Chapter 424: Chapter 199: The Ultimate Skyhook (4th Update)
Lu Qingxue’s sword in her hand shimmered like rippling water, but every splash it made upon hitting the Stick Wind Blade Wheel was repelled.
At this moment, Mu Fan’s hand was truly impenetrable.
Three steps later, the white figure flashed, her chest rising and falling slightly.
A blue-grey figure rushed forward like a swift wind and lowered his head to look at the ground!
The Stick Wind Blade Wheel in his hand slowly came to a halt.
A white fragment gently floated down from the air…
Lu Qingxue watched the fragment that had fallen to the ground without any expression—it was the trace just cut from her left sleeve.
She raised her arm to inspect her water-like sword.
The edge of the sword had already fractured in several places.
This was only the second move the two of them exchanged.
With a light flick of her fingers, a crisp snapping sound followed, and the damaged tip of the sword flew into a wooden weapon rack nearby.
“Your… strength is very powerful!”
Lu Qingxue’s tone finally became serious.
With her sword positioned horizontally in front of her, Lu Qingxue’s black hair lifted by itself at the tips—in Mu Fan’s unwavering gaze.
A moment ago she was like an exquisite sword suppressed in Eternal Frost.
The next second she transformed into an unsheathed frigid blade, bearing a dazzling luster!
In the Spiritual Vision, Lu Qingxue was already exuding brilliance.
Mu Fan stealthily shifted his feet and his short stick started to buzz as it spun once again.
Through the earlier rush attack, he understood that his greatest advantage was definitely the higher level of his strength!
The exquisite sword moves of Lu Qingxue, under Mu Fan’s use of strength to break skill, had been ineffective and were repelled by Mu Fan.
But now, the state of Lu Qingxue made Mu Fan cautious.
He had never seen an opponent in this state before!
“Martial Artist, First Stage Spirit Lock.” The words Lu Qingxue spoke under her intimidating aura were calm yet carried a hint of pride.
What Mu Fan did not know was that, unlike Telekinetics, the most immediate response of a true martial artist who activates the First Stage Spirit Lock is heightened five senses, significantly improved perception, and greatly enhanced muscle control ability.
This, along with Mu Fan’s Dark Breath, had a similar effectiveness but added an aspect of muscle control.
“Snow Wind Swordsmanship Seven Forms Slash, Snow Wind—Chaotic Dance!”
Snow and wind suddenly appeared, howling wildly.
Without any hesitation, a snowstorm burst forth, striking directly.
Under the fully activated First Stage Spirit Lock, Lu Qingxue did not give Mu Fan a moment to think and launched a fierce assault.
This sword move was sharper and more violent than the previous ones.
It was hard to imagine that such a storm-like shadow of a sword was wielded by a slender woman.
Mu Fan felt a prickling pain all over his skin—his intuition was alerting him of danger.
This seemingly ubiquitous blade storm was far stronger than the pressure he faced when he fought against Ingram!
This was the true prowess of an acknowledged powerhouse, Lu Qingxue, hailed as a Valkyrie!
Breathing deeply, Mu Fan’s clear eyes locked onto the opponent.
At that moment, all his joints started to twist at strange angles, and under extreme muscle control, Mu Fan’s hands quickly formed a series of overlapping illusions.
The short stick alternated between his hands, forming an invisible stick wall in front of him.
His glossy black eyes focused entirely on this world in front of him. With the enhancement of Dark Breath, Mu Fan finally used his strongest defensive skill.
Redemption Seventh Stage, Third Segment—Dark Hall Barrier!
Below the Holy Hall lies the Dark Hall, the strongest defensive barrier…
The snowstorm struck as if it had hit an incredibly resilient wall of air, not a single flake or breeze could penetrate through.
Numerous collisions sounded, and in Mu Fan’s eyes, every trajectory of the snow and wind was precisely met by him.
The tinkling sounds emerged without shadows visible.
Lu Qingxue moved her feet, but Mu Fan’s invisible shield wall seemed to cover 360°, no angle of attack could penetrate half a meter close to him.
With angles hardly visible to the naked eye, every muscle on Mu Fan’s body bulged, breaking down his movements, each alternating pass of the short stick carried a fierce wind to counter Lu Qingxue’s chaotic sword dance.
This deadlock exerted a huge toll on physical energy!
Thus, as the white figure retreated and withdrew, it finally marked the failure of Lu Qingxue’s attack.
Beneath the Swordsman’s clothes, the silhouette struggled with uncontrollable panting. The most enduring and powerful move had just been completely blocked by Mu Fan.
The scene before him replicated what he had previously witnessed.
Back then, too, every attack had missed its target.
Truly… being not Mu Fan’s opponent, one could never know the helplessness that surged from deep within when facing the invisible Stick Wall.
Naturally, Mu Fan was unaware of Lu Qingxue’s inward sigh at that moment.
All he knew was that the strength of the Senior Sister opposite him was beginning to decline.
This was the perfect opportunity for a counterattack!
“It’s my turn to attack now!”
His fingers pinched one end of the Alloy Short Stick and violently twisted it.
Then his right arm transformed into a sea of afterimages.
Redemption Seventh Stage, Second Stage—Hundred Fierce Rain!
In an instant, a hundred stick shadows hovered in the air, like a curtain of rain put up vertically.
After a brief pause, the moment Mu Fan’s right arm vibrated with force, that skyful of raindrops surged forward!
This move was Mu Fan’s strongest armor-breaking technique to date, having felled countless people.
When Lu Qingxue saw this plethora of “raindrops,” she took a deep breath, and her long sword quivered.
She absolutely couldn’t defend, she had to meet attack with attack.
“Ice Mountain Snow Valley, Wind Blade Water Curtain! Snow Wind Seven Forms Slash, Snow Wind—Lan Cutting!”
Much like an antelope hanging its horns, elusive and untraceable, the sword’s edge rose from below, from left to right, stirring up a snow storm that suddenly swept through the cliffs overhead.
This roaring wind and snow sidestepped the hundred droplets and rolled in from the side, seemingly slicing through this rooted water.
The dense collision sounds erupted.
Figures suddenly separated.
A crisp crack resounded. Lu Qingxue’s long sword broke, while Mu Fan’s short stick still spun in the air, then landed on the ground.
Both were without weapons now.
But Mu Fan had entered a true state of combat.
The warmth inside him grew stronger, and the power in all limbs made him heavily stamp his feet, springing forward.
He was going to engage in close quarters Fighting with Lu Qingxue!
Lu Qingxue’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, she crossed her arms defensively, her feet staggered as she moved to counter.
Palm winds like blades, employing the technique of dissipating force, she instantly parried more than twenty punches from Mu Fan.
In terms of weaponry alone, Mu Fan knew only the Inheritance Battle Skills from Fighters.
However, if it included close combat, Mu Fan possessing multiple Burst Skills, aside from not being able to defeat Gorilla Luo Jianjin and Bald Ruan Xiongfei, who both reached the extremes of strength and speed, feared no one.
Seeing Lu Qingxue’s palm wind slicing toward his wrist, Mu Fan suddenly shook his arm, pulling back like a great bow rebounding.
“Positive Ion Strike!”
A punch blasted out like a cannonball.
Lu Qingxue’s reaction was also incredibly fast, her palm doing its best to dodge during the clash.
But for Mu Fan, it appeared as though Lu Qingxue was willingly facing his follow-up move.
Cervical Physiotherapy Skill!
His palm brushed past the outer side of Lu Qingxue’s arm, then subconsciously hooked back.
Lu Qingxue’s reaction was incredibly fast, yet she couldn’t dodge this abruptly executed move.
Shik!
A sound of fabric tearing echoed.
In this enclosed space, the sound was clear and pleasing.
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