Chapter 381: Flying Axe Silence (Two in One)
Haitang wielded two exquisite miniature axes, which were not very powerful and domineering, but extremely agile and graceful, with a touch of girlish elegance.
This second time, Haitang's attack seemed gentler than before, but also... more dangerous.
Vertical chops, diagonal cuts, upward slashes, horizontal sweeps, one move after another swept towards Mei Cheng'an like a wave, and Mei Cheng'an's body was like a willow swaying in the wind, dodging, jumping, leaping, twisting... posing all kinds of strange postures, moving around in a small space, avoiding the natural and extremely dangerous double axe attack. Between each posture, Mei Cheng'an used his powerful body control ability to ensure the continuity of the posture.
The sharp axe blade split the low rock behind him, swept away the morning dew on the hem of his clothes, broke a strand of hair that was accidentally exposed beside his left ear, and cut the dust flying around his right leg.
I just couldn't touch his body.
The confusion in Haitang's eyes gradually turned into surprise.
She has been practicing martial arts since she was young and has an extraordinary talent. She is confident that the two short axes in her hands have already mastered the ways of nature. Apart from the four great masters in the world including her teacher and her senior brother Lang Tao, she has never taken anyone seriously. This is not arrogance, but what she believes to be the fact. However, the man in front of her named Mei Chengan, after surprising her several times, gave her another surprise.
It was almost there, almost there every time. Whenever he thought that the battle axe in his hand was about to have some close contact with the opponent's body, the opponent's body seemed to have the ability to avoid danger and would always move away a few inches at the most dangerous moment.
It seems that after a series of battles, he not only made a breakthrough in swordsmanship, but also made small progress in his already abnormally fast body movements, reaction ability and body control ability. Haitang sighed quietly in her heart. If she had known earlier, she should have used all her strength to fight a quick victory in the first fight. Now, it's even more troublesome.
Thinking of this, there was no trace of annoyance in Haitang's eyes. In fact, it was brighter than before. She just silently and gradually increased the intensity of her offensive.
She probably guessed the reason why Mei Cheng'an didn't draw his sword but only dodged. The reason why she cooperated so well was that she also wanted to see how long the opponent could last relying on his body skills alone.
The two battle axes seemed to grow on Haitang's hands, rotating on her palms as she wished. Even when her palms were spread out, they never fell. Her offensive moves became increasingly rounded and fierce, while constantly eliminating and closing gaps.
Mei Cheng'an, who noticed that it was becoming increasingly difficult to dodge, just frowned slightly at first, but as time passed, he frowned more and more frequently, and his frown became tighter and tighter, until the situation became so dangerous that he almost died under the axe several times, and sweat finally began to appear on his forehead.
Haitang's moves became more and more magical, and it became more and more difficult for Mei Cheng'an to dodge, but he was still struggling to persevere. He could clearly sense that the power of Haitang's attack had not yet been fully exerted, and he, too, had not reached his limit, although his dodging posture became less and less graceful and more and more embarrassed.
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"Is the sword in his hand just for show? Why doesn't he use his sword?"
Fan Xian was very confused and puzzled.
Wang Qinian beside him squinted his eyes and touched his chin. After thinking for a moment, he spoke seriously.
"If I'm not mistaken, the young master must have his reasons!"
"..."
Fan Xian's body trembled, and he twisted his neck stiffly, looking at him expressionlessly. After a pause, he opened his mouth and spoke.
"I can only give you points for your guess."
Wang Qinian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, because he didn't understand. He moved his eyes and thought for a moment, but still didn't understand, so he put his hand down.
"Eight-five...what does that mean? Money?"
Fan Xian sneered and rolled his eyes to the sky.
“Because I’m a little speechless.”
"No… um…"
Wang Qinian reacted and scratched his head with a wry smile.
Fan Xian rolled his eyes at him again, then retracted his gaze to look back at the battlefield. Seeing that his fellow villager was still unable to dodge the sword, his expression once again turned into confusion, and he muttered to himself.
"What the hell is he doing?"
"few…"
"Shut up, Lao Wang!"
"Oh."
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Haitang was getting more and more surprised. She didn't understand why she couldn't touch the edge of his clothes when he was in such a mess. He was reluctant to draw his sword. Could it be that he realized that she hadn't used her full strength yet? Was he waiting for her to use her full strength?
In that case... then it's as you wish!
Haitang's eyes were calm, and she intensified her offensive once again. At this moment, she no longer held back and went all out!
Mei Cheng'an, who noticed it at the first moment, had his pupils shrink suddenly and sweat dripped down his forehead. Haitang finally stopped holding back, and he... had already reached his limit. At the moment of life and death, Mei Cheng'an rolled on the dry grass and awkwardly avoided the fatal blow. Facing the next blow, he was no longer able to dodge and finally could not help but draw his sword. There was a slight sound, which was the sound of a sword piercing the air. Mei Cheng'an's sword was like an extremely agile venomous snake. It followed a strange trajectory and instantly passed through between Haitang's two axes and went straight to her throat.
The surprise in Haitang's eyes flashed away, and her body suddenly stopped with strength. She raised her head and bent down to avoid the sword. At the same time, her two axes suddenly changed their moves. One axe was retracted and raised to block the sword, and the other axe changed from a vertical chop to an oblique cut to attack Mei Chengan's wrist holding the sword. She even raised her toes suddenly to kick Li Meicheng's arm. In a moment, Haitang not only dodged the sword, but also made several countermeasures, and she was both offensive and defensive. The adaptability of a ninth-grade is really terrifying.
Mei Cheng'an was amazed and responded to Haitang's moves one by one in an orderly manner. His right arm, wrist, shoulder and elbow exerted force at almost the same time. He first raised his wrist to move the sword up, and at the same time retracted his elbow and swung it to the right. If you slow down the movement, you can see that Mei Cheng'an's right arm and the sword slid smoothly between the two axes and the one kick, passing by them lightly. Haitang's three moves in different directions all missed.
However, this was not the end. Mei Cheng'an's left arm, which had not moved, was also raised at the same time. His five fingers were slightly opened in the shape of a tiger claw, like a dragon going out to sea, and passed through the gap between Haitang's arms that had crossed after her attack failed, and hit Haitang's chest, which was not bulging. It was a move of the black tiger piercing the heart. The failed attack did not make Haitang's heart fluctuate at all, but Haitang, whose upper body was swinging back, could no longer remain calm after seeing this move. It could even be said that her pupils were shaking violently. She did not even think about changing her moves and attacking again. She forcibly restrained her body from swinging back to avoid directly hitting the claw. At the same time, she pointed her toes and suddenly retreated three feet backward. After landing on the ground, she crossed her hands and raised them up to protect her chest. Then she slightly turned sideways, looked at Mei Cheng'an with a flushed face and gritted teeth, and shouted angrily in a delicate voice.
"You! Shameless!!!"
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“Pfft~ Hahahahahahahahahaha… This guy’s move really pleases me. So shameless and has no bottom line! Hahahahaha.”
Fan Xian, who was watching the battle from a distance, raised one hand and pointed at his fellow villager, while holding his stomach with the other hand he laughed wildly.
Wang Qinian seemed to be covering his eyes with his hands, as if he couldn't bear to look directly at the scene, but in fact there was a gap between his fingers, and his cunning eyes were staring at the battlefield in the distance with great interest.
Tsk tsk, young master's move is brilliant, focusing on attacking the enemy's vital points, but it is indeed... a bit shameless, so you'll just have to wish you good luck from now on.
Bluebird and Green Ant both stroked their eyebrows with their faces a little red, not because they were shy, but because they felt ashamed. After all, the one who did such a vulgar thing was their own young master, and the target of his hooliganism was the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi. They inexplicably felt as if they had brought shame upon themselves abroad.
Young master, can you please pay attention to your image?
……
Mei Cheng'an retracted his left arm and slowly stood up. After brushing off the dirt on his body, he looked up at Haitang, put his fist to his lips, coughed lightly, and said helplessly.
"I didn't... cough, I want to say that I didn't do it on purpose... cough, in fact, it was mainly because your attack was too fierce, and you didn't even give me time to get up. I was helpless because I had no choice. Besides, the Black Tiger Heart-piercing is also a serious external martial arts move. I can't just... cough, you know what I mean, besides..."
Mei Chengan spread his hands as he spoke.
"Didn't I touch it?"
"You still want to..."
Haitang's eyes widened when she heard this, and she screamed in shock subconsciously, but her pretty face turned red as she spoke. She paused, pointed her finger and yelled again, her voice even louder. "You have no shame!!!"
After saying that, he quickly withdrew his hand and continued to cover his chest.
"..."
Mei Chengan's mouth twitched and his head was filled with black lines.
"Please don't misinterpret my meaning. I mean... forget it, forget it, forget it. I'm not going to explain anything. I've never been a gentleman. This isn't a competition. There's no point in stopping. You want to kill Sean, and I want to stop you from killing Sean. When you're outmatched, you naturally have to use all sorts of tricks. Is that a problem?"
Haitang was silent, her face darkened. After a moment, she silently lowered her arms in front of her chest, without any anger on her face, as if she agreed with what he said.
She slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. An unusually pure, beautiful and natural breath began to gradually become stronger around her body. The dewdrops scattered in the grass at her feet seemed to become happy and excited because of this breath. They struggled to climb down from the tips of the leaves, which were trembling with excitement, and suddenly turned into a cloud of mist on the way down.
Mei Cheng'an narrowed his eyes and twisted the sword in his hand. He knew that the reason he gave for slapping the other person's chest just now made the Saint of Northern Qi really angry!
……
Mei Cheng'an raised his hand expressionlessly and threw the sword casually. The sword pierced through the mist in the stone forest in the early morning like a flash of lightning, and flashed a dazzling light and suddenly killed Haitang who was rushing forward rapidly.
Haitang was startled but not panicked. She stepped on her left foot and tilted her rapidly moving body to the left. Then she straightened up quickly and avoided the sword in a flash without even slowing down.
A shadow floated over, and Mei Chengan's figure seemed not slower than the flying sword. He followed the same pattern, tilting his body to the left and then straightening it, and in an instant he easily bypassed Haitang and went straight after the sword.
Haitang was stunned and hurriedly braked. Using inertia, her body fell forward and stopped in mid-air. Suddenly, her body flew into the air, rolled over, and when she landed, her body had already twisted. With a touch of her toes, she instantly turned into a trail of dust and rushed straight towards Mei Chengan's back.
The axe flashed coldly, and when it was only three inches away from Mei Cheng'an's back, Mei Cheng'an just caught up with the long sword and grasped the hilt very calmly. Without even turning his head, he moved his wrist, and the long sword suddenly turned over and stabbed it from under his armpit with extremely vicious backhand. The tip of the sword was pointing right at Haitang's brows, which were slightly ethereal.
An inch longer, an inch stronger. The advantage of weapon length was revealed at this moment. Haitang frowned slightly, and at the critical moment, she moved her wrists slightly to loosen the double axes, and then quickly got away. The double axes were no longer controlled by their owners, but their strange power was even stronger than before. This was because Haitang added a little force before letting go.
In an instant, the double axes smashed through Mei Cheng'an's figure, turning it into nothingness, leaving only a residual image. Where was he? He was already in front of Haitang. It turned out that after the back stab missed, Mei Cheng'an suddenly flashed around the double axes, pushed the long sword straight towards Haitang who was retreating violently. Haitang's body movements were not as good as his, not to mention that she was still retreating. The long sword that had just dodged was approaching her face again.
Haitang squinted her eyes. The bright light was a little dazzling. She was indeed a little shocked and surprised by the successive setbacks in her attacks, but that was all. When the tip of the sword was only an inch away from her forehead, Haitang's toes suddenly stopped and she lay down with her head tilted back. Her already crooked body fell backwards like a broken willow branch. At the same time, her heels tilted and she actually drew a semicircle in the air with her heels as the center and her body as the axis. In an instant, Mei Chengan and she were upside down. Haitang leaped into the air, lying horizontally in the air, and her toes touched the sole of Mei Chengan's feet lying horizontally in the air. The soles of their feet separated as soon as they touched, and the two figures separated at an accelerated speed.
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"Oh my god, this is indeed a duel between ninth-grade masters. Every move is so exquisite. How can I describe it? In one word, it's pleasing to the eyes! Wow, I'm so envious!"
"My Lord, pleasing to the eyes is a four-character phrase!"
"You are holding back your words!"
"..."
……
Mei Cheng'an, who was very speechless and had a frown on his face, adjusted his body in the air, tapped the boulder that was about to hit him head-on with his toes, suddenly turned around, and rushed towards Haitang at high speed again.
Haitang flew to the front of her two short axes that were deeply inserted into the mud, landed on the ground, and then ran at full speed. When the left toe touched the handle of the short axe, she did a backflip, and the short axe suddenly broke away from the mud and was kicked into the air. The toe of her right foot kicked the other short axe away. Haitang, who was standing upside down in the air, casually grabbed the two short axes with both hands, turned her body upside down, and at the same time, she shouted and spread her legs, and chopped the two axes hard at the long sword that suddenly came.
There was a crisp sound and sparks flew. Mei Cheng'an did not resist the huge force transmitted from the axe to the sword. He put away the sword, turned around and stabbed again. Haitang's upper body fell down, kicked the sword with one foot, and kicked Mei Cheng'an with the other. The sword rose with a ding. Mei Cheng'an put away the sword, twisted in the air, and stuck to the edge of Haitang's shoe to avoid the kick.
In just a moment, the two exchanged several moves in the air, neither of them was able to hurt the other, and their figures suddenly separated and fell to the ground.
They turned around and looked at each other.
"You hid really fast!"
"You're not slow either!"
"Come again!"
"Come again!"
The two figures, which had just been separated for a moment, flashed and suddenly collided with each other again, making a loud clanging sound. In just a few breaths, the sword tips and the blades collided countless times.
Mei Cheng'an and Haitang were floating around, appearing and disappearing, sometimes apart and sometimes together. Within the range of their battle, everything except each other could not escape being cut and shattered, and the stirred smoke and dust lingered for a long time.
Through the battle with Haitang, Mei Chengan took the opportunity to integrate several breakthroughs, including body movements, swordsmanship, and the Dragon Capturing Technique.
Mei Cheng'an unexpectedly discovered that this seemingly useless move, when used unexpectedly at a critical moment in actual combat, played a much greater role than he had imagined. It was extremely useful to restrain the enemy's weapons and even body. You must know that in battle, if the offensive deviates by the slightest, the results will be very different.
Haitang was very annoyed by his unexpected little tactic of restraining her. What made her even more annoyed was that she gradually discovered a fact that even if she tried her best, she still couldn't do anything to him!
She found that Mei Chengan not only became more courageous as the battle went on, but also became more and more free to attack. His sword skills and body movements were so fast that he could be described as slippery! It was disgusting. If she hadn't been able to clearly detect the signs that his true energy was gradually being consumed, she would have wanted to give up directly. This fight made her feel a little sick.
Mei Cheng'an felt great when he hit the ball, but the price of this great feeling was that his Qi recovery rate could not keep up with its consumption rate. Although he had been trying to control it deliberately, the consumption was still astonishingly high.
The main reason was that Haitang was too powerful, and the amount of his true energy was astonishingly large. They had been fighting for most of the day, and there was no sign of weakening in the offensive, which caused his true energy consumption to remain high.
When there was less than 30% of the true energy left in his body, Mei Cheng'an's will to fight gradually faded and he wanted to take a break. Taking advantage of an opening, he suddenly withdrew from the battle, landed on the ground, stretched out his hand and repeated the old words.
"Stop! No more fighting!"
But it didn't work this time. Haitang acted as if she didn't hear him and ignored him at all. She just rushed forward with two axes in hand!
Little did he know that Haitang endured the depression and nausea and insisted on fighting, waiting for the moment when his true energy was over-depleted. How could she possibly stop!
With a cry, Mei Cheng'an started running.
"Hey, don't be like this, let's talk it over, let's..."
A flying axe whirled towards him and interrupted his words.
Mei Cheng'an flashed and ran in another direction.
"No, listen..."
Swish, another one!
Mei Chengan's head was filled with black lines again.
"able…"
Swish, swish, this time there are two swords.
"..."
Mei Chengan's face darkened. Dodging in the air consumed a lot of his internal energy. After dodging three times, the internal energy in his body was reduced again.
This won’t work... He didn’t dare to run at full speed and was caught up by Haitang. After a series of clanging sounds, he escaped again.
"Don't be like this, Duoduo, I..."
Swish! The flying axe silence technique reappears!
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(End of this chapter)
