nyslfriends Chapter 99 Elixir
Chapter 99 Elixir
Zhang Ruxue took a deep breath, and with a flick of her right hand, the flying sword hovered at her side again.
"It seems that swordsmanship alone is not enough to eliminate it," she muttered to herself, while her left hand pulled out three talismans from her sleeve and held them between her fingers.
Just then, Jin Lei swallowed the last piece of bone and slowly stood up from the ground.
Its dark golden beastly eyes were filled with a complex light, a mixture of rage and fear. It no longer pounced recklessly as before, but instead gripped the giant axe made of dragon bone in its hand, lowered its body, and let out a low growl.
The battle between the two is about to erupt!
Zhang Ruxue made the first move.
With a flick of her left hand, three talismans flew out simultaneously—
The first image transformed into a cyan wind-binding rope in the air, wrapping around Jinlei's legs; the second image exploded above its head, creating a blinding golden light that disrupted its vision; the third image transformed into countless fine ice needles that descended upon its face.
Jin Lei roared and swung his axe, the powerful wind from the giant dragon bone axe scattering the ice needles everywhere, and he also stomped on the wind rope and broke it.
However, in that instant when its vision was disrupted by the golden light...
"The Void Emperor's Flying Battle Spell!"
A "Flying Fighting True Seal" was quietly imprinted on Jin Lei's hind leg.
The sword light flickered, ethereal and ever-changing.
Zhang Ruxue had already appeared behind it, wielding her sword horizontally.
"Snap!"
With a single sword stroke, the tendons in the back of Jin Lei's knee were severed, causing his right leg to suddenly lose its strength, and his massive body involuntarily knelt on one knee.
"roar!!"
Enraged, it swung its axe back, but Zhang Ruxue had already used the Void Emperor Flying Battle Spell again, her figure blurring as she narrowly avoided the axe blade and appeared on the other side of the mine tunnel.
Her breathing quickened, and her face paled, but her clear, cold eyes remained unwavering.
"It must not move now; we cannot allow it another chance to devour the corpse..."
Zhang Ruxue's mind raced, and her flying sword drew an arc in the air, slashing once again at the tattered cloth bag at Jin Lei's waist.
Jin Lei sensed her intention and swung his left arm across his waist, using his forearm to block the sword's attack. The blade sliced into his flesh but was held in place by his strong arm bone. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jin Lei swung his axe in retaliation, forcing Zhang Ruxue to withdraw her sword and retreat.
As soon as her sword light faded, Jin Lei reached into the cloth bag again.
Zhang Ruxue's eyes turned cold. She made a sword finger with her left hand, and a wisp of sword energy as thin as a hair shot out from her fingertip.
This wisp of sword energy was extremely thin and fast. Jin Lei had no time to block it and it accurately struck the rope of the bag.
"Clatter!"
The rope made of animal sinew snapped, the bag fell to the ground, and seven or eight shriveled one-legged mandrill carcasses and several pieces of unidentified animal bones rolled out.
Jin Lei let out an angry roar and staggered as he tried to bend down to pick it up, but Zhang Ruxue's flying sword had already followed him like a shadow, weaving a dense net of sword light around him, trapping him in place and preventing him from getting even half a step closer to the bag.
"Whoosh—"
Jin Lei stared intently at Zhang Ruxue with his dark golden beast eyes.
It knew that the human female cultivator's true qi was being rapidly depleted. As long as it could hold out until her true qi was exhausted, victory would still belong to it.
Zhang Ruxue was also watching Jin Lei. The consumption of fetal true qi in her dantian far exceeded expectations. She had used the "Void Emperor Flying Battle Spell" several times, and the Flying Battle True Seal that she had condensed in advance had been exhausted. Using it again would consume her essence and blood.
But she cannot back down now, nor does she intend to.
"It's time to end this."
Her right-hand sword gesture suddenly changed.
The flying sword withdrew from Jin Lei's side and hovered in front of her, its frosty white light flowing across the blade, illuminating the narrow mine tunnel as if it were daytime.
"Rumble..."
She made a hand seal with her left hand, her knuckles flying like lotus blossoms as she moved. The surrounding spiritual energy frantically gathered towards her fingertips, the air in the mine suddenly became dry, and a faint rumble of thunder rolled in from an unknown distance.
"Mysterious Thunderclap Technique".
This technique is one of the few superior lightning-attribute Dao techniques in the Spirit Sword Sect.
It is called "Mysterious Transformation, Thunderous Dispelling Evil," which uses one's own true qi to draw upon the thunderous energy of heaven and earth, condensing it into a supremely yang and powerful demon-dispelling thunderbolt. This technique consumes a great deal of true qi and requires several breaths to accumulate power, but its power is enough to shake a demon beast in the late stage of the embryonic breathing realm.
Jin Lei sensed the rapidly increasing spiritual pressure, and his dark golden beast eyes suddenly contracted.
It no longer tried to pick up the cloth bag on the ground, but instead gripped the giant axe made of dragon bones with both hands, poured all its strength into the axe blade, squatted down slightly in a defensive posture, its feet sinking deep into the rubble, its muscles taut, like a bowstring ready to be released.
Zhang Ruxue activated her right-hand sword technique once again.
The flying sword beside her did not attack Jin Lei, but instead slowly circled around Zhang Ruxue. The frost-white sword light on the sword grew stronger and stronger, and streaks of lightning surrounded her, emitting a terrifying aura.
"Sizzle... sizzle..."
The air in the mine tunnel began to vibrate, emitting a burnt smell, and fine stones fell from the top of the rock wall.
Under the light of the sword, the pebbles bounced slightly on the ground, as if drawn by some invisible force.
Jin Lei did not sit idly by and wait for his death. Instead, he roared, raised his giant axe high above his head, and charged towards Zhang Ruxue, dragging his injured leg.
Just a few breaths later, the axe blade drew a sharp arc in the air, carrying immense force, and cleaved down towards her head.
Zhang Ruxue neither dodged nor evaded; her left hand continued its incantation, while her right hand's sword incantation changed once more.
The flying sword hanging beside him rang out with a long, clear sound, transforming into a frosty white barrier to meet the axe blade.
"Azure Return to Truth Cover".
This is a defensive technique among the superior Taoist arts she has practiced. It uses her own flying sword as a carrier and borrows the sword intent to condense a protective shield, which can deflect most of the impact.
"BOOM!!"
The axe blade struck the sword light shield, producing a deafening roar.
The protective shield trembled violently, the sword emitted a groan of unbearable strain, and the ground beneath Zhang Ruxue's feet cracked open with several fissures.
Her face paled even more, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, but the hand seal in her left hand remained as steady as a rock, without the slightest tremor.
Jin Lei swung his axe again, a second time, a third time...
Each axe blow was delivered with full force, each blow creating more cracks in the protective shield.
The sword light flickered erratically under the frenzied slashing of the axe blade, and the frosty white light on the flying sword had dimmed considerably.
Just as the protective shield was about to shatter, Zhang Ruxue finally completed her left-hand incantation.
She raised her left hand high above her head, fingers spread wide, and a dazzling silver-white lightning bolt exploded from her palm, illuminating the entire mine tunnel as if it were daytime.
Lightning crackled and danced in her palm, emitting a piercing hissing sound, and the air was filled with a strong smell of burning.
"scold."
Zhang Ruxue coldly uttered a single word.
The silvery-white lightning bolt shot out from her palm, transforming into a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm, and blasted towards Jin Lei's chest.
Bright and radiant, graceful and powerful like a dragon.
The speed of that bolt of lightning was so fast that it was impossible to dodge. Jin Lei didn't even have time to change his move before he watched as the lightning instantly pierced through his chest.
"roar--"
Jin Lei let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Streaks of lightning exploded within its body, causing the dark golden fur all over its body to stand on end, and its muscles to spasm violently under the bombardment of lightning.
The flesh on its chest was burned into a charred hole the size of a human head. The hair around the wound was curled and smelled burnt. The black blood was evaporated by the lightning into dark red mist that spread in the air.
"thump!"
Jin Lei's massive body swayed twice before his knees buckled and he collapsed heavily to the ground.
Zhang Ruxue also swayed, her face deathly pale.
That Xuan Su Chi Lei Jue almost drained half of the remaining true qi in her dantian. At this moment, she felt as if her limbs and bones had been hollowed out, leaving her weak and powerless.
The flying sword returned to its sheath with a mournful cry, its frosty white light now extremely dim.
After confirming that Jin Lei was indeed dead, Zhang Ruxue slowly walked towards the elixir.
He knelt down before the medicinal herb, took out a jade box from his pouch, and carefully placed the purplish-red fruit, along with the soil around its roots, into the box. The fruit trembled slightly in the jade box, and silver patterns flowed like water on its purplish-red skin.
"With this spiritual herb, my chances of becoming a true disciple have increased even more."
Zhang Ruxue put the jade box into her pouch and breathed a sigh of relief.