Chapter 219: Senior brother, sneak attack!
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The crosswind swept through, carrying the white snow and enveloping the eight people in front of the attic. Feng Yudie leaned against a snow cedar tree, gripping her spirit sword tightly in her right hand, and surveyed the seven individuals in front of her, feeling troubled in her heart.
The four closest to her were all in the early stage of foundation building, posing little threat to her. Dealing with them would be as easy as taking them out with one sword strike each. However, the slightly taller man behind them was a late-stage foundation builder, and he appeared to be a Dharma cultivator.
Feng Yudie boasted that she could handle any sword cultivator of the same realm, but dealing with a Dharma cultivator was a different matter altogether.
Most Dharma cultivators needed to be more adept at close combat, excelling instead in body control and evasive manoeuvres, and they often carried numerous magical artefacts with them.
Once that Dharma cultivator unleashed his techniques, he would undoubtedly barrage her with a plethora of talismans and spells.
In other words, if she intended to engage, she would have to strike down the late-stage foundation builder the moment the battle commenced.
However, doing so meant she would have to pass through the four individuals in front of her, with two more foundation builders, one male and one female, standing behind him. Failure would leave her vulnerable on both fronts.
Xiao Tian, perched on Feng Yudie’s shoulder, also found the situation challenging. He suggested, “Yudie, should I call Lao Jiu to come out?”
“No,” Feng Yudie shook her head slightly, whispering, “It would create too much commotion. Didn’t Young Master Ye say to kidnap Jiujiu and the eldest lady quietly? Calling it out would attract attention from the entire Sword Sect.”
Xiao Tian glanced at her, then at the seven individuals ahead, and smirked slightly.
In any case, if Feng Yudie truly faced danger, Xiao Tian would immediately summon Lao Jiu to the scene for support.
“What’s your plan then?” Xiao Tian inquired.
“Young Master Ye is probably nearby. When I charge in, he’ll definitely come out to help me,” Feng Yudie replied, her gaze determined.
Xiao Tian looked at Feng Yudie with admiration, smiled warmly, and fell silent. Feng Yudie bared her teeth and took a breath. A golden spiritual light instantly appeared in her eyes, and she moved her right foot back half a step…
Boom–
The snow exploded on the ground. Feng Yudie’s figure instantly swayed and dissipated. The cultivators in the early stages of foundation building couldn’t even catch a glimpse of her, only feeling a rush of wind by their ears.
The next moment, a crisp sound of striking iron echoed in the woods.
Ding–
The four turned to see Feng Yudie already in front of their leader. The sword in her hand was blocked by a dagger held by their leader’s right hand.
Feng Yudie was not surprised. She quickly twisted her body to retrieve her sword, using her right foot as the pivot, gripping the sword and turning it in a circle, aiming the blade at the side of the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator’s neck.
In terms of physical fitness alone, her mid-stage foundation building could have been better than the late-stage. Even though she was fast, the opponent would definitely react. But the body of a cultivator in the foundation-building stage was definitely not as strong as a sword. As long as the sword could sever the head, it would be the same whether it was in the later stage or the early stage.
Most cultivators, when faced with the spiritual sword in the hands of a sword cultivator, would subconsciously block it with their spiritual energy instead of dodging it with their movements.
Feng Yudie thought so. However, the late-stage foundation-building man glanced at her sword and didn’t use his spiritual power. Instead, he raised his right hand directly and blocked her wrist, making a muffled sound.
Boom–
“Hmm!”
“Planning to defeat me in one move! Are you underestimating me?” The man’s eyes were disdainful.
“Attack!!”
With the command given, the four behind Feng Yudie also reacted, raising their spiritual swords and approaching her from behind, thrusting their swords forward.
“Hiss–“
Feng Yudie glanced back, sucking in a breath of cold air. With no time to spare, she turned around again, holding her spiritual sword horizontally in front of her.
Boom–
A burst of fire almost exploded close to her sword, engulfing her instantly. The late-stage foundation-building man pointed his finger like a sword, and a gold brick flew out of his storage bag, smashing into the huge fireball in front of him.
When the fireworks engulfed Feng Yudie, she flew backwards, dragging the snow on the ground into a hole more than twenty feet long. She didn’t stop until her feet hit the trunk of a cedar.
Maintaining her blocking stance with her sword, the gold brick pressed against her sword, pressing it into an arc like a bow.
“Hey–!!”
Feng Yudie gritted her teeth and pushed hard, finally flicking the gold brick away. Seeing this, the late-stage foundation building man raised his hand and waved, pulling the gold brick back into his storage bag. Then he waved his sleeves, pulling out several talismans and shouted,
“Superior!”
At the same time, he threw the talisman towards Feng Yudie. Seeing this, the other four monks in the early stages of the foundation building also lowered their bodies and rushed towards Feng Yudie.
Feng Yudie leaned against the cedar tree, watching the four people working together with the person’s talisman to attack her. She immediately felt that something was wrong. The fire talisman just burned a hole in the back of her clothes. Now, it was burning and painful. The gold brick even dislocated her right wrist.
She gritted her teeth and had no choice but to shout,
“Xiao Tian! Let…”
Feng Yudie had no choice but to summon the dragon body of the Holy Emperor to respond to the enemy. However, before she could finish her words, a stream of blood foam splashed from the throat of the cultivator, who was in the late stage of foundation building just now.
“Cough–“
A long sword penetrated the back of his neck and exited his throat. The man looked at the sword blade growing out of his neck, choked a mouthful of blood, and slowly turned his head to look behind him in disbelief, only to see that the person who pierced his neck was actually the boy who had just followed He Longyu.
“Ahem – you…”
“…”
Ye Anping narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his right hand holding the hilt of the sword half a circle, and swept away. The silver arc flashed, and the head flew away from the body, drawing a parabola in the sky.
At the same time, he took a deep breath and shouted,
“Ha–!!!”
The sound waves pushed away the snow at his feet. The four people who originally rushed towards Feng Yudie were attracted by his shout. They stopped and turned around, but they happened to see their boss’s head fall to the ground, exploding into a ball of blood.
“…”
The four of them froze for a moment.
Whoosh——
Ye Anping swung his sword horizontally and shook off the blood foam on the sword. He turned his head and glanced at Yushuiting, who was standing behind him, and then walked around the man’s headless body and took two steps forward. He gestured with his left hand at the four people.
