"Junior Brother Long, you're almost at your limit." Qingxuan's voice drifted over unhurriedly, a faintly beguiling note in it. "Junior Brother Long, stop forcing yourself. I can protect you. I'm your senior brother too; protecting you is my duty." Beg me, Junior Brother Long.
Chi Yu glanced at the pill that had rolled onto the ground and been sliced apart by a Qi Blade, speechless with rage. Did this guy's skills have no cooldowns?! Would it kill him to let me take a pill to restore my mana?
No fair!
Chi Yu was already covered in blood. Excessive blood loss made his Spiritual Power dissipate even faster, and a dull, swelling ache began in his meridians. His head swam, and his vision doubled.
"Junior Brother Long..."
Chi Yu shouted, "Senior Brother Qingxuan, I can handle this myself!"
The instant he finished speaking, a streak of Sword Qi hurtled toward him. Chi Yu raised his sword to block, but with the flesh missing from the web of his hand, his fingers had no strength. He couldn't even hold his sword, and it fell to the ground. The Sword Qi, radiating a terrifying light, shot straight toward his face-
Chi Yu instinctively raised his arm to block. Just as the Sword Technique was about to cleave through it, the root of his tongue swelled and burned, and black Forbidden Curse Runes burst from his mouth. At the same time, a light enveloped him, and he vanished from the spot.
"Ah!" A scream rang out, and Lianchi... no, Fu Ze emerged from the ground.
The black Forbidden Curse Runes formed a tremendous Sword Technique identical to his attack and hurled it straight back at Fu Ze.
The Sword Technique sliced through half his body. Black runes writhed along the edges of the cut,