715 One Dragon Stroke, Bite (1/2)

Closer, very close!

As he saw that he was getting closer to Chi Guyan, Fang Zhengzhi felt a little nervous. Of course, this would not affect him.

To succeed, one must always have a firm mind.

Fang Zhengzhi knew that he was not the type of man who was extremely benevolent and magnanimous, but there was one thing that he was sure, that he would never quiver when he was giving others a sneak attack.

”Down you go!” Fang Zhengzhi screamed in his heart, as his punch reached out towards Chi Guyan's back.

Needless to say, the punch was very swift!

However, Chi Guyan did not turn her head at all, and it seemed as though she did not feel anything, as there was no resistance from her at all.

But…..

Fang Zhengzhi's punch stopped in mid air, just an inch before reaching Chi Guyan, and it did not continue moving forward.

”.....” Fang Zhengzhi's mouth twitched a bit. It was not because he had a change of heart, but he was still unable to move his body.

It was an unexplainable feeling.

In reality, Fang Zhengzhi had experienced a similar feeling before, such as the moment where he was facing against the Half-Sage Can Yang of the Demon Race, and he was trapped motionless, unable to move.

However, his entrapment in this situation was clearly different.

The entrapment was caused from within his body, and not from the power from any Dao, or the stopping of any blood circulation. He felt extremely numb all over his body.

”Freeze!”

A crisp and pleasant voice was heard by Fang Zhengzhi. Next, he saw a beautiful and glamorous face.

It was a shadow.

Luscious black hair and splendidly white dress, it was clear that Chi Guyan had made her counterattack.

Of course, it was not a proper one.

Because, when Chi Guyan and emitted that sound, her hand did not leave the brush, and she did not even turn her head.

She continued to focus intently on the white drawing, as the ink on the paper started dissipating into a life-like dragon.

”Indeed she was drawing a dragon!” Fang Zhengzhi knew instantly that Chi Guyan had an idea in mind as to how to solve the Eighth Heaven.

And it was exactly the same idea as him.

The First Heaven represented the beginning, so it was the first one. As for the Seventh Heaven, it represented the thousands of evolution processes, before everything would eventually fuse into one. Hence, the idea was to use one stroke to fuse ”one” and ”dragon” together.

It could encapsulate the entire cycle that happening between the First Heaven and the Seventh Heaven.

Of course, this concept might not be correct, but based on the probability of success, Fang Zhengzhi saw this as one of the highest out of all the ideas.

But the situation in front of him…..

Seemed a little awkward.

His sneak attack was exposed, and he was even entrapped by Chi Guyan. This was not something to be happy about.

More importantly, Chi Guyan did not stop at all.

And continued to draw on the picture.

This showed that Chi Guyan had already anticipated all these.

”Indeed, Chi Guyan's thinking is really scary!” Fang Zhengzhi knew that it was not because of his subpar acting skills, but it was Chi Guyan's habit to always beware of her surroundings.

How?

There was nothing he could do!

But to fight against his entrapment. Because, Fang Zhengzhi was running out of time, and Chi Guyan only needed a while more to complete the drawing.

And at that point, he could only admit his loss.

But it was really difficult to overcome Chi Guyan's prodigal talents.

Fang Zhengzhi had previously seen Chi Guyan using the word ”Freeze”.

She was able to stop the movements of the Nine Pinnacles Mountain Leader Tian Xing.

And now, the word ”Freeze” was used on his own body, and he had felt it personally.

The muscles on his body, became stiff instantly.

Unable to move at all.

How did it happen?

Fang Zhengzhi did not quite understand, as every action in the world required a logic. Afterall, to have his entire body motionless was a little exaggerating.

What was the logic behind it?

Was it control?

No, if it was control, his body would not have been stiff.

Stiff…..

Wait, if his body was stiff, how did the blood in his body continue its circulation. This was not quite according to the scientific logic.

But the fact was that, his body was indeed stiff.

There was a problem!

Was it an illusion?

Yes, illusion! It should most likely be an illusion on the surface of his mental capacity. His mind had mistaken that his body was stiff, or rather, something had temporarily suppressed his mental capacity, resulting in this loss of control over his bodily actions.

”Understood!” Fang Zhengzhi looked towards the female shadow behind Chi Guyan, and felt her domineering and arrogant presence. He immediately understood the situation.

His mental capacity was being suppressed.

Resulting in his mind emitting wrong signals, and him thinking that his body was stiff and that he was unable to move.

Fang Zhengzhi had such a realisation.

But understanding was one thing.

Breaking the spell was another. It was not easy to alleviate his mind from that pressure, as afterall, the female shadow's strength was too domineering.

It seemed as though she was able to step on anything in the world. Her presence was too imposing.

If Fang Zhengzhi had not know that it was Chi Guyan's prodigal talents acting on him, he may have give up to the illusion.

”Chi Guyan may be downright powerful, but I can't lose to her!” Fang Zhengzhi clenched his teeth, as he forced himself to believe that everything was merely an illusion. ”Illusion, everything is just an illusion. Actually I'm able to move, I'm not entrapped, I'm free, yes I'm swimming…..I' swimming, swimming…..”

Fang Zhengzhi mumbled to himself repeatedly.

Just then, he could feel as if his stiff body was swimming in water.

Then…..

His hand was able to reach Chi Guyan's skin.

Everything had happened in an instant, from Fang Zhengzhi's realisation to his ”swimming” thoughts, and finally to him coming in contact with Chi Guyan's skin. All these did not take long.

In fact, it was almost instantaneous.

Her skin felt exquisite.

Furthermore, Fang Zhengzhi could clearly feel that Chi Guyan had quivered a bit the moment he had touched her.

”Shameless thief, I was kind enough to let you try first, but you feigned unconscious just to attack me from behind!” Chi Guyan's voice rang in the air.

”Kind? Had you not started drawing this stroke of ”Beginning to End”, I may have really believed that your intentions were kind-hearted!” Fang Zhengzhi knew that Chi Guyan would have started ”panicking” by now. From a certain perspective, he knew that he was controlling the situation now.

”So you knew about the ”Beginning to End” stroke too.” Chi Guyan seemed a little doubtful.

”Haha, of course, if I didn't guess wrongly, you had already known about it when I was trying it for the first time?” Fang Zhengzhi continued.

”No, I only knew after the second try.” Chi Guyan denied it.

”You think I'll believe you?”

”FIne, indeed I knew it after the first try.”

”Finally you admitted!”

”Yes, I have admitted, so you pretended to not know about it all along, before feigning unconscious and tricking me?” Chi Guyan refuted.

”Same same, did you not intend to do it too?” A smile was revealed on Fang Zhengzhi's face.

”Yeah, I miscalculated, and fell into your trap…..but, even if you had managed to knock me unconscious from behind, I would not have served you faithfully, because you did not win convincingly.” Chi Guyan continued.

”What? You want to withdraw?” Fang Zhengzhi seemed shocked, as he did not expect that Chi Guyan would refuse to honor the deal.

”No, I'm not withdrawing, I only have one request, that if you were to knock me unconscious, it would be from my front!” Chi Guyan explained.

”Your front?” Fang Zhengzhi squinted his eyes.

Of course he understood her words, but he could not believe that Chi Guyan actually used the word ”faithfully?.

Was it possible?

He was not foolish!

What faithfully? In this world, who would really serve another faithfully after losing a bet?

It would merely be a walkthrough.

”Yes, front, as long as you're in front of me, and manage to hit me unconscious, I will naturally listen to you as I have lost the bet!” Chi Guyan nodded her head lightly.

”Ok then, I promise you…..not!” Fang Zhengzhi nodded his head casually, before lifting his palm, and hurling it towards her back.

Only a fool would go from the front!

As the saying goes, a stolen melon would not be sweet. Any clever person would know, that it was imperative for one to get the melon first, before deciding if it was sweet or not.