Chapter 231: Yiyi, change of heart
Rustling—
Dang Dang Dang—
In the snow-covered pine forest, the wind, snow, and needles were driven by the crosswind, turning into turbulence and flying in all directions. The three cultivators in the core formation stage were in hot pursuit, and coupled with the burning of the spiritual fire from the furnace explosion earlier, Yun Jiujiu’s curly blond hair was now flying scattered. Her eyes, which were once filled with rage, showed the weariness of a dying person devoid of light.
She wielded a long sword she snatched from a Foundation Establishment monk, pulling out dazzling white lights amidst the snow dust.
“Shout—!”
With a powerful vertical slash, the light sword in her hand resembled a bear’s claw, showcasing Yun Jiujiu’s terrifying strength beyond that of ordinary cultivators. Although the core-formation cultivator reacted in time, holding the sword above his head with both hands, the difference in strength was evident when the two blades clashed.
Yun Jiujiu’s innate divine power was said to have been passed down from Long Ziba, able to move the sun and moon, and even mountains. After forcefully breaking through her meridians, this power had been taken to an extreme.
In terms of strength alone, even a Nascent Soul cultivator might not necessarily defeat her. Under Yun Jiujiu’s heavy blow, fear filled the man’s eyes, and his feet crushed the rock formations below, causing countless cracks to spread on the ground. The spirit sword in the core-formation cultivator’s hand had already bent to its maximum tolerance, but Yun Jiujiu added thirty per cent of the force.
Her delicate arms, seemingly as fragile as glass, couldn’t withstand the pressure, and blood vessels burst one after another, spurting out countless blood.
“Die for me!!”
Between the sweet yet angry childish tones, the spiritual sword in the man’s hand snapped.
Yun Jiujiu’s sword swiftly slid into his neck, sweeping through half of his body diagonally before the tip of the sword landed on the rock formation.
The tremors of the rolling earth dragon reverberated throughout the surroundings, and the ground within ten feet of the two instantly turned into countless rubble, soaring hundreds of feet into the air.
Leaning against a tree ten feet away, Yun Yiyi saw the situation and struggled to raise her right hand, transforming it into a spirit shield to block the flying rock fragments.
“Jiujiu…”
Yun Yiyi looked at the steaming blood on Yun Jiujiu’s body, gritting her teeth feeling deeply uneasy.
She could tell that every swing of Yun Jiujiu’s sword was consuming her lifespan, and each swing was accompanied by unbearable pain.
But even so, her second sister still chose to endure this pain and fight with all her might to send her back to the Sword Sect safely.
A few hours ago, she lost Ye Anping.
And in a while, she will lose her sister Yun Jiujiu.
—”Shout—! I’m going to skin you alive today! Come on—!”
Ding—
Choking—
“Uh—! Kill you—!”
His eyes were filled with flashes of swords, and his ears echoed with the sounds of swords clashing. Yun Yiyi watched everything in silence, but she couldn’t understand why Yun Jiujiu was protecting her so desperately. She hated Yun Jiujiu. She was foul-mouthed, unreasonable, rude, shrewish, idiotic, and insane!
Yun Jiujiu once beat her up in bed over a disagreement, leaving her bedridden for months. She once spat in her face and humiliated her in public. She also knew that Yun Jiujiu hated her.
Although they were biological sisters, they were more like enemies living under the same roof. They needed to fight for the position of sect leader. Before Yun Tianchong established the rules, they tried many times to take each other’s lives…
Yun Yiyi couldn’t even recall a single moment of warmth and harmony between her and Yun Jiujiu.
But despite being someone she hated so much and who hated her in return, Yun Jiujiu was now doing everything she could to protect her, disregarding everything else.
She was a sister. How could her sister protect her? She should protect her sister!
However, now that she was trying her best even to raise her hand, how could she protect her second sister?
Unhappiness, frustration, pain, and feelings of powerlessness. Countless negative emotions were mixed in Yun Yiyi’s heart.
Yun Yiyi bit her lip and shouted,
“Jiujiu!! That’s enough!!”
“That’s enough shit!! Sister, shut up!”
Ding–
Yun Jiujiu gritted her teeth and put aside the sword that was thrust at her. However, the next moment, a fire spell hit her hard on the left shoulder.
Boom–
A heat wave suddenly rose in the snow forest, and the flames carried thousands of gravel, knocking Yun Jiujiu away. She seemed to be drifting away, bouncing dozens of feet on the snow-covered rock formations, breaking dozens of cedar trees that were thicker than her body before she was able to stop.
“Cough–“
Yun Jiujiu choked out a large mouthful of blood, but after landing on the ground without any hesitation, she stood up and wanted to rush back with the sword. However, when she stood up, she suddenly found that her hand could no longer hold the sword, and she couldn’t even stand up.
The remaining two cultivators at the core formation stage held spiritual swords in their hands and looked at her with heavy breaths. Their two pairs of ancient and unwavering eyes were full of disbelief.
They were disciples of the Sword Sect and had heard of Yun Jiujiu’s innate magical powers. However, they never expected that she, a late-stage Foundation-Establishment cultivator, could survive for so long under the attack of three of their Core Formation stage cultivators and kill one person instead. However, the fight was over, as expected. They saw that Yun Jiujiu had reached her limit.
The two of them took several deep breaths to calm down and ignored Yun Jiujiu, who was lying on the ground twenty feet away. Instead, they turned and walked towards Yun Yiyi, who was closer to them.
The spiritual swords in their hands reflected a shrill white light and stabbed towards Yun Yiyi’s chest.
When Yun Jiujiu saw it, she bit her big teeth and filled her lungs with air.
“Kill your grandma!! Stay away from my sister!!!”
As she roared, her already powerless body once again burst out with incredible strength. Her body rose, and in almost an instant, she ducked in front of Yun Yiyi from twenty feet away.
This instantaneous step could almost rival the escape technique of a late Nascent Soul cultivator, and the result was a large amount of blood gushing out from his knees.
The two people were also shocked, but the swords in their hands did not stop.
Ding–
Yun Jiujiu raised her sword to block it. Before the three spiritual swords collided again on the branch of a cedar tree not far away, the young man who had been watching for a long time slightly raised the corners of his mouth and ordered in a very calm voice,
In an instant, the silver phantom flashed down.
choke–
Between the three intertwined spiritual swords of Yun Jiujiu and the two cultivators in the core formation stage, there was a fourth spiritual sword.
In the next moment–
Swish–
A ray of golden light swept across one of the cultivators in the core formation stage. The sword wind swept horizontally, sweeping the snow behind the man’s feet into a blank fan shape.
“Laugh–”
Feng Yudie turned her head and grinned at Yun Jiujiu and Yun Yiyi, who was looking at her from behind. Then she raised her foot and kicked the man’s lower body away.
