Armipotent - Chapter 2012: Ouyang Biya (3)
Chapter 2012: Ouyang Biya (3)
The skeleton talked about data, as if it never took the fight with her seriously. Especially when Tang Shaoyang and the two women did nothing but watch from the side. This did not feel like a fight, more like a show, and she had never felt this humiliated before in the 8th Stage True God Realm.
Ouyang Biya let her anger take over her for a moment when she failed to sense someone coming from behind. She only sensed it when the figure was about to launch an attack on her. She swung her sword around as the same whirlwind formed around her. The same technique she used to deflect the monster’s axe.
To her surprise, she saw the sword cut through her whirlwind. It was a surprise, but not unexpected. She always expected the worst for each of her rights, regardless of her enemy. She reacted in time, meeting the sword with her sword, trying to block the sword from cutting her belly.
Clank!
’It’s heavier than I thought…’
She did not sense the energy behind the sword. Behind that swing was just brute force. She was pushed back from the clash, skidding back for a meter after the impact. Even though the sword cut through her whirlwind, it also reduced the power behind the sword, yet it still overpowered her slightly.
Of course, she could make an excuse like it was a surprise attack. If she knew what was coming for her, she would not be pushed back like this.
Ouyang Biya looked up as she got to see her attacker. It was a heavy black armored figure, similar to the figure who blocked her flying swords when he tried to finish it. She put away the thought of killing the winged woman and focused on her enemies in front of her.
That was when she realized that she was not surrounded by three figures, but five, including the one who saved the monster earlier. Two of them were wearing heavy black armor. The one who saved the monster was wielding dual swords, and the one who just attacked her was holding a black broadsword with his two hands.
The third one was wearing light black armor and holding a black spear in his right hand. The fourth and fifth ones were wearing a black robe, covering their face with their hoods, and carrying a staff with peculiar gems on it.
She recalled her knowledge about the power outside the Sacred Realm. She quickly recognized that the ones with robes were called mages. They had a destructive power, but were extremely weak in close combat.
’I have to get rid of these two first…’
Ouyang Biya made up her mind and was about to move until she realized that the ground where she stood had turned mushy. It became mud, and she almost lost her balance as her feet sank into the mud. She was about to pull out her feet, but the mud suddenly hardened.
She was stuck to the ground and was about to pull out her feet forcefully until she felt the temperature suddenly rise. It was coming from a giant fireball above, coming down for her. It was like a small sun.
This was her first time fighting a mage, so she did not know what to expect from a mage. All things he heard about the mage and outside force were that they were weak. That was what the Elders claimed, whether the old Elders of her family or her current organization, the Heaven Founder.
They all mentioned how weak the people outside the Sacred Realm were. They were beneath them, which was why there were barely any records about the people from outside the Sacred Realm. However, this encounter changed her mind about the people from outside the Sacred Realm.
They were strong, tricky, and weird. She never really fought skeletons this powerful.
’However, you are not going to beat me just with this!’
Ouyang Biya sensed the energy from the fireball. It meant his Gentle Flow would do the work. She let the fireball come at her as she swung her sword at it. She guessed correctly that the fireball was just a lump of energy that transformed into fire.
The realization came in as soon as her sword touched the fireball. Instead of exploding, her sword pushed the fireball to the side. Of course, it was not a random direction; she sent the fireball to the heavy-armored figure with a dual sword.
Whoosh!
For some reason, Ouyang Biya expected the fireball would do something. However, she was bound to be disappointed as she witnessed that figure cut the fire into pieces before it dispersed.
’They are stro—’
She was getting distracted again by her own thoughts and was late to realize someone was behind her. It was the figure with a spear. She ducked and felt a gust of wind go past above her. Turning her head, she broke free from her hardened force with brute force.
Ouyang Biya spun around in such a limited space. The blood cherry blossom formed around her sword’s hilt, and she was about to thrust her sword upward, aiming for the head. She learned her lesson, not the heart, but the head. However, the figure with the broadsword was already on her right side. He was also ducking on the same level as her and thrust the broadsword toward her.
If she forced it, she might be able to kill the man with the spear, but she might suffer heavy injury or maybe die.
She clicked her tongue as her energy raged. Her blood red energy burst out from her body, forming a giant blossoming cherry blossom that sent the two black armored figures flying.
Ouyang Biya immediately snapped, looking for the two robed figures while the two armored figures were away. The moment she spotted the two mages, she used her Blood Blossom Dance. Her figure blurred, leaving an afterimage of her with blood-colored cherry blossoms scattered around in the air.
It worked; the two mages focused on her afterimage behind her. This was the reason why she chose to master this mobility art over other mobility arts. It was extremely helpful in a battle where it could be used as a distraction or a trick. Of course, she had other mobility arts as well, but this was the best to fight an enemy who did not know her.
Just as she thought she got the two mages, a figure appeared in her trajectory. It was a warrior with a dual sword. The warrior seemed to be able to see and predict her movement. He raised the two swords above his right shoulders and swung them toward her.
A twister made of blade energy formed and headed toward her. She was moving fast, and it came fast at her as well. She immediately used Gentle Flow to redirect the twister blade to the side. It was always like this: when she saw an opening, one of them would ruin it for her.
Before she could figure out what she should do about their meticulous combined effort, a rumble resounded from the sky. She looked up, and what followed the rumble was thunder. A thunder came in a flash from above her. With how fast the thunder moved, she had no choice but to use Gentle Flow.
Ouyang Biya reacted in time and redirected the thunder to the other side. She grunted in pain because the shock was still transferred to her. While she managed to avoid the full force behind the thunder, it still got her because it traveled through her sword.
She knew it was a bad idea to receive the thunder with her sword, but it was better than receiving it with her body. The mage figured out the weakness of her Gentle Flow. Before she could think of anything, she felt a tremor in her feet. That was when she realized something came from below her.
There was no second as she immediately jumped backward. A second after she jumped, a volcano burst out from where she had just stood. If she were late for one second, she would be cooked inside that volcano. This was the right description for a mage; they truly had a destructive power in them, and they were certainly not as weak as they were described to her.
Her feet had not landed yet, but she felt two presences coming from behind. There was no need to look; the warrior with the spear and broadsword was coming at her from behind. They truly did not give him a chance to think or rest. They were forcing her to react to their attacks, giving her no initiative or opening at all. Their coordination was truly perfect, as if they fought together with their minds connected to each other.
