"Flowing Light, Hidden Shadow" A fusion of light and darkness? Battle techniques could be played like this? It seems my understanding of mystic force is still too shallow. Ye Lanshan shook her head inwardly, sighing: Sure enough, not being a native, I just can't wield mystic force as deftly.
"You actually possess both light and dark?" Fu Tian's surprised voice rang out. Even after opposing the Holy Land for years, he had never realized Yun Qingfeng was a dual-light-dark body—he had hidden it deep.
"As I recall, the Holy Land despises dark mystic force." Ye Lanshan suddenly snapped to attention. She had been cramming knowledge about the Holy Land recently and now had a profound understanding of it.
"Correct, the Holy Land indeed loathes dark mystic force. But don't forget, I've always used light mystic force, not dark." Yun Qingfeng waved his fan, showing no sign that he was in the middle of a fight.
After blocking his "Flowing Light, Hidden Shadow" with her "Six-Sided Flame Shield," Ye Lanshan pulled a jug of wine from her space and took a swig. "In that case, I'll have to get serious too."
"Oh? Then let me see your true strength." Clearly, Yun Qingfeng still didn't take Ye Lanshan seriously.
After drinking, Ye Lanshan's aura was completely different from usual. If she was usually as lazy as a cat, now she was as sharp and fierce as a lone wolf.
With a light tap of her toes, she shot toward Yun Qingfeng like an arrow.
Yun Qingfeng sidestepped her attack, murmuring, "Ten Thousand Light Swords."
Ye Lanshan backflipped, instantly widening the distance between them.
"Flooding the Golden Mountain." Ye Lanshan truly lived up to her reputation as the number one genius in the cultivation world. After seeing Yun Qingfeng's "Flowing Light, Hidden Shadow" just once, she adapted it on the fly and unleashed "Flooding the Golden Mountain."
"Dual Sacred Birds." A light bird and a dark bird flanked Ye Lanshan from both sides, leaving her no room to dodge.
"Water Curtain." Just as the Dual Sacred Birds were about to strike her, Ye Lanshan unleashed the mystic technique of the Flood Dragon.
But her level was still too low. The Dual Sacred Birds broke through her Water Curtain and gravely wounded her.
Ye Lanshan crashed to the ground, and the Dual Sacred Birds dove after her.
"Blaze Tiger, come out!" At that critical moment, Ye Lanshan summoned the Blaze Tiger.
As for why she didn't call out the Flood Dragon—it was because he had said that since he wasn't from this continent, using mystic force too frequently would alert the laws of heaven and earth and get him expelled.
The Blaze Tiger immediately spewed flames, trying to melt the Dual Sacred Birds. But Yun Qingfeng was already a Mystic Emperor—how could his techniques be so easily dissolved?
"I miscalculated." Ye Lanshan scrambled up, pulled out her last bottle of pills from her space, and dumped the entire contents into her mouth.
Fu Tian and the others, catching sight of her lavish consumption, couldn't help but wince inwardly. That was a whole bottle of pills—gone just like that.
"Ye Lanshan, I advise you not to be so arrogant." Yun Qingfeng's anger flared as he watched her casually down the entire bottle.
Ye Lanshan shot him a puzzled look, completely baffled by his sudden outburst.
But she didn't care to find out. "Blaze Tiger, hold him off for a while."
"Hmph, a mere fifth-tier beast thinks it can stop me? Are you underestimating me?" Yun Qingfeng was thoroughly enraged by her attitude.
On Fu Tian's side, without the pressure from Yun Qingfeng, he was handling the others with ease. Soon, he had killed most of the Holy Land's people.
But the Holy Land was the Holy Land after all. The survivors were all formidable, and they managed to tie him up, leaving him unable to help Ye Lanshan.
Under Yun Qingfeng's fury, the Blaze Tiger was soon covered in wounds.
Just hold on a little longer. Just a little longer. If I can stall this man, my master will find a way to finish him off.
It was this conviction that allowed the Blaze Tiger to hold Yun Qingfeng off for a full quarter-hour.
Just as the Blaze Tiger was about to collapse, Ye Lanshan finally finished setting up the Two-Circuit Eight-Trigram Array. Now all she needed was to lure Yun Qingfeng into it.
"Wings of Carnage." Ye Lanshan stood behind him, condensing her mystic technique.
After the previous two tests, Yun Qingfeng now completely dismissed Ye Lanshan.
Without even turning his head, he continued attacking the Blaze Tiger.
But he had underestimated her. While she was no match for him in a direct fight, she wasn't weak enough to be ignored.
Sure enough, caught off guard, he was burned by the Wings of Carnage.
He took a pill, and his scorched arm slowly healed. "Flowing Light, Hidden Shadow." He glanced at Ye Lanshan and resumed his assault on the Blaze Tiger.
"Blaze Tiger, return!" Ye Lanshan's eyes widened in fury as she recalled the beast.
Seizing that moment, Yun Qingfeng struck without warning, catching her completely off guard.
"Pfft." Ye Lanshan finally spat blood. Damn it. I knew the Holy Land was hypocritical and loved to posture, but I didn't expect them to resort to sneak attacks. Truly a disgrace to the sacred name of the Holy Land.
"I didn't want to kill you. The Holy Land's elder cares so much about you—it would be troublesome if I did. But you're too arrogant. I can't let you live. Consider this a lesson. Next life, remember not to be so cocky."
Seeing her spit blood, Yun Qingfeng conjured a sword of light mystic force and walked toward her step by step.
Now. Ye Lanshan's eyes flickered. She backed away slowly, as if genuinely afraid he would kill her.
"Tell me, why did you have to meddle? This had nothing to do with you. You just had to stick your nose in and act so arrogant." There was even a hint of regret in Yun Qingfeng's tone.
"Arrogant? I don't think I'm arrogant. Tell me, where am I being arrogant?" Seeing that Yun Qingfeng had stepped into the array, Ye Lanshan breathed a sigh of relief, her tone lightening.
"No one dares to provoke the Holy Land, yet you hide its prisoner and openly oppose it—that's one."
"Two, you wastefully down an entire bottle of pills in front of us. Do you think openly challenging the Holy Land and casually gulping down a whole bottle of pills makes you impressive?"
Ye Lanshan could only shrug helplessly at his interpretation. She had never intended to provoke the Holy Land—it was the Holy Land that kept hounding the Ye family.
As for the pills, they were all for replenishing mystic force. Maintaining an array required a lot of energy, so she had to eat the whole bottle.
Something was off. Very off. Though Yun Qingfeng was affected by the Detachment Art, making him irritable and quick to anger, his mind was still sharp.
Seeing that Ye Lanshan was still trying to draw him out, showing no fear or tension, he immediately realized she might have another trick up her sleeve.