353 Broken Down (1/2)
It was the first time Yun Yang had used all of Divine Edge’s three forms and six styles that he had already mastered during his practice sessions. He executed them flawlessly in a single breath, forming an unusually dense web of saber energy and charged towards Venerable Lord Ice.
”Merciless Saber!”
Yun Yang cried out as he ran at his opponent. Venerable Lord Ice took three steps back, barely avoiding the strike in a less than collected manner.
”Merciless Dao!”
With another loud cry, Yun Yang drifted another thirty feet forward, as if he dominated the world. Venerable Lord Ice swore softly. This time, he had to back away by a hundred feet to fully be out of the area of damage.
”Saber Laic!”
Yun Yang’s saber flashed again as if condensing everything of the laity into saber light. Venerable Lord Ice made a panicked roll, knowing that common countering methods could barely save him. Seeing that the technique was more brutal than before, he rolled a hundred and fifty feet away, successfully avoiding the attack. However, he was flushed red from his exertions.
Rolling was the most primal yet the most effective defensive technique. There were few attacks that could not be avoided using this method but it was terribly embarrassing. Plenty of experts who were somewhat sensitive would rather die than to use this technique!
No matter how Venerable Lord Ice moped, he was still a logical man.
”Life and Death within a Single Thought!”
The dazzling saber light flashed brilliantly in the air. With a flash, it streaked towards Venerable Lord Ice’s neck as if it had ignored the laws of time and space.
Venerable Lord Ice’s soul almost jumped out of his body, but his reflexes were speedy. He did not retreat but advanced instead, rushing forward and bending his body before dropping like a dead weight.
He fell rapidly, narrowly avoiding the beheading strike.
”Upended River of Blood!”
Yun Yang remained oblivious to Venerable Lord Ice’s techniques as he continued attacking with vigor. A river of blood filled the sky. It felt like there was no room between heaven and earth as the river poured out in huge torrents.
”F*ck…”
Venerable Lord Ice’s hair was disheveled, the serrated saber in his hand had turned jagged on both sides. He bolted forward with a low growl.
Venerable Lord Ice had met countless enemies before, many of them mighty and powerful. He knew now that each of Yun Yang’s saber truth styles was a rare skill that was impeccably perfect. Avoiding the several styles had already expended all of his techniques. If he were to continue dodging the attacks, his situation would grow even more critical. His survival would depend on how he counter-attacked.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.
Three rays of blood-red light flashed – Venerable Lord Ice, who was forcefully attempting to gain the upper hand was struck three consecutive times. In spite of this, he managed to evade the worst of the blows in the nick of time with the force of his strong counterattack, fleeing two hundred feet away for a breather. He was already pale and drenched in cold sweat.
”Reincarnation under the Saber!”
Seeing that Destiny Blade was blazing in glorious fury, Yun Yang did not hesitate to act. He threw in all his energy and executed the third style of Destiny Blade, determined to eradicate evil once and for all!
Seeing the killing stroke approach, Venerable Lord Ice, finally frightened, reached deep into his reserves to save himself. Hundreds of thousands of ice daggers appeared simultaneously, forming an unprecedented counter-attacking pattern. As the multitude of ice daggers emerged in a whirlwind of fury, they then… disappeared?
It seemed that this powerful retaliatory strike was utterly ineffective.
Venerable Lord Ice was appalled when his ultimate technique was deemed futile. His sense of self-preservation kicked in and he wished for nothing more than to flee. He immediately turned into a beam, only thinking of escaping and saving his life!
Even though Venerable Lord Ice was incredibly fast, moving as quickly as his thoughts, he still felt a pang of pain under his foot. The sole of his right shoe had been completely shaved off and along with it, a piece of flesh.
”F*ck, is this never to end?”
Venerable Lord Ice just wanted to flee, with no regard for anything else. F*cking hell, he must have met with a ghost today! Either that or he was truly caught in a nightmare.
What had just taken place was beyond his wildest fears.
The youth in the purple gown could be seen standing in the air amidst the snow in front of him with a calm expression. As his purple garments fluttered, his body floated silently like a cloud and drifted towards him.
”Merciless Saber!”
Again? Was there no end to this?
Venerable Lord Ice felt as if he was on the verge of collapsing.
”F*ck you! Your father can’t afford to evade his strikes, nor to provoke him!”
Venerable Lord Ice was rendered speechless regarding his opponent's state of being.
Usually, when a common person entered the state of epiphany, it was, at most, within a tenth or a hundredth of a breath. The duration of for an epiphany was usually measured by the most minuscule of scales.
However, you have been f*cking at it for about a quarter of an hour now, my ancestor! How many breaths has that been?
Helpless, Venerable Lord Ice attempted to flee, distancing himself from Yun Yang, heading in the opposite direction. However, he was not truly trying to escape, he was circling his opponent. No matter how he felt about the situation, he was certain that Yun Yang’s current state would not last for long.
The moment the bastard emerged from his epiphany, he would kill him instantly. This child was frighteningly deadly. He had such power when he was in a state of epiphany; it would be even worse when his cultivation base improved.
Such a character could never be allowed to live. He was too simply too much of a threat.