novelhk Chapter 71 One Step Ahead
Chapter 71 One Step Ahead
"Wan'er? It's you!" Zhang Yunling recognized the person who had saved him as his adopted sister, Lin Wan'er.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yunling, Wan'er is late." Lin Wan'er turned her head and smiled slightly, saying with some guilt.
Zhang Yunling didn't care about any of that. Right now, he was being suppressed by Pei Yao, and he didn't know when the enemy's reinforcements would arrive. His storage bag had also been taken away, putting him at a significant disadvantage.
It was extremely fortunate that Lin Wan'er was able to appear in time at this critical moment when life seemed to be in the balance.
"Do you still remember the soul lamp you left behind at the Thief of Heaven Sect? It was through the aura of that soul lamp that I sensed you were in danger, which is why I came here."
Lin Wan'er explained, then turned her attention back to Pei Yao, her eyes filled with fighting spirit. As she charged towards her, she instructed Zhang Yunling, "Brother Yunling, I'll handle her. You get out of here quickly!"
"That person's cultivation is not low, you must be careful!" Zhang Yunling gripped the jade bottle tightly in his hand and used the Swift Ghost Step to rush outside.
Lin Wan'er was no ordinary person either. Her cultivation suddenly erupted, and the aura of the late Golden Core Realm spread out, which really surprised Pei Yao.
"Damn it, this little girl is indeed quite capable. Judging from the spatial magic she just used, it's probably some kind of secret technique that no one knows about..."
Pei Yao was not to be outdone, and she summoned her natal magic weapon to meet the attack. The two women each wielded two longswords and began to fight.
Lin Wan'er moved quickly, feinting a few moves before seizing the opportunity to thrust her sword straight at Pei Yao's vitals. Pei Yao barely dodged the attack and countered with a move. After only a slight gathering of strength, a white sword aura was seen slashing out from Pei Yao's blade and rapidly attacking Lin Wan'er.
Lin Wan'er reacted quickly, hastily using the Swift Ghost Steps she had learned from Zhang Yunling to dodge the attack. At the same time, she made a hand seal with her left hand and shouted, "Star-Picking Technique!"
In an instant, her left hand was quickly enveloped by a patch of blue light, forming a glove-like light membrane. Lin Wan'er activated her Swift Ghost Steps again, charging towards Pei Yao at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
"Congyun Sword!" Upon seeing this, Pei Yao immediately formed a hand seal and used the strongest killing move from the Pei family. Driven by spiritual power, Pei Yao held the long sword horizontally, and dozens of phantom images immediately dispersed from the sword. Each phantom image took the shape of a sword and rotated around Pei Yao.
"Go!" Pei Yao shouted, and all the sword shadows around him stopped. The sword tips pointed at Lin Wan'er who was charging towards him. All the sword shadows, along with the long sword in Pei Yao's hand, flew out, blocking all of Lin Wan'er's possible routes to dodge.
"Hmph!" Lin Wan'er concealed her longsword behind her back with her right hand, and quickly used the Star-Picking Technique with her left hand. A huge, dark blue hand emerged from it, and all the phantom swords that were grasped by this hand turned into nothingness and shattered.
Seeing that this move was ineffective, Pei Yao reacted immediately, slamming her hands together. The dozens of sword shadows returned to their positions, turning into streaks of golden light that gathered on the longsword, forming a giant sword several meters long. This sword pierced a hole in the ceiling of the secret chamber, revealing the night sky outside.
"Die!!" Pei Yao's face was contorted with rage, all her previous aloofness vanished, replaced by overwhelming killing intent towards Lin Wan'er.
The giant sword crashed down, cleaving a huge trench in the secret chamber. The impact also shattered the glass domes filled with unknown liquids, leaving the place in ruins.
Although Lin Wan'er dodged the attack, she was still injured by the aftershock of the sword energy and spat out a mouthful of blood. However, taking advantage of Pei Yao's lack of awareness of her location, she used the Swift Ghost Step to quickly circle around to the opponent's blind spot. At the same time, the long sword hidden behind her suddenly stretched out and pierced through Pei Yao's chest.
"How about it?" Lin Wan'er mocked. "You arrogant, despicable woman, you are a disgrace to the Pei family!" She pulled out the sword fiercely and was about to finish off Pei Yao with her left hand using the Star-Picking Technique when she saw Pei Yao's figure slowly dissipating. At the same time, her own body was pierced by a short sword.
The intense pain made her realize something was wrong. She turned around abruptly and saw that the Pei Yao she had just killed was actually a phantom formed from one of the dozens of sword energies she had encountered earlier, while the one behind her who had killed her was the real Pei Yao!
"Hehehe, how about it? This is my combat experience, and as for my understanding of these spells, you, a mere young girl, are still hundreds of years behind!"
Pei Yao swiftly drew the short sword, and Lin Wan'er was already severely injured, spitting out blood incessantly.
"Damn it..." With things already at this point, the battle was lost, so Lin Wan'er had no choice but to retreat. She took out a spatial scroll from her storage bag with her left hand, and at the same time she put away her natal sword with her right hand. Instead, she quickly made hand seals and activated the fireball spell.
"Don't even think about running!" Pei Yao took out several flying swords from his storage bag and threw them at Lin Wan'er. He also made hand seals and cast spells, sending out several fireballs that flew towards Lin Wan'er along with the flying swords.
But all these attacks immediately landed on empty air. A flash of eerie green light appeared, and Lin Wan'er had vanished without a trace.
Looking at the mess around her, Pei Yao was filled with rage. She took out a communication jade slip and sent a telepathic message to several Pei family guards: "That kid in the lab has escaped, along with a little green-haired girl. Go and catch them right now!"
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Inside the main hall, Zhang Yunling used the Divine Speed Ghost Step to disappear into the ground, avoiding the notice of all the guards, and was now resting in a corner.
"Phew... thankfully I wasn't discovered." Zhang Yunling patted his chest and was about to continue running outside when a flash of green light appeared, and a figure slammed directly into Zhang Yunling's face.
"Ouch!" Zhang Yunling was knocked to the ground, wondering to himself when his whereabouts had been exposed.
But after seeing the face of the person lying on top of him, Zhang Yunling exclaimed in a panic, "Wan'er?! You... how did you get so badly injured?"
Lin Wan'er raised her emerald green eyes to look at Zhang Yunling, who was staring in astonishment. A slight smile played on her lips, still stained with a trace of blood, as she calmly said, "That bitch has some strength. I couldn't beat her, so I had to use a scroll to teleport here..."
The image that left the deepest impression on me was your face, so I transferred it to your face. Sorry, haha...
Zhang Yunling looked at Lin Wan'er with some strangeness. He saw her raise her arms with some difficulty and hug his neck. At the same time, the spatial scroll in her left hand was activated again, taking the two of them away from here.