Light vs Darkness

"We are finally alone, little lady" Pao said with a joking tone while grinning.

Chenxiang looked furiously at him "What did you do to Bai?!"

"The sword boy? I didn't know that you were also blind. I was sure that you were there when I extinguished his existence" Pao scoffed.

"Bai won't die for something like this!" Chenxiang said clenching her teeth.

"Negating the reality, eh?" Pao smiles with a teasing smile "Could it be that your mind broke down after being the one at fault?"

"Die!" Chenxiang quickly stabbed the air, causing afterimages in her trail. With each stab a concentration of light was shot towards Pao.

Pao lifted his right hand, using his coat to cover himself, the coat covering itself with the surrounding darkness.

"Boom!" The light came in contact with Pao's coat exploding. However, Pao was reveled completely unscathed, not a single damage.

"I won't be hurt by something that weak, little lady" Pao grinned.

Chenxiang clenched her rapier with a doubtful look over her face, realizing the lack of power behind her attack.

"You finally realized, eh?" Pao said "Darkness and Light can be considered two sides of the same coin, completely opposing each other and with similar strength. However, this is normal situation" Pao extended his hands "In this Dark World, with a complete absence of light, what can you do? You're nothing that a fickle light trying to survive against the dark night!"

Dark aura shot around Pao, his nails started growing becoming long and sharp claws "Your power might be weakened, but mine is at its peak! Let's have some fun together." Pao smiled before being swallowed by darkness, his presence completely disappearing.

Chenxiang started looking at her surroundings, searching for Pao in vain, his aura had completely disappeared over the thick darkness. Chenxiang breathed loudly trying to calm herself, her angry state of mind wouldn't help her.

"Shing!" A cut appeared over Chenxiang arm as Pao's claws slashed her, piercing over her armament. Chenxiang could only detect the attack when it was already at her, being too late to avoid it.

Darkness tried to invade her inside, but while outside darkness held an immense advantage, but inside her, it was quickly destroyed by her light.

"Where it would be next?" A voice resounded over the darkness without giving away Pao's position. "It would be the right leg"

Chenxiang spun her body, stabbing her rapier downwards over her right leg "Hg!" Blood surged from Chenxiang's dominant arm, Pao having sliced it.

"Oh? Sorry. As a beast, I get confused about arms and leg as most of my life I only had paws." Pao laughed at Chenxiang trying to disturb her.

"Let's go now for the left arm. This time a little..." "Hg!" "deeper! Hahahaha!" Before he even finish the phrase, a wide gush was sliced over Chenxiang's left arm.

"Let's continue playing!" Pao laughed. More and more injuries started appearing over Chenxiang's body. Pao sometimes lied and sometimes said the truth without any seemingly pattern, being nothing more than molesting for Chenxiang. Chenxiang decided to close her eyes, calmly breathing, keeping her calm and not letting herself disturb, even when her body was injured.

"I am getting bored about this, how good is to hit a doll that doesn't contort against me? You are forcing me to finish this!" Pao stated, a killing intent spreading all over the darkness.

At that moment, Chenxiang finally slowly opened her eyes "You committed three error that would cause your downfall."

"Three errors?" Over the darkness, Pao eyes shined with curiosity "My downfall?" Pao scoffed "You have been unable to even touch me, what can you do?"

Chenxiang breathed loudly lifting 1 finger with her left hand "You gave me time, underestimating me. You should have finished me when you can."

"This is a game for me, where it would be fun? You are only that for me, a plaything. I never see you as an opponent" Pao laughed.

Chenxiang breathed out, lifting one more finger "You enclosed me in a small space!" Chenxiang quickly lifted her rapier, the tip of this was shining brightly. A blindly light flashed from the rapier covering all the space "<Optical Paralysis>".

Pao who had his eyes locked at Chenxiang couldn't react in time, fully receiving the light directly. He felt a burning sensation over his eyes and his mind went black, his body couldn't move out all.

Chenxiang attack targetted the optic nerves, overworking the brain and producing an overall paralysis to her enemies. It was especially effective against Pao who had all his attention at her and due to the thick darkness surrounding them, the light was even brighter in contrast, Pao's eyes having got used to darkness and being unfamiliar with light.

Chenxiang's rapier shined brightly, yellow light surrounding all her body as she was turning light particles "<Light God 4th Rapier: Dawn Bringer>!" Chenxiang like a flash of light shot forward, she clashed with the wall of the dark cocoon that surrounded them, rebounding and changing her direction at great speed while keeping her trail. She seemed like a ball of pinball, rebounding all over the place, covering all the space without letting any hole left.

After 3 seconds "GRRRRRR!" Pao howled in pain, his body appearing from the shadows as his body finally being able to move. He had wounds all over the body, black darkness over them swallowing the light element inflicted "Bitch!" Black aura exploded around him as he slashed widely. With Chenxiang's speed it was like she was everywhere, making for Pao unnecessary to even aim as she would hit it herself.

Seeing Pao recovered, Chenxiang stopped her attack, appearing at a distance from Pao, his attack failing to hit.

Pao looked furiously at Chenxiang "I will kill you, bitch. Now that I know the trick, you won't be able to do it again. You lost when you failed to kill me in that time." Pao's body was swallowed by darkness, disappearing "Next time, it would be the last, it would be your end!" his voice resounded over.

Chenxiang breathed in and out, her light aura vanished, her hair shined brightly with a myriad of colors. No, it didn't vanish, it simply disappeared to what the eye could perceive. The blue sky appeared over her as darkness was unable to swallow it.

"It's useless!" Pao shouted "In this darkness, I am impossible to find. Your light before didn't help and that trick of you would also be useless!"

Pao had a determined look over his eyes. He charged towards Chenxiang who stood still in the same place. Pao targetted Chenxiang's heart, thrusting his claws to her back, trying to impale her.

Just as Pao's claws grazed Chenxiang's armor, Chenxiang's eyes glowed brightly, instantly her body reacted. She twisted her body, avoiding Pao's claws who were now cutting only air, thrusting her left arm towards Pao's position, gripping her hand over Pao's neck.

Pao was unable to do anything, completely overwhelmed by Chenxiang's speed. Being completely caught, Pao's stealth lost its meaning, his body appearing "H-how?" Pao asked with difficulty as his neck was pressed.

"Third." Chenxiang said backing up her rapier over her right hand "You underestimated me. I am not a normal Light God. Thanks to Bai, my comprehension went to a new level, my speed reaching a completely new level, even surpassing wind or space."

"F-fuck!" Pao said in pain, however in his mind there was a slight grin. Over Chenxiang's head, an invisible dark spear was thrusting towards her. He might not have the grimoire or Xiaogang's great control over darkness at a distance, but controlling a single one was in his powers.

The best time to attack someone is when they are hunting when they are sure of their victory! The spear was thrust over Chenxiang. Just as the spear grazed her, Chenxiang's eyes shined with surprised, she twisted her neck, the spear grazing her, but being able to avoid it.

"I-impossible" Pao shouted stunned "Such a speed reaction".

<Rising Breathing: Light Sense>. This was Chenxiang's technique. Bai taught her, his mother's breathing routine when she was trying to break through over the 38 rank as it would help. Even if she accomplished the break trough thanks to Bai's Oreo, she didn't stop the breathing technique as it was something precious that Bai had given her. After years, she finally had discovered how monstrous that breathing technique was. It improved her cultivation speed and mental strength, even her element was better adapting to her body, it improved her overall talent!

After many years, Chenxiang had developed the breathed technique making it her own way, completely adapted to her spirit and powers, and even godhood she discovered. Thanks to this technique, once she could enter in a deep trance with it, her nerves worked at full power, the information around her body traveling instantly, reducing her reaction speed to 0.

Thanks to Pao giving her time, Chenxiang was able to reach that state, her power and reaction speed reaching her peak. Even if her Light was greatly suppressed outside it wasn't much affected inside her. She might not be able to sense Pao's attack before they hit, but she was fast enough to once she detected the attack as it grazed her, to evade it. Pao had lost due to his great vanity and playful nature, giving Chenxiang time to calm herself.

"Die!" Chenxiang stabbed forward her rapier becoming like a flash of light towards Pao's body

"Nooooo!" shouted Pao in fright.