towards Li Yundong the moment it was formed .
Instead of dodging, Li Yundong c.o.c.ked his fist back and punched the boulder .
”What the—”
Instead of shattering the boulder, Li Yundong's fist slipped through the boulder's surface . He realized then that the boulder's surface had turned into sand .
”Earth Element: Sand Storm!”
The entire boulder burst apart, tossing sand everywhere . Li Yundong leaped backwards, but it was too late; the sand got him in the eye .
”Hey, Zi Yuan jiějie? What's wrong with him? Why's he holding his face?”
”His eyes, Hongling . The sand went into his eyes . ”
”Earth Element: Quick Sand!”
Li Yundong gasped when he felt his feet sinking into the ground . s.h.i.+t! He mobilized his Zhenqi and levitated himself off the ground . He managed to stay levitated for a few seconds before he felt something solid wrap around his ankle . His body lurched downwards, and the next thing he knew, something abrasive was grinding against his face .
Sand .
He had just fallen face-first into the sand .
”Wood Element: Immortal Shackles!”
The binding around his ankles tightened . The sand s.h.i.+fted under him, pulling him down . He was literally sinking into the ground . Flailing his arms, he tried to grab hold of something, but then realized with horror that even his arms had been rendered immobile by those annoying roots .
I see…