Chapter 17 - Xuan Xian'er of the Six Paths [Part 2]

"Hey, Bitch! I'm talking to you!" The youth shouted as he pierced his sword towards her neck.

Xian'er frowned as she was ruthlessly torn away from her thoughts.

Her body spun as she retrieved a light pastel green embroidered fan as she parried his attack; her fan snapped shut as it skimmed down the bone of the blade as sparks flew before attacking with her own ruthless move.

Her fan aimed between his brows as small sharp blades extended from within it.

Mildly dazed by her quick response, he tilted his head to avoid this quick and deadly blow as a slit opened between his brows and blood trickled down his face.

He touched the blood with his fingertips as his fury soared!

'How?! How could he get injured by this girl, he, Ning Bohai??'He thought as he tried, again and again, to remember how he was injured to no avail as he raised his eyesight to look her dead in the eyes.

A small hint of a sneer was within the eyes of this otherworldly beauty, but it vanished just as he saw it making him wonder if he ever saw it at all.

His eyes went bloodshot as he readied his stance, as swung his arm out in a peculiar fashion.

[ 7 Serpentine Sword 1st Movement: Eager Viper]

His sword extended like a whip as it broke into segments, tearing through the air as its reach more than doubled.

Its tip pierced forward like a snake, aiming to catch its prey.

She evaded the blow but the sword then turned at an awkward angle as it caught her by surprise launching her into the air!

Blood sprayed from her side as she had narrowly escaped losing her arm.

Gasps came from the crowd as everyone's eyes were focused on this battle!

Ning Bohai flicked his wrist repeatedly as he attacked from a distance, the whip-like sword in his hand like a thrashing python as the air around it screeched and whined.

Feeling pressured, Xian'er retrieved an ivory bamboo umbrella and used it in tandem to fight against the torrent of attacks!

Within a few breaths, tens of blows were exchanged leaving the crowd awestruck. . .

Xian'er snapped her fan open in front of her as she held her umbrella closed behind her, her focus completely on her opponent.

[ Sword Dance of a Heart's Yearning First Movement: Heart Ripples for Noone]

Xian'er robes fluttered as she danced between the attacks of the wild whip-like sword.

Avoiding each attack like a leaf being blown by the wind while approaching her opponent.

Soon she could no longer avoid the attacks as she was less than 10 meters away from her opponent, her fan and umbrella used interchangeably as she deflected the attacks.

Seeing this Ning Bohai changed his strategy as he flicked his wrist once again, drastically shortening the sword until it had returned to its initial length.

[ 7 Serpentine Sword Second Movement: Lone Boa!]

His body shot forward to Xian'er as he swung downwards at her head, leaving afterimages in his wake.

She felt an unprecedented level of threat as she saw his sword slowly swinging down towards her.

His sword seemed like the huge tail of a boa swinging down to crush her.

The blade swung through her as she screamed, the blade crushing the ground beneath her.

Ning Bohai's smile widened as his eyes turned to slits. . .

As his guard lowered, but it was then that he felt a strong threat!

[ Sword Dance of a Heart's Yearning Second Movement: Dream By Moonlight!]

The Xuan Xian'er that was standing in halves before him in halves slowly vanished as the fan attacked him from his blind spot!

*Shling!!!*

*Thump*

Sacrificing his left arm and a portion of his left ear to save his life.

Ning Bohai stood in the martial arena clutching the stump that was left as blood dyed his robe.

Blood dripped through his fingers onto the arena floor.

The sound of blood hitting the ground was clear as the crowd went silent. . .

Everyone waited with bated breath to see who would win. . .

Ning Bohai knew he didn't have a lot of time to drag this out so he shook his blade as he darted forth!

[7 Serpentine Swords Third Movement: Harmonious Dance of Boa and Viper!]

His sword seemed to multiply as he erratically swung his blade, creating multiple afterimages.

He was giving his all as he struck outwards, only to stop upon reaching his target, the afterimages all slowly disappeared as his eyes shrank in horror.

'Why can't I move' he thought as his body lurched to a stop for a fraction of a moment, but this was enough time for Xuan Xian'er to make her move!

Her body flashed passed him as his head shot into the air, while she snapped her umbrella open above her as she sheltered from the rain of blood around her.

Leaving a vast contrast between her immortal-like aura and the shower of blood on the arena.

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Xiao LingYue watched the battle between Six Path's Xuan Xian'er and the Blood Gate Cult's 91st-Ranked Disciple Ning Bohai as he gauged their strengths.

What caught him by surprise was that someone outside of the arena had interfered with the match.

He shook his head as he nearly forgot he was amongst humans, the move vile and treacherous race he knows.

He looked to an Outer Sect elder as his eyes narrowed, it was this elder who had intervened in the battle between the two.

Xiao LingYue watched as his stern, disdainful eyes looked down onto the arena where Ning Bohai's headless body was as he scoffed to himself before swishing his sleeve and leaving.

LingYue's eyes narrowed as he had to be more cautious; it only took one mistake for him to be sent straight to eternal damnation. . .