Li Shuyi didn't want to talk to the Shadowblade Sword Saint, so he threw a bag of Bone Softening Powder at him.
This was one of Team White Phoenix's gains in the Sword Song Realm. It was a special poison powder made by Poisonous Hand Guanyin Ji Mingjue. When sprinkled on the enemy, it could weaken the enemy's strength by 15% and increase their stamina consumption by 50%!
Although Li Shuyi's strength bonus was no longer there, the Shadowblade Sword Saint was once again affected by the Bone Softening Powder, and his strength dropped by 10 points. Including Li Shuyi's stacked Ghost Warrior passive, his strength was no weaker than the Shadowblade Sword Saint's!
When the two were equal in strength, the advantage of Li Shuyi's Advanced Swordsmanship was revealed.
Moreover, he threw out the Bone Softening Powder when the Shadowblade Sword Saint rushed forward to confront Li Shuyi. The Shadowblade Sword Saint was caught off guard, and after taking two more hits from Li Shuyi, he retreated angrily and continued to widen the distance between them.
Li Shuyi chased after him relentlessly. The Shadowblade Sword Saint's every movement consumed more stamina!
Stamina was very important in a battle between experts. Martial artists of similar skill levels could parry and block each other's attacks in the early stages without losing much HP (except for the weak recoil damage). However, as the battle progressed, one's stamina would deteriorate, and his movements would be distorted, giving the opponent a chance to deal a lot of damage or even kill him.
Stamina was affected by the three attributes, but it wasn't a complete correspondence. The rules of the Spiritual Realm didn't strictly quantify stamina like they did mental strength.
During the 45 seconds of the Bone Softening Powder, Li Shuyi continued to attack.
The two's weapons kept clashing, and the Shadowblade Sword Saint, who consumed more stamina with every movement, was obviously at a disadvantage. He would occasionally take a hit. His HP was slowly whittled away by the sword.
Li Shuyi secretly compared the Shadowblade Sword Saint to the Golden Overlord Python. However, the Shadowblade Sword Saint's HP recovery speed was much slower. This was the difference between a humanoid and a giant beast.
The Shadowblade Sword Saint finally endured until the Bone Softening Powder's duration ended. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Despicable human, you will pay for your shameless behavior!"
Swoosh!
Li Shuyi shook out a cloud of blinding powder.
It was also a special poison powder made by the Poisonous Guanyin. The Blinding Powder could temporarily blind the target.
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman had just rushed over, but before his saber could land, his vision suddenly turned black. Then, he felt a sudden pain. Li Shuyi had seized the opportunity to slash him twice. In his shock and anger, he could only brandish his saber wildly to protect himself.
At this moment, Li Shuyi's Ghost Warrior passive skill had already stacked up to 8 layers, while his Battle Zeal talent had stacked up to 10 layers! It had already reached the maximum value.
In his strongest state, Li Shuyi's Strength was as high as 57 points, and his Agility was as high as 85 points! Of course, this was because Li Shuyi had temporarily switched the 6 free attribute points of the Bone Tooth Necklace to Strength. Otherwise, her Agility would be even higher.
The reason why she had switched to Strength was that it would greatly reduce the gap between her and the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman. At this moment, Li Shuyi's attributes were not inferior to the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's. Moreover, the Matriarch's Wrist Guard increased her melee attack speed, making her attack faster than the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman!
In the eyes of others, the blind Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's saber was impenetrable. However, in Li Shuyi's eyes, there were traces to follow.
If Li Shuyi took advantage of the gap and avoided the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's parry, she could still slash him a few times and cause some damage. However, Li Shuyi did not do so. Relying on the Strength and Agility granted by the two passive skills, she directly faced the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman head-on.
Clang clang clang clang clang …
A series of metallic clangs rang out incessantly.
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman moved as he fought, trying his best to reduce the damage he received in his blinded state. He suppressed his anger and secretly swore to himself that after his blindness was over, he would be careful of this human woman's dirty tricks and then cut her into pieces!
The onlooking Orc spectators were still very contemptuous of Li Shuyi's use of bone-softening powder, blind-inducing powder, and other items to harm her opponent. However, the rules of Orc duels were that there was no limit to the means used. They believed that the strong should have the ability to deal with any challenge.
Therefore, even though the Orcs despised Li Shuyi's little tricks, no one said anything. They were all waiting for the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman to recover from his blindness so that he could show off his might and take down Li Shuyi.
After an unbearable period of time, the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's vision turned from pitch-black to blurry and then back to clear.
"My eyesight is back!"
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman let out a long sigh of relief. He slashed his saber furiously and forced Li Shuyi to retreat. He said coldly, "Human woman, you have successfully angered me. Now, I will use my strongest killing move to cut you into pieces!"
As he spoke, the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's left two fingers gently brushed the blade of his saber. He took a deep breath as if he was brewing his killing intent.
Li Shuyi tilted her head and looked at the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman curiously.
Suddenly, the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's eyes widened and he said sternly, "No! My sword … how could this be? "
[— Orc weapons that are shaped like sabers or even choppers are called swords. Therefore, there is only the title of Sword Grand Swordsman among the Orcs. There is no Sword Grand Swordsman or Chopper Grand Swordsman. There is no bug here.]
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's fingers were trembling. When his fingers brushed the blade of his saber, he clearly felt that there were many small cracks on the sharp side of his beloved saber (sword)! Every gap was a serious injury. He could imagine that the inside of his beloved saber must be full of cracks and could break at any time.
Li Shuyi smiled.
Scarlet Heaven's two passive skills, "Edge Breaker" and "Devastation," did not seem as powerful as the active skills of the Red Leaf Grand Swordsman's Glorious Longsword. However, they were very useful in a battle between experts.
The "Devastation" skill had been demonstrated when he killed the Golden Tyrant Python. It had the ability to ignore additional armor and was very useful against the Golden Tyrant Python's crystallized outer shell.
And now, against the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman, the Destruction Durability effect that occurred every time the enemy's weapon clashed played a crucial role.
Since Li Shuyi's Strength was not as good as the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's, every time their weapons clashed, the Destruction Durability would only decrease by a minimum of 5%. In other words, every time their weapons clashed, the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's weapon would lose one or two points of Durability.
It was a small decrease, but both of them were experts. Their weapons had clashed too many times.
Now, the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's saber's Durability was close to zero.
Could a Sword Grand Swordsman without a sword still be called a Sword Grand Swordsman?
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman took a deep breath.
"Fortunately, I didn't discover it too late. As long as I kill you before my sword breaks, there won't be any problems! "
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman charged toward Li Shuyi at high speed, his body suddenly turning into a shadow. Li Shuyi tried to parry, but his two swords pierced the air. It was as if the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman in front of him was an illusion.
But the pain of the swords piercing into his body was incomparably real.
Invincible Slash, activate!
Blood spurted out of Li Shuyi's body. The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's doppelganger danced around his body like a cruel dance.
For three seconds, he was immune to attacks below seven points of Invincible Slash! During these three seconds, the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman was invincible. Moreover, the enemy would not be able to escape the Invincible Slash's range. This was how the Invincible Slash got its name.
However, Li Shuyi revealed a trace of a smile.
"Sure enough, it's exactly as Xiaowen thought."
The Ring of Nothingness's active skill, Void-Form, activated!
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's second slash hit the air.
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman did not believe it. He had clearly hit Li Shuyi, but the Li Shuyi in front of him was like an illusion without a physical body.
"How can this be?"
The third slash, the fourth slash …
Every slash missed.
When the three seconds of Invincible Slash ended and the Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman returned to his physical body, he was unable to hurt Li Shuyi a second time.
At this moment, Li Shuyi was still in Void-Form. He attacked with both swords without hesitation.
Clang!
The swords … broke.
The Shadow Blade Grand Swordsman's body stiffened. Li Shuyi's sword was already at his throat.
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