8 Perfect Swordplay

Those potions can only cut the gap between one level of Body Refining cultivation base, so the disparity between both of them are still clear. There is also time limit in potions efficacy, so Yan Rui never worried that much. However, Lu Yan is quite crafty, he will do whatever tricks to win it out. Pretending to runaway into throwing some stones and sands are already been done. This combined with Yan Rui arrogant style of fighting make this fight dragged quite some time.

Yan Rui didn't want to resort into tricks to win this fight, in fact he wants a glorious win. Things like stabbing the opponent from the back while he tries to run is not a glorious win he looking for. That is why he choose to outrun his opponent and attack from his front. Lu Yan know it well and using it to his advantage. Fighting outright Lu Yan can only watch his sword get knocked back by Yan Rui, with their strength difference it really hard to fight face to face.

Unable to achieve what he wants irks Yan Rui so much, he becomes angry from it. His attack is getting deadlier as it progressed, killing intent are spread out from him. Lu Yan sense the danger in front of him and start to panic, as he never felt such intense killing intent from someone. At one moment Yan Rui sword are finding it way to Lu Yan's head. Death are already playing it scenes its Lu Yan's eyes, his mind racing fast. Searching for whatever skills he had his in his brain. Everything happens in a split second before he finally moved.

Dancing Rain Splits the Heaven! A technique specialized to fight against stronger opponent, borrowing their strength against themselves. This technique written in the basic fighting manual of the Divine Wing Sect. Lu Yan himself already practicing this swordplay for hundreds of times. He never uses it in a real fight and never in his full capacity. This is his first time and the results are beyond his own imaginations.

He manages to perform a perfect and beautiful swordplay, with all of his cultivation base infused to the skill. To be able to infuse all 100% of their cultivation power to a fighting technique is rare even for an expert. Yet an inexperienced fighter like Lu Yan manage to perform it, beginner's luck? It maybe it but who cares about it for now. Yan Rui's sword has knocked off of his hand and now Lu Yan's sword are at his neck.

This shocked Lu Yan a little bit, but for Yan Rui the shock is unbearable. Blood already poured of his neck and his body is trembling. Fear and shocked combined into one, he never been in this position before. A sword in his neck, a little move will kill him at any moment. There is no matter what kind of speed he possesses unless he is a Demigod himself that are at the Soul Core stage, it is impossible to move faster than that sword cutting his head. Surely, he never able to think that this boy in front of him will be able to put him at this position.

No matter how arrogant you are being so close to death will scare you witless. Yan Rui may think he is so brave that he is not afraid to die. Scenes of him leading an army at the front are playing in his dreams often. He is a fighter that only others can fear him and he is not going to be afraid at anything. Right now, at this very moment he just pissed in his pants because of overwhelming fear.

Lu Yan can't think straight right now, the scene in front of him deserve a good laugh. However, some fear and anger still lingering in his heart, there is also some astonishment to the sword style he just played. Not to mention he just kind of receive an enlighten. Right now, if he thinks about another fighting technique, he might get a lot of improvement at it. At this very moment though he has to deal with this Yan Rui first.

Killing him might be easy, but Mo Jia know about him here. If he killed him surely all the Yan family will chase him to death. Beside it never easy to kill someone. Lu Yan never killed a human before, once he does it he will become a murderer. Like older people said, the first time always the hardest. It apparently true for many occasions. Killing him might bring huge wrath for the family injuring him though will only make Yan Rui hate him more. Yan family are not going to move all out because of it, they have to keep their face anyway. Set out blood vengeance every time their family member gets injured in a fight is going to make them lose some respect.

"I will let you live, let both us forget about today. Next time we see each other, this thing never happens. This knife is only for security." With that word Lu Yan pull a knife and stab deep into Yan Rui's thigh. Yan Rui has been silent all this time, only at this moment he let out a painful scream.

Lu Yan immediately take off from that place after, not letting Yan Rui to follow him. The injury he gave Yan Rui deep enough, he will not be able to chase him at with that injury. Even potions won't help him very much, it takes time for potion to heal. Lu Yan though can only guess by his own set of potions, which is given by the sect evert month. Yan Rui have a lot more potent one, those given by sect are trash for him. All potion he brings is those he bought.

There is one painkiller that really effective at short time. With such intense pain it is what Yan Rui drink the first time, as soon as the pain dissipate anger rose. Lu Yan has to die, it is not because of the injury he done. Obviously no over whatever reason he came here in the first place, those disputes has completely forgotten. But nobody can know about what happen today, such embarrassment has to be buried forever. The only thing it can be done is if Lu Yan is buried with it.

Yan Rui can no longer care about glory he drinks all kind of potions on his way and sneaking from behind to attack Lu Yan. His sword has been kicked away by Lu Yan beforehand so he used his bare fist to attack. Even without weapon this fist contain a power of a 5th level Body Refining Cultivator and full of killing intent. Lu Yan realize it a little bit too late, he is not ready for any countermeasure. As soon as the first connect blood spurred from his mouth.

Looking at Yan Rui face he see a face of a beast; no more humanity can be found in there. Lu Yan has to run once again while swallowing whatever potion he can get his hand into. He not even has time to look at the potion to know what it is. The chasing game has begun once again. This time however it is fairer, the injury in his thigh has slowed Yan Rui a lot. While potions might close his injury, running around opened the wounds again. So, the wound is staying like that for a while. Lu Yan choose the hardest path possible, including climbing out the mountain. The hardest the path the more his wound will open traversing it.

The sun already set, Lu Yan has been tired beyond recognition. His injury is getting worse while his potions are depleted and now he has he hard time to choose his path at this time. Yan Rui felt the same predicament, except that his potions stock is still quite plenty. The chase is finally getting to its end, as Lu Yan has head right into a huge gorge. This gorge make Lu Yan think about name once again, a huge gorge in the middle of the mountain. Fitting the name of Hollow in it.

Yan Rui behind him and huge gorge in front of him. Looking down at the gorge Lu Yan can only see darkness in it, no surface can be seen from up there. Keep running to try circling the gorge from its edge seems dangerous. In the darkness without him knowing this place he might end up falling. Falling into this never-ending gorge can only be mean death, there is no way he can survive it. So, the choice is finally end up to one thing. He has to fight Yan Rui once again, this time one of them has to die.

However, Lu Yan can't turn his back on the gorge, as he tries to something stopped him. Something from the gorge called for him and this is not a simple called. It is an order, an order he has to follow. At this time Yan Rui has arrived and call for Lu Yan to fight against him. However, this gorge calling is stronger than Yan Rui. It even stronger than his own will.

"No, I have to fight. I want to live and I will take my chances. I already won once, I might be able to do it again. However slim the chances are it is still bigger than the chance for me to survive if I fall to this gorge." Lu Yan try very hard to move back, this is not a matter of physical power but his will instead. He makes his heart sturdy and finally able to move back a little, but he still can't turn his head around.

There is something in the darkness that moving, or instead the darkness itself is moving. As it does the call for him become stronger, it has become a shout. A shout only Lu Yan could hear. This shout goes inside his heart and he can longer defy it. His body has yield to the darkness and with-it Lu Yan jumps. Not fall but jump into darkness itself.