347: Chapter 105 Eastern Dragon Protector, Plum Blossom Elder (Part 2) 347: Chapter 105 Eastern Dragon Protector, Plum Blossom Elder (Part 2) His first disappearance went unnoticed by Xi Duofu who was under the influence of the Seven Sounds Burst, his mind a blank slate.
But this second time felt incredibly real.
In a flash of light, Ye Yinzhu had vanished, and Xi Duofu, along with a branch, swept past where Ye Yinzhu had been.
The sensation of misdirected force carried the Zi rank Great War Master ten meters away before he could stabilize himself, a sense of constriction in his chest.
Yet as he was still carried by his momentum, the cutting Sound Blades had already reached his back.
Asis and Li Sha had the clearest view; Ye Yinzhu’s disappearance lasted only an instant.
But it was during that fleeting moment that he evaded Xi Duofu’s attack, reappearing just behind him as another set of Sound Blades shot forth from the Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither.
Xi Duofu, with his rich bat experience, didn’t panic in the face of this sudden disadvantage.
He didn’t even turn his body around, instead, he swung the branch backward, a series of amethyst flashes destroying Ye Yinzhu’s High-Frequency Sound Blades.
Affected by the Sound Blades, Xi Duofu couldn’t help but let out another stifled groan, his eyes now filled with a chill.
A sudden disappearance; that was an ability Ye Yinzhu certainly did not possess.
However, his spirit bond contract with Zi was equivalent to his own.
Ever since Zi had been reborn through Ye Yinzhu’s life force, the mutual summoning ability between the two had broken the restriction of being unable to summon in bat.
It was precisely this mental connection that enabled Zi’s dual summonings, which allowed Ye Yinzhu to dodge both the shockwave and Xi Duofu’s attacks.
He did not summon Zi to join the fight, as he sought to gain Xi Duofu’s recognition through his own power.
Facing his father’s attack in the past, Ye Yinzhu had also felt an inability to pete.
But his father, Ye Zhong, had relied on technique, while Xi Duofu before him was the embodiment of sheer speed and strength.
When the Zi rank Great War Master faced him again, he was no longer holding back.
In just a blink, he had already reached in front of Ye Yinzhu.
This time, Xi Duofu deliberately conserved some strength and abruptly stopped his body when he reached Ye Yinzhu, bringing the branch chopping down from above.
Ye Yinzhu knew that the same tactic couldn’t be used twice against a strong opponent.
The greatest drawback of the mutual summoning was that, when he reappeared through summoning, his position would be exactly where he had vanished.
He certainly did not want to brace for a direct hit from Zi rank Douqi while turning around.
Hence, this time Ye Yinzhu did not vanish; he chose to face the attack head-on.
Watching the branch descend, Ye Yinzhu raised his right hand, and the Desolate Dragon Yin’s Zither disappeared along with it.
In that instant, his right hand was coated in a thick layer of purple crystal.
A burst of gold light then surged from his arm, turning the purple crystal into a purplish-gold color as it met Xi Duofu’s branch head-on.
Xi Duofu’s attack this time was to carefully observe what Ye Yinzhu relied on to disappear.
He dared not use his full strength, holding back some Douqi in case he needed to react quickly.
However, he didn’t expect that Ye Yinzhu would choose this moment to strike with all his might.
Purplish-gold light met the branch.
At the moment of collision, a blinding orb of light flared between them.
There was no thunderous boom, only a piercing tear.
A radiant glow burst outward in a radial pattern.
The branch in Xi Duofu’s hand shattered into pieces.
His form remained unmoved, but a surge of purple Qi once again flushed his face.
Ye Yinzhu had thrust upwards to meet Xi Duofu’s attack and now, his body was buried up to his knees in the solid granite of the ground, his handsome face turning a flushed red.
Ye Yinzhu acted swiftly, even as his lower legs were sunken into the ground, he did not stop his movement.
Because the purple glow that radiated from his clash with Xi Duofu was indiscriminately dispersed in all directions.
Such a level of shockwave naturally wouldn’t affect Li Sha or Asis.
But Haiyang as the Divine Music Master couldn’t handle it.
So, simultaneously as he was hurled into the ground, Ye Yinzhu’s left hand swung out, shining with a dazzling silver light.
It surged in front of Haiyang a split second before the purple glow dissipated and erupted into a silver shield of light.
As the purple shockwave hit this shield, it simply unraveled into nothingness.
Asis, who had flashed to Haiyang’s side ready to shield her from the shockwave, was taken aback.
With his branch gone, Xi Duofu still had a more frightening weapon for attack, his hands.
Ye Yinzhu had seen what he did, but the fight wasn’t over yet, he wouldn’t stop.
Would an enemy cease their assault because you were saving someone?
Thus, Asis’ right fist had already reached Ye Yinzhu as he released that streak of silver light.
At this moment, Ye Yinzhu’s shins were still buried in the ground, dodging certainly wasn’t an option.
His body, forced into a tilted position by the mutually opposing forces, still did not give up.
Though the purple crystal on his right hand had shattered from his previous collision with Xi Duofu, his hand still trembled, yet he raised it again, pointing upward toward Xi Duofu’s wrist.
Xi Duofu did not dodge; he simply did not believe that Ye Yinzhu’s hand could affect the punch he had thrown.
Confronted with Ye Yinzhu’s stern resistance, this War Master had been provoked into a spirit of petition.
An odd light emitted from Ye Yinzhu’s body.
So close was Xi Duofu, that he couldn’t even make out the color of the light—it seemed as though Ye Yinzhu’s entire body lit up.
The next moment, his right fist felt as if it had hit a yielding body, slipping past Ye Yinzhu.
Amid the thunderous noise, a deep pit instantly formed in the ground next to them.
Ye Yinzhu’s left hand had struck Xi Duofu’s chest at that very moment.
Acpanied by a loud bang, Xi Duofu stood unmoved while Ye Yinzhu was sent flying backward by the protective Douqi Xi Duofu had deployed.
Naturally, his legs were also pulled out from the ground.
After tumbling three times in the air, Ye Yinzhu managed to land and staggered back seven or eight steps before he could stabilize his body, forcefully preventing himself from falling.
With a retch, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
With a gaze both icy and tranquil, the Zither Emperor took a deep breath.
Barely suppressing the turbulent blood within his body, warmth surged from all his limbs, and a faint purple crystal began to emerge from his skin.
Yes, he still had the strength to fight.
While Shan and Lei’s powers were certainly formidable, they were not yet mature.
Ye Yinzhu had only managed to barely block Xi Duofu’s attack with their help, but at the cost of violently shaking his meridians.
How could the offensive power of a Sixth Rank Zi rank War Master be easily withstood?
“Yinzhu,” said Haiyang, whose zither had been unable to play since the initial boom because she simply couldn’t calm her heart to merge with the music.
Seeing Ye Yinzhu vomit blood, she wanted to rush over immediately but was held back by Asis.
Xi Duofu stood in his original position, hands clasped behind his back, watching Ye Yinzhu, his eyes revealing plex emotions, “Tell me, how did you resolve my final punch?”
Ye Yinzhu replied calmly, “By triggering Shifting Stars with The Guardian Set.” Indeed, he hadn’t used Life Guardian; in fact, he could have clinched victory at that instant.
Had the palm he placed on Xi Duofu’s chest been a thrust with the Sword of Nox, perhaps the oute would have differed.
Whether the Douqi of a Sixth Rank Zi rank could have resisted an Artifact rank thrusting sword, Ye Yinzhu did not know.
But he did not try, because Xi Duofu was Haiyang’s grandfather.
Xi Duofu glanced at the incense that was still burning, albeit nearing its end, “Kid, do you think you can withstand another attack from me?”
“That’s something we’ll only know after trying.
I’m still standing.
Aren’t I?” Ye Yinzhu answered lightly.
Xi Duofu laughed; this was the first time Ye Yinzhu saw him smile.
However, the next moment, Xi Duofu had already swung his fist.
Up until now, facing the Zi rank Great War Master, even while being severely wounded, Ye Yinzhu’s expression had never changed.
But now, at that moment, his face finally showed a change, because Xi Duofu’s fist was not aimed at him this time, but at Haiyang.
It was a deep purple fist, a fist with an unstoppable momentum, one that the Zi rank Great War Master swung with all his might.
The air froze again.
Nearby Haiyang, Asis suddenly leaped up and grabbed Li Sha instead.
The air, already locked by Douqi, rendered Haiyang’s slender and delicate body so frail and weak before Xi Duofu’s Zi rank Douqi fist.
At that moment, her gaze was still fixed on Ye Yinzhu, oblivious to the danger approaching her.
“No—”
Blood boiled, whether it was from the pure lineage of the Eight Eastern Dragon Clans or from the Amethyst Behemoth, every drop surged in that instant.
Ye Yinzhu’s mind left no space for thought, even a simple question as to why Xi Duofu would attack Haiyang never crossed his mind.
Everything happened too quickly; even summoning Zi would be too late.
Perhaps instinctively, a ball of purple flame burst forth from his body.
The layer of purple crystal covering his skin became fuel for these flames, and the air’s resistance couldn’t impede his force any longer.
The next moment, he had hurled himself horizontally, using his broad back to shield Haiyang’s delicate figure.
Ye Yinzhu saw Haiyang’s eyes, and she saw his just as well.
Her gaze was panic-stricken, whereas Ye Yinzhu’s was filled with unwavering resolve.
Wrapping his strong arms around Haiyang, in that instant, the Life Protecting Bracelet on his wrist fell onto Haiyang’s.
(To be continued.
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