Blood splashed as Lu Ye and Senior Brother Zhou each took three steps back.
Lu Ye's right chest was bleeding profusely, having been pierced by Senior Brother Zhou's sword, but Senior Brother Zhou wasn't much better off. A long gash ran diagonally from his chest to his abdomen. If he hadn't taken a step back at the last moment, this saber strike would have cut him open.
He had naturally seen Lu Ye's saber strike, but the reason he hadn't completely avoided it was because he had full confidence in his Body Protecting Spirit Qi.
Before, Lu Ye had used his Aura Concealing Talisman to conceal his figure and aura, so the people from Serene Cloud Mountain couldn't see through his depths, but now that he had attacked, it was impossible to hide his Spirit Qi fluctuations.
Third-Order Spirit Stream Realm! The moment Senior Brother Zhou broke free from the Spirit Bell, he judged Lu Ye's cultivation.
Yang Kai was a Fifth Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator, two Minor Realms higher than Lu Ye, so his Body Protecting Spirit Qi was naturally stronger, so Yang Kai was confident that even if he was struck by Lu Ye's saber, it wouldn't be a big deal. On the other hand, if he were to stab Lu Ye with his sword, Lu Ye wouldn't fare so well.
If he hadn't always been cautious, when Lu Ye's saber struck, he wouldn't have even taken a single step back.
This single step had allowed him to narrowly avoid death.
The long blade slashed at his protective spiritual energy and was only stopped for a moment. Then, it broke through the protective spiritual energy and injured him.
Senior Brother Zhou pulled away from Lu Ye and looked down at his injuries, finding it hard to believe that his Body Protecting Spirit Qi was so fragile.
The Spirit Artifact in his opponent's hand seemed to be unimaginably sharp!
Only now did Yang Kai have time to look around and was shocked to find that his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters were all lying in pools of blood, dead. Only he and Lu Ye were left here, while the big tiger was not far away, eyeing them covetously, roaring back and forth as it paced back and forth.
Senior Brother Zhou's eyes twitched violently.
He had been trapped in that Spirit Artifact for only ten breaths of time. His Junior Sister Yu had been killed before, but the remaining three Junior Brothers were all Third-Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivators. How could a lone Junior Brother kill all three of them in ten breaths?
Even Senior Brother Zhou had been wounded!
Where did this monster come from?
Anger and sadness welled up in his heart and his eyes turned red as he grit his teeth and roared, "Third-Order, a trivial Third-Order …"
Lu Ye didn't know what he wanted to say, but he wasn't in the mood to listen. His opponent's sword pierced through his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. This battle couldn't be dragged on for too long.
Therefore, when Senior Martial Brother Zhou was still shrouded in grief and indignation, he had already rushed forward.
Senior Martial Brother Zhou gritted his teeth and cursed.
Their figures brushed past each other. Lu Ye had three more sword wounds on his body, but he had left another slash on Senior Martial Brother Zhou's body. The angle of his slash was extremely tricky. It landed on Senior Martial Brother Zhou's thigh, causing the flesh on his thigh to split open and blood to spurt out.
Since I can't beat him in terms of skill, then I won't compete. I'll just trade injury for injury!
If they really competed in skills, others would only play themselves to death.
Lu Ye turned around and lowered his eyes. There was a defensive spirit tattoo covering his chest and neck, flickering with spiritual light.
His Spirit Qi surged and burned, injecting new strength into the two spirit tattoos to keep them from collapsing.
Lu Ye's idea was very simple. He would use the two defensive spirit tattoos to protect his vitals. As for the other places, he would just stab them … and see who would be the first to collapse!
It had to be said that this kind of defense was a bit shameless, but it was extremely effective. Because just now, Senior Brother Zhou had indeed thrust his sword at his chest, but that fatal strike was blocked by the Imperial Guard. It was also because of that flaw that caused Senior Brother Zhou's thigh to be cut by Lu Ye.
It wasn't that Lu Ye didn't want to activate more and bigger spirit tattoos, but the consumption of these defensive spirit tattoos wasn't small. He wouldn't be able to maintain them for a long time.
He had to ensure that he could kill Senior Martial Brother Zhou before his Spirit Qi ran out. Otherwise, he and Hu Po would both die.
Two defensive spirit tattoos were barely enough to protect his vitals.
"You motherfucker …" Senior Martial Brother Zhou cursed again, looking flustered and exasperated. As he spoke, he took out a Spirit Talisman from his storage bag and slapped it on his body. It was the Golden Body Talisman.
In the blink of an eye, he was enveloped in a thick layer of golden light.
But that wasn't all. He took out another Spirit Talisman and threw it at Lu Ye.
As a Fifth Order Spirit Stream Realm cultivator, he naturally had a few life-saving Spirit Talismans on him. Normally, he would be reluctant to use them, but now, he had no choice but to use them.
After exchanging two blows, Senior Martial Brother Zhou realized that this Third-Order who had popped out of nowhere was not to be trifled with, especially the Spirit Artifact sabre in his hand. It was so sharp that Senior Martial Brother Zhou couldn't block it with just his protective Spirit Qi.
Lu Ye was already rushing forward, but when Senior Martial Brother Zhou threw out his Spirit Talisman, he had no choice but to stop. A small bell spun and grew to the height of a person, standing between him and Senior Martial Brother Zhou.
The power of the Spirit Talisman hit the Spirit Bell with a crackling sound.
Lu Ye took advantage of the momentary distraction provided by the Spirit Bell to attack from the side. When Senior Martial Brother Zhou saw Lu Ye's figure again, the distance between them was less than five metres.
Senior Martial Brother Zhou wanted to retreat, but the injury on his thigh caused him to stagger. Gritting his teeth, he faced the aggressive Lu Ye and stabbed out with his sword.
Lu Ye rushed forward and slashed with his sabre!
Blood constantly splashed, and the sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh made one's teeth ache. Spirit Qi burst out from the collision, and the place where the two fought was a mess.
After another round of mutual attacks, both sides suffered damage.
Although Senior Brother Zhou's cultivation was two levels higher than Lu Ye's, the sharpness and defensive spirit tattoos were enough to make up for the difference in cultivation realm. In terms of offensive and defensive power, Lu Ye was not inferior to him at all. In fact, he was even stronger.
The only advantage Senior Martial Brother Zhou had over Lu Ye was his Spirit Qi reserves. A Fifth Order cultivator had at least opened sixty-three apertures, while Lu Ye had only opened forty-one apertures after entering the mountain to search for Hu Po.
With a gap of at least twenty Spirit Apertures, Senior Martial Brother Zhou naturally had the advantage in terms of Spirit Qi reserves.
However, this didn't give him any advantage in the battle. Such a violent and bloody fight even made him feel despair, because his opponent was actually using Spirit Inscriptions to fight. The two defensive Spirit Inscriptions protected his vitals, making it impossible for him to break through them with his Fifth Order cultivation.
He also tried to break the Spirit Runes, but every time he weakened the power of the Spirit Runes with his sword, his opponent could completely repair them with Spirit Qi.
Unless he could break the Spirit Runes in one blow, it was meaningless.
Feeling his injuries gradually worsening, Senior Martial Brother Zhou gradually lost the desire to avenge his Junior Brother and Junior Sister because he felt that if he continued to fight like this, he might die here.
Moreover, under the opponent's continuous attacks, he didn't even have time to send out a message.
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