Chapter 99: Harmony with Nature
"Fuck!! stop dodging and face me properly!!!" dashing once more again, Lei Xing complained as all his attack hits nothing at all due to the fact that his opponent, Hua Xian'er, is consistently dodging all of his attacks, the empress-like lady making his pride wounded even further as she mocks whenever the arrogant-looking young man complains.
"Why don't you fight properly then huh? You've been running around in that unhittable form of yours, but why does it feel like you're scared of being hit by me? Are you even a man?" taunting the young man again, Hua Xian'er swung her sword trying to hit the approaching young man, but missed again as the young man dodged it in the last second again.
'Damn it!! Ever since that Su Tian bastard came out, I have been underestimated by these people time and time again!!!' as the anger starts clouding his mind, he started putting in more and more force in each of his attacks, making it more difficult for his opponent to block or even just deflect each of them.
With each clash of the weapons in their hands, Hua Xian'er is getting pushed to the edge more and more, the lightning exuding out of Lei Xing's body starting to affect her as her hands already start turning numb, yet her grip on her sword is still remaining firm.
'Damn, this bastard is exploding again!!!' as she parries the latest strike Lei Xing sent in, Hua Xian'er realizes just how much brute force the arrogant-looking young man can dish out, the strength in each of his strike far exceeding hers despite being suppressed into the same realm, the only thing keeping her from suffering a quick defeat is her senses in battle, obviously far superior to the young man in front of her.
"HAHAHAHA, Hua Xian'er, DIE!!!" as Lei Xing felt the young lady getting pushed by his attacks further into the edge of the stone platforms, he started regaining his prideful stance again, shouting and taunting at the lady every time he attacks, his maniacal laughter reverberating across the place making the other geniuses look at him in disdain.
Trying to stand her ground as she's already on the edge of the arena, Hua Xian'er raised her sword up as an attempt to block the incoming attack, surprised as she heard a voice before the attack came.
"Since you have eyes but you can't see my greatness properly, then there's no use for them" she heard before her vision turns black, the skin on her cheeks feeling the warm blood falling from above, the sight causing the audience to scream in either panic and terror or anger.
"Sister!!!"
"Xian Xian!!!"
"Senior Sister!!!"
Concern from her friends came rushing as Hua Xian'er heard their voice, seemingly the only voices she could hear despite the deafening noise in the surrounding. As she tries to adapt to this new environment though, there's not a single trace of panic in her voice, as if she entered an extremely tranquil state, something that only Wu Xiaotian, who never voices his concern for her, recognize.
Deprived of her vision, Hua Xian'er's other senses started going overdrive. The tingling sensation from her skin as winds blew past her telling her the general shape of the one approaching, her ears sensing the weapon approaching her as it closes towards the air, the unique scent of blood mixing against metal causing the image of the weapon charging towards her clearer in her mind.
"Fuck!!! I'll kill that Lei Xing if he dares do any more than that to my sister!!!" Ling Feng exclaimed as he clenched his fist hard enough to puncture his skin, the blood flowing out of it dripping down the stone platform.
Sharing the same sentiments, the others from the group, from the two young ladies of the Astral Ice Sect and their sweethearts, to the mother and daughter pair who were outliers of the Purple Lightning Temple, also clenches their fists as they stare menacingly towards the arrogant-looking young man, their target not even sparing a gaze towards them as if to mock them of their uselessness in the situation.
"Big sis won't die… she might even take that clown by surprise if he keeps approaching like that…" Wu Xiaotian, seemingly the only one calm amidst the situation, declared as he looks at Hua Xian'er's posture, seemingly immovable by any kind of force, as if a sturdy wall unyielding even in front of time itself.
As he spread his soul power to feel the qi around Hua Xian'er, Wu Xiaotian realized that she's starting to meld with the surroundings, the twitching of some of her muscles might appear to be out of pain to most outsider's eyes, but something completely different to Wu Xiaotian, as he already experienced that very same phenomenon in his previous life.
"Harmony with nature" he said, more to himself than to his friends looking at him, the confusion on their faces evident, as even Li Yan never heard of this concept.
Scanning his gaze around and realizing that all of his companions are looking at him with a curious gaze, Wu Xiaotian just smile as he explained ambiguously, "Well, if Elder Sister Xian'er handle things properly, she might even beat Dao Xuanyuan's record by making her intent bloom in a younger age than him"
Hearing the words directly from the one who materializes his intent in such a young age, the people eavesdropping around him couldn't help but get jealous of Hua Xian'er, thinking that becoming blind is more than worth it just to achieve something like that.
As the two in the arena continues to clash, it seems to turn into a peculiar fight as the empress-like young lady starts to fight back more now when compared to her perfect state previously, as if her eyes getting blind makes her even more powerful, surprising not only the audience but also her opponent.
After a few more exchange between the two, the arrogant-looking young man was taken by surprise as Hua Xian'er's sword disappeared out of his view.
*Clang!!!*
The next moment, Hua Xian'er can be witnessed with her sword slightly raised above her shoulders, pointing directly towards Lei Xing, the young man's sword falling on the ground, the hand previously holding it high in the air, still stuck there as his mind tries to process what just happened.
"I surrender" returning the sword into its sheath, Hua Xian'er turns around while declaring her defeat, her entire body moving shakily as if she's trying her best to gather all the remaining strength she has in order to remain standing.
"You!!! GET BACK HERE!!! WE'RE NOT DONE YET!!!" as he heard the melodious yet tired voice conceding defeat, Lei Xing starts getting angry again as he never expected to be disarmed by a lady weaker than him in terms of cultivation, not to mention a blind one at that.
"You will be dealt with by my lil' bro properly, so just wait for your turn to be the dog" not even turning back, Hua Xian'er replied, angering Lei Xing even more, prompting him to pick the sword on the ground and throw it towards the defenseless lady.
"Xian Xian!!!"
"Xian'er!!!"
Being the first people to notice the sneak attack, Hong Lian and Li Yan tries to dash quickly and block it as they realized that Hua Xian'er no longer has any strength to spare, but someone beat them to it.
Behind Hua Xian'er, an immortal-like young man holds the tip of the sword between his index and middle finger, looking at the attacker before sending in a wave of soul power inside the sword, shattering it into smithereens the next second, before turning back to protect the empress-like lady against any other potential attempts to her life.