Who Was the Witch? (II)
"..."
However, Yue Lingshan remained unhurried. Her twin swords fluttered like butterflies among flowers, their close-knit strikes repeatedly parrying Li Yufei's swift blade.
After all, back in Fuzhou, in the rear courtyard of the Zuixianlou, she had fought fiercely against the West Depot eunuch Qian, a thousand-household official who had practiced the Evil-Resisting Swordplay to considerable proficiency. That swordplay had been far swifter and more vicious than this so-called Blood Blade.
Compared to the Evil-Resisting Swordplay, this "Bloodshadow Blade" was indeed fast, but its attacks were vicious at the expense of agility. Its variations and trickiness were lacking. Give her a little more time, and once she had fully figured out his moves, she would naturally find it easy to break his blade technique!
"..."
By now, Li Yufei was growing anxious after failing to make any headway. Though his blade strikes grew increasingly vicious, Yue Lingshan was becoming more and more at ease.
There was even a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, as if she were toying with him.
"!!"
"You're asking for death!"
Li Yufei was naturally furious when he saw that. With an angry shout, his blade style changed abruptly, and he unleashed the Blood Blade Sect's secret killing technique, the very move that had made his name: the "Seven Bloodshadow Slashes"!
In an instant!
Seven streams of blade light surged forth like waves of blood, each containing no fewer than seven variations. They were truly peerless in ferocity and vicious beyond compare!
However...
"Hmph!"
Yue Lingshan's gaze sharpened. Her twin swords suddenly crossed, their momentum like a rainbow. In a feat rarely seen, she found a flaw amid the blade lights and thrust straight at Li Yufei's wrist.
The next second!
Squelch!
Clang—!
Her blade sliced across his