Hi fellow readers. Here’s the most awaited duel between our leads, armed with their respective mystical swords. As fatjona17 commented, it’s showtime! ?
Chapter 5: Su Ling returns, Part 4 of 5
Gu Yun’s pointed and rhetorical question annoyed Su Ling even more, whatever he wants to do he need not explain to this woman, Su Ling belligerently replied: “Right.”
“There’s no room for discussion?” Gu Yun finally asked.
Su Ling’s distant, cold dark eyes already spoke volumes, Gu Yun stood up. Su Ling thought she was going to make a scene, but she merely indifferently replied, “I got it.”
With such a man, basically there is no need to hold further discussions. Since the negotiations failed, she could only proceed according to her original plan, in short, he wants to cage her for life, no way!
Gu Yun’s extremely calm bearing and both disdain and resoluteness in her eyes made Su Ling feel an inexplicable sense of unease. As soon as she got up, Su Ling also swiftly stood up, his tall figure once again blocked the front of Gu Yun.
“Move back.” This time Gu Yun’s temper was provoked, she snarled while unsheathing the dagger on her waist, Gu Yun who merely wanted to force Su Ling to move back touched him briefly, holding the dagger which only a moment ago she pressed on towards Su Ling, he already nimbly retreated a step back. Gu Yun was intending to take this opportunity to leave, yet Su Ling’s body quickly deceptively advanced forward, entangling her. Even though Gu Yun had a dagger in her hand, but Su Ling, after all, practiced martial arts for many years, possessing the excellent skill of a master, after several moves, Gu Yun already knew she is no match to Su Ling.
She actually wielded a dagger, Su Ling’s eagle-like eyes glinted cold, he started also to be more and more ruthless. The two people fought hand-to-hand, more than a dozen of moves later, Su Ling capitalizing on the strength of his arm, grabbed Gu Yun’s wrist. Gu Yun just endured the pain on her wrist, his fingers like an iron vise tightly squeezing her wrist, the force was such that she could no longer hold steady the dagger, bang, the dagger clattered to the ground.
Even though the pressure nearly broke her hand, Gu Yun still refused to groan, because her skill isn’t as good as his she kept silent, but if he wants her to beg for his mercy he better just forget it!
Su Ling did not expect that she actually knows martial arts, and adding to that her martial arts skill is not at all weak, but clearly she lacks strength. Seeing the beads of cold sweat dripping from her forehead, yet obstinately refusing to admit defeat, Su Ling exerted more pressure, steeling his heart, he wanted to test how much she can endure!
How it hurts!
Her entire right arm because of her twisted wrist hurt terribly, if he exerts even more force, she reckoned her wrist bone would snap. Gu Yun clenched her teeth, hurting she propped up her other hand on the stone table standing unsteadily unable to endure anymore, yet despite the impa.s.se, Gu Yun continued to be unwilling to utter a word of surrender.
The beads of cold sweat along her forehead, dripped one by one on the stone table, whereby drops of sweat fell gently on Bing Lian’s body. Astonishingly, these drops of sweat falling into the sword’s blade, in a split second were promptly sucked in completely, vanishing without a trace.
As Gu Yun’s hand hurt more and more, Bing Lian which calmed down after much difficulty unexpectedly shook up again, emitting a blindingly white light afterwards, on the stone table amazingly there was no more trace of Bing Lian.
The mysterious white ray of light flashed by the sword towards Su Ling startled him causing him to quickly release Gu Yun’s hand. He drew back a few steps away to escape from Bing Lian’s extreme cold air!
What is Bing Lian up to?! Can’t it recognize anymore who’s its master?!
Su Ling was still silently cursing, but what happened the next moment left him stunned and his heart sank.
He saw Bing Lian astonishingly standing straight in front of Gu Yun, taking on a protective stance before her. Could it be that it has chosen this woman?! What a rotten sword!
“Bing&h.e.l.lip; Bing Lian&h.e.l.lip;?” Gu Yun also stared totally flabbergasted at the long sword. This&h.e.l.lip; what is this all about?! How can the sword move by itself?! Not only was it hanging mid-air, it was also radiating a strange brilliant light?! From time to time Bing Lian kept on getting close to her, as if expressing to her its goodwill. When Su Ling moved the slightest bit, it right away advanced forward taking up its protective position before Gu Yun.
Who is going to tell her about this? How can science explain all this?!
On a moonlit night, a man and woman were rendered speechless staring at a full-bodied snow white, long sword suspended in the air, for a long time they were rooted to the spot.
Gu Yun was still in a daze when, Su Ling extremely annoyed at Bing Lian for changing sides, took a stride forward, wanting to seize the sword’s hilt and take it back. Who would have thought that the sword, up until then nearly always compliant to Su Ling, would suddenly flip its blade, simultaneously sending out a white light. Su Ling felt a strong gush of cold wind hitting him head-on, once again he was forced to retreat backwards, what occurred next struck Gu Yun dumb even more&h.e.l.lip;
When Su Ling fell back, the other red sword calmly lying on the stone table, suddenly also vaulted into the air, the broad, long sword stood in front of Su Ling. Bright rays of light splendidly red as cinnabar and ice-cold white light clashed in the air, sending forth violent sparks, causing in an instant an earth-shattering blast of wind, the force of impact no less than the impact generated when a five-kilogram explosive detonates.
Su Ling was still able to stand steady, but Gu Yun barely able to support herself moved back a step.
After these dazzling rays of light, two swords — one red and one white stood opposite each other in the air, respectively before its own master.
After a good while, Gu Yun after witnessing this play of fantasy enacted before her eventually regained her wits, her heart slowly calmed down, is it possible these are so-called mystical weapons? Behaving like people, though not sort of demonic, they have a mind and will of their own?!
Gu Yun was still speculating that Chi Xue responded to Su Ling’s summon as it instantly leaped to his palm, when Bing Lian also hurriedly landed in Gu Yun’s hand in the next moment.
Gu Yun has used a lot of highly advanced and sophisticated weapons in the past, but this undoubtedly is her first time to use such a seemingly magical weapon with a mind and will of its own, she could not help but feel a little excited. Bing Lian appeared to have been awfully inactive for a long, long time, Gu Yun could feel its frisson of wild excitement. Amazingly she felt at this very brief moment, she and Bing Lian were communicating to each other their innermost thoughts and feelings.
Grasping Bing Lian tightly in her hand, Gu Yun suddenly had a strong urge to fight with Su Ling.
Su Ling naturally understood the implication of Bing Lian’s choice, his mind was full of raging fury, it actually without seeking his approval arbitrarily recognized its master! Bing Lian is an extremely cold object. Granted that it sets its mind on this woman, but if she does not have the ability, and thus unable to take the coldness, she would be hurt by the coldness instead. Su Ling would like to see whether or not this woman is suitable to hold this sword after all!
Su Ling took the lead to attack, she saw him flick away the tail of the sword, quite an ordinary move, but because of his imbued powerful internal energy and Chi Xue’s blazing heat, this blow was akin to a fireball strike. The heatwave compelled Gu Yun to retreat several paces away. Bing Lian in her hands started to tremble, white rays of light suddenly appeared to shroud Gu Yun. A cool, refreshing air diffused from her fingertips to her heart levelling and extinguishing the excessive heat in her chest.
However, the stone table behind Gu Yun was not as lucky, the heatwave baked it brown in a flash.
Two formidable forces intending and vying for victory! Su Ling clearly aims to win, and if she displays the slightest weakness, no doubt she certainly will lose, Bing Lian did its utmost to protect her, so how could she let it down!
Both her hands gripped the sword, Gu Yun ferociously forged ahead, leaping forward, wielding it from top to bottom Gu Yun poured all her strength and courage into the sword, as this is the first time after so many years that Bing Lian’s cutting edge is once again exposed, one can well imagine the locked energy of the sword, it was like going against a glacier. Su Ling has never before witnessed Bing Lian’s true strength, momentarily he was actually somewhat bedazzled, Su Ling was ignorant of Bing Lian’s power, what he merely knew was its millennium of years of co-existence with Chi Xue.
Chi Xue’s blade originally bright red suddenly blazed like a flame and turned crimson red, Su Ling felt for the very first time that Chi Xue is in its all-out battle mode, in his mind he dares not be the least bit sloppy, facing ahead to extinguish the cold frost, both the red and white swords once again clashed, the jarring sound of the blades’ collision was utterly ear-piercing.
A face-off between fire and ice, the relative superiority is difficult to determine, but all along Gu Yun’s physical strength could not match Su Ling’s, and her synchrony with Bing Lian is not yet as good as between Su Ling and Chi Xue which has accompanied him for many years already in the battlefield.
After a while, Gu Yun felt exhausted already, but tenacity has always been one of her few strong points, even though cold sweat was dripping from her forehead again, Gu Yun vowed not to capitulate.
Su Ling was likewise not faring well, the exposure to the combined impact of the power of fire and ice has also shaken him sending his heart beats surging.
As if sensing at the same time the physical strain felt by both their masters, the glowing red and white lights suddenly dimmed, the two people felt simultaneously the built-up momentum dissipated afterwards, with much effort, they moved apart.
Propping the sword on the ground, an out of breath Gu Yun was panting, d.a.m.n it, after exchanging just a few blows, she’s this dead beat already, this Bing Lian is very difficult to control!
Equally weary was Su Ling, although one cannot see the embarra.s.sment he felt on his ever grim face, but it was clear to him, just a moment ago this sword, drained much of his strength! She wielded Bing Lian just for the first time already she’s this formidable, if they train together until the person and the sword are one, very likely, only Chi Xue and he can match to this strength and power.
Even though both were tired to death, still their eyes were coldly regarding the other party, no one was willing to back down.
Until the noise of hurrying footsteps from outside resonated, both had not paid attention to the state of their surroundings.