Chapter 669 - 180: I see you’re quite handsome, you must be in a mountain of debt, right?

Chapter 669: Chapter 180: I see you’re quite handsome, you must be in a mountain of debt, right?

Her hand gripping the saber tightened slightly as her Divine Sense instantly spread out.

Suddenly—

An intense sense of danger assaulted her from behind!

Atop a giant boulder a hundred and fifty yards behind her, Zhao Tianxing had appeared out of nowhere.

The heavy Bengyue Bow in his hands was already drawn into a full moon!

TWANG!

The twang of the bowstring reverberated like muffled thunder.

Three arrows shot out at once!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The three Black Kite Arrows, pitch-black and carved with complex runes, didn’t fly in a straight line.

Instead, they carved three strangely graceful arcs through the air. Shimmering with the heart-stopping radiance of a Lunar Eclipse, they split high, middle, and low, sealing off all of Dongfang Wulei’s escape routes!

’This speed... How is that possible?!’

Dongfang Wulei’s pupils constricted, and the sneer on her lips froze.

’Fast they may be, and accurate too... but does he really think an attack like this can break my defenses?’

With a sharp cry, her Long Saber erupted with brilliant light.

She executed "Raising Fire to the Heavens," a diagonal, upward slash aimed precisely at the first arrow to arrive!

BOOM!

The moment the saber’s edge met the Black Kite Arrow, a violent blast of Force, accompanied by the ear-piercing shriek of metal on metal, erupted outwards!

The arrow wasn’t sliced apart as easily as she’d expected. Instead, it unleashed a terrifying piercing power!

’Dammit! This arrow... It’s no ordinary arrow! It’s a Lower Grade Profound Weapon!’

Dongfang Wulei felt a violent tremor run through her palm, and the web of her thumb went numb. The immense impact sent her staggering backward!

Meanwhile, the other two Black Kite Arrows, whistling a deadly tune, swerved.

They struck at her from the left and right with the cunning of venomous snakes, as if they had already calculated her retreating steps and final position!

"The audacity! Shatter!"

In this moment of life and death, Dongfang Wulei forced herself to stabilize.

Spinning like a top, she unleashed the Celestial Blade Pavilion’s Secret Skill without hesitation: Silent Extinction Celestial Saber!

Innumerable strands of Saber Qi erupted in an instant, forming an impenetrable net that completely enveloped her!

BOOM! BOOM!

Two massive explosions rang out in succession.

The two expensive Black Kite Arrows were ultimately deflected by the net of Saber Qi. They buried themselves deep in a nearby boulder, their fletchings still quivering violently.

"Nngh..."

When the dust settled, Dongfang Wulei had blocked the attack, but she let out a suppressed grunt.

She stumbled back seven or eight steps before steadying herself, her face already pale!

If Zhao Tianxing had only used ordinary Refined Iron Arrows, his meager Primordial Qi as a First Heaven of the Divine Power Realm cultivator would likely not have pierced Dongfang Wulei’s Protective Gang Qi.

But using Lower Grade Profound Weapons for arrows, amplified by the Bengyue Bow—that was a different matter entirely!

From that single exchange, even someone as powerful as Dongfang Wulei, at the Fourth Heaven of the Divine Power Realm, was left with her qi and blood in turmoil and her Primordial Qi in disarray, despite having deflected the arrows.

Her gaze toward Zhao Tianxing finally held a trace of fear and gravity.

’Trying to kite me to death? In his dreams!’

Dongfang Wulei suppressed the roiling qi and blood within her, her eyes burning with fury.

She had no time to regulate her Inner Breath. Gripping her Yanling Saber, she employed the Eight Trigrams Step. With a CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH of crushed stone, she charged toward Zhao Tianxing like an enraged leopardess!

As a Martial Artist at the Fourth Heaven of the Divine Power Realm, her Saber Gang could reach for several yards, and her Magic Techniques were formidable. But her attack range was ultimately limited, a far cry from Zhao Tianxing’s Moon Eclipse Arrow, which could claim a life from over three hundred yards away.

’Only by closing the distance can I turn this around!’

However, since arriving in Qing Province, Zhao Tianxing had been training relentlessly, constantly sparring with the Cyan Snake and White Snake. His power had advanced by leaps and bounds; why would he ever give her a chance to get close?

WHOOSH!

The moment Dongfang Wulei closed in, a faint glow flashed beneath Zhao Tianxing’s feet, and his figure flickered, becoming illusory.

"Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step!"

He didn’t retreat in a straight line. Instead, he moved like a slippery fish, weaving rapidly through the formation of giant boulders that stood dozens of feet high.

Using the boulders as natural cover, he blocked her line of sight while always maintaining a distance just beyond the "safety line" of one hundred and twenty yards.

"You bastard! Stop running if you have any guts!"

Dongfang Wulei gave chase for some time but couldn’t even lay a finger on him. Instead, a few well-aimed potshots sent her into a panicked scramble.

Utterly infuriated, she began striking out repeatedly with her left palm.

The powerful force from her palms sent boulders in her path flying like cannonballs, smashing toward the slippery figure ahead.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

The boulders crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

But it was as if Zhao Tianxing had eyes in the back of his head. Without even looking back, he could judge their trajectory by the sound of them cutting through the air.

He weaved left and right like a phantom, easily dodging the flying boulders, all while turning to draw his bow once more.

WHOOSH!

A pitch-black arrow shot through the dust cloud, grazing past Dongfang Wulei’s ear and severing a few strands of her hair.

’This is an arena! The area is limited. Let’s see how long you can run!’

Dongfang Wulei touched the bloody scratch on her cheek, left by the force of the arrow’s passage, and the killing intent in her heart flared.

She sneered and changed her strategy. She began a methodical advance, gradually shrinking his room to maneuver and slowly closing the distance.

Finally, they were less than thirty yards apart!

This was a saber’s killing range!

A sharp glint flashed in Dongfang Wulei’s eyes. The Long Saber in her hand was poised, ready to unleash a thunderous strike.

Just then—

From the audience, a panicked voice suddenly shouted, "Senior Sister! Behind you!"

It was the panicked cry of a Celestial Blade Pavilion disciple.

Dongfang Wulei, her mind completely focused on Zhao Tianxing, started in alarm. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

She spun around instinctively, only to see that a black mist, thick with a cloyingly sweet, metallic scent, had silently crept up behind her.

Within the roiling black mist, a pair of vertical pupils shone with a cold, eerie light.

Barely visible was a large, slender Cyan Snake, flicking its scarlet tongue with a mocking look in its eyes.

’That damned brat, he actually brought a Demon Beast onto the stage!’

Unsure if the black mist was venomous, Dongfang Wulei didn’t dare to pass through it.

Pushing off the ground with her toes, she retreated rapidly while forming a hand seal with her left hand, preparing to cast the Wind Magic technique, Gale Slash, to disperse the black mist.