This Kind of Brutality Is Also a Tactic; This Is How Treasure Is Meant to Be Used

This Kind of Brutality Is Also a Tactic; This Is How Treasure Is Meant to Be Used

At the edge of the courtyard, near the wall, Ning Fengzhi watched Su Yuntian with great interest. He could not help wondering... How would this little fellow bully Rongrong this time?

That was right. From the very beginning, Ning Fengzhi had known that Ning Rongrong was no match for Su Yuntian. His daughter was determined to regain her dignity, but she would most likely end up frustrated.

Unless...

On the field, Ning Rongrong had already made her move.

After casting Strength Aura and Speed Aura on herself, her agility rose sharply. As long as she made use of her speed advantage, she could...

A sword shot through the air toward Ning Rongrong's path.

It put Ning Rongrong in a difficult position. If she continued charging forward, she would inevitably be struck by the sword. But if she changed direction to go around it, she would waste even more time and Soul Power.

Left with no choice, Ning Rongrong changed direction and let the sword stab into the ground less than half a step from her side, planning to approach Su Yuntian from the flank.

Her second Soul Skill, Speed Aura, did not consume much Soul Power and could be maintained for quite some time. Ning Rongrong believed she could do it!

Ning Rongrong charged in!

Then another flying sword shot out from an Aether Gate and whistled through the air.

Ning Rongrong changed direction again.

Then came one sword after another. First flying swords, then flying knives, then spears. In less than a minute, Su Yuntian fired more than a dozen weapons from the "Gate of Babylon." None of them hit Ning Rongrong; she deftly evaded every one.

Ning Rongrong could not help feeling pleased with herself, becoming even more confident in her Speed Aura.

What the Little Witch failed to notice, however, was that during that one minute, she had already circled around Su Yuntian. The incoming blades and swords kept forcing her to change direction, preventing her from ever getting within three zhang of him.

In the distance, Ning Fengzhi smiled and nodded, casually remarking, "Not bad."

Hearing that, Ning Rongrong thought he was praising her. She spared no Soul Power and accelerated herself once more as she charged toward Su Yuntian.

Xue Qinghe looked toward Ning Fengya and said, "If you still don't make a move, are you just going to watch your little sister get bullied?"

If Ning Rongrong was too caught up in the fight to realize Su Yuntian had been leading her around in circles, then Ning Fengya, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw it all clearly.

This foolish little sister... Ning Fengya silently sighed, summoned his mutated Black Tower Martial Soul, and rushed forward.

Su Yuntian had been closely watching Ning Fengya's movements. Now that he finally acted, Su Yuntian immediately fired two longswords to prevent Ning Fengya from joining up with Ning Rongrong.

He had long known Ning Rongrong's Soul Skills, but he did not know much about Ning Fengya.

Both the original Soul Land novel and anime had detailed information on Ning Rongrong, but who the hell was Ning Fengya? He had never heard of him.

Their last exchange had told Su Yuntian that Ning Fengya's first Soul Skill was Draw Ground as Prison, which summoned a Black Tower to cover himself and granted roughly four seconds of damage immunity.

But Su Yuntian was completely in the dark about Ning Fengya's second Soul Skill.

Xue Qinghe might know, but there was no time to ask.

Blocked for the moment, Ning Fengya hurriedly called out to his sister, "Rongrong, conserve your Soul Power!"

He was warning Ning Rongrong not to be so reckless, but having encountered the enemy she had long dreamed of defeating, Ning Rongrong was too fired up to listen.

She became even faster. Ning Rongrong not only wanted to defeat Su Yuntian and wash away her humiliation, but also wanted to display the pride of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's heir before her brother, whose Martial Soul had mutated.

She wanted to tell her brother, who had always cultivated so diligently, that a mutated Martial Soul like the Black Tower was undoubtedly a trash Martial Soul.

A trash Martial Soul had no future!

Another half minute passed.

During that half minute, Ning Rongrong still failed to engage Su Yuntian at close range, but the distance between them had narrowed from over three zhang to around two.

Thanks to Ning Fengya's relentless efforts, the siblings finally joined up.

Although Su Yuntian could control multiple Aether Gates and throw weapons at the same time, sending those weapons in different directions was a technical challenge.

Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, this technique was called Heart Separation Control. It allowed one to buff different targets simultaneously and was a rather powerful practical combat technique.

This fine control through Heart Separation Control was also something Su Yuntian lacked. Trying to stop the Ning siblings from two directions at once was not something he could do perfectly with his current abilities.

After Ning Fengya and Ning Rongrong joined forces, Ning Fengya could also enjoy the boosts from Speed Aura and Strength Aura.

As for Su Yuntian's endless flying swords, Ning Fengya merely needed to use his mutated Black Tower to block them.

Those blades and swords did not come from the Gate of Babylon itself, but were ordinary weapons Su Yuntian had gathered from various places. They were fine for chopping vegetables and cutting melons, but against a Weapon Martial Soul, they were nothing worth mentioning. Not to mention Ning Fengya's mutated Black Tower was a defense-specialized Weapon Martial Soul; ordinary weapons could not break through its defenses.

Using the Black Tower as a shield, the siblings steadily pressed forward.

Seeing that he could not break through their defense, Su Yuntian did not panic at all. He simply retreated again and again until his back reached the wall. There was nowhere left to retreat.

...This can't go on.

No choice. Time to Blink.

Su Yuntian vanished from Ning Fengya and Ning Rongrong's sight, instantly appearing behind them.

Two years ago, he had used this very Blink to kick Ning Rongrong in the butt, sending her face-first into the dirt.

Two years later, just as Su Yuntian was about to repeat the trick, Ning Fengya seemed to have anticipated that he would Blink and had already turned around swiftly.

Ning Fengya stepped forward, and the Black Tower in his hand seemed to gain a soul as it suddenly burst with black light.

"Second Soul Skill, Frosty Blade!"

With his low shout, Su Yuntian suddenly felt a tremendous force surge from the Black Tower. His entire body was pushed flying backward, forcing him back a full seven steps—roughly two zhang!

Frosty Blade?

What kind of Soul Skill was that? A control-type? A defense-type?

There was no time to analyze it further. Su Yuntian drew out flying swords again, throwing them at Ning Fengya while circling toward Ning Rongrong.

Though that girl had cast Strength Aura on herself, her defense was still pitifully weak. Her tiny body was as fragile as paper. As long as he took her out first, Ning Fengya would be unable to hold on alone.

After all, while the mutated Black Tower was powerful, Ning Fengya, as a defense-specialized Soul Master, lacked effective offensive means.

Just as he came within three steps of Ning Rongrong, Su Yuntian suddenly stopped.

Thinking Su Yuntian was about to get close and strike at the backline, Ning Fengya hurriedly unleashed Frosty Blade once again.

This time, however, his Soul Skill missed completely.

"Hahahahaha, mongrels!" Su Yuntian began laughing smugly. "You saw me get close and assumed I wanted to fight you in close combat?"

"Fools!"

Eight more Aether Gates opened behind Su Yuntian.

"Pay the price for your foolishness! This kind of brutality is also a tactic; this is how treasure is meant to be used... Gate of Babylon!"

Blade after blade, sword after sword, and spear after spear shot from the Aether Gates in unison, bombarding Ning Fengya and Ning Rongrong.

Note 0: Thanks to reader 20200707223716863 for the reward!

Note 1: "This kind of brutality is also a tactic; this is how treasure is meant to be used... Gate of Babylon" is the Noble Phantasm of young Gilgamesh from Fate.

Note 2: Ning Fengya's two Soul Skills, Draw Ground as Prison and Frosty Blade, have pretty nice names... right?