“I saw that the 13th acolyte’s card was used, so I was curious as to why they would be sneaking in to here. But all I found
was trash trying to steal from us!”
“That’s rich coming from you! Mr. Rat?”
“Hahaha Rat? We shall see who will be squished! Who are you anyway? Did you steal that card too?”
“It was given to me . . . from Sheng Fei HIMSELF!”
“HAHAHA and Red Empress is my sister! Thief you’re making me laugh too much tonight. I, SHAO LI shall enjoy killing
you!”
“Last warning! If you had any respect for Sheng Fei, then you will yield! For I am his true heir!”
“Enough talk! After I kill this thief, I’ll finish all the fools who dared attack us!”
BANG BANG BANG
“Tch Shit!”
Sheng Fei urged Li Xiu to shoot at Shao Li with the Jackal rounds but they stopped midair.
Three of the precious rounds had apparently hit the air in front of Shao Li.
“Didn’t you know? ALL acolytes of Black Phoenix have these, they are very useful, aren’t they? These force fields render
your bullets useless, why don’t you come a little closer?”
Shao Li then put two metal gauntlets on his arms and hit his fists together.
CLANG
“No? Then HERE I COME! RAAHHHH”
Shao Li lunged at Li Xiu with the ferocity of a beast, intending to pummel her to death.
(This man is more of a gorilla than a rat!)
Sheng Fei thought as he made them leap backwards.
SLICE
SLICE
They spun and slashed two of the metal poles holding the shelf and many boxes came crashing down.
The boxes had valuable and sensitive things inside them, so Shao Li made sure not to hit them very hard.
This allowed Li Xiu and Sheng Fei time to run away, even if it was only for a few seconds.
Shao Li dropped his pistol as it seemed that Li Xiu was also unaffected by bullets.
This was a fight to be determined by their blades and fists alone!
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STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
STOMP
Each one of Shao Li’s footsteps were like a thundering rhino’s.
He chased Li Xiu for a bit before picking up an empty box.
CLANG
(SHENG FEI! That was too close! He won’t miss next time!)
( . . . yea he’s surprisingly accurate)
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Shao Li grabbed another empty box and hurled it.
This time it was even faster and more accurate.
If Li Xiu was hit, then she would be instantly killed.
Fortunately, Sheng Fei had given them the Mercury Blood.
Even so, Sheng Fei wouldn’t allow it to touch them.
“HAH!”
He swung Phoenix Wing in a giant overhead arc and sliced the box in two.
The two pieces barely missed Li Xiu, but that was only the beginning of Shao Li’s assault.
“KAH!?”
BUMP
Shao Li had closed the distance right after he threw the box.
He had a surprisingly large amount of agility for someone his size.
As he lunged, he prepared a right hook but Sheng Fei moved Li Xiu just in time.
Instead of hitting her face, the punch landed on her chest and sent her flying back in to a shelf.
( S . . Sheng Fei this . . . really hurts)
(I know, let me handle this! Give me full control! It’ll minimize the pain you feel. Trust me, I’ll win. It can’t end here!)
(Okay, just -)
(Yea, yea don’t do anything stupid, right? Well watch and learn, here’s some of my techniques!)
Sheng Fei got up and started to hobble away, he cut down as many shelfs as he could to slow down Shao Li.
But Shao Li didn’t care, he was just taking a small stroll.
He even made sure to stack some of the boxes back up.
Li Xiu’s right leg hurt to walk on, but Sheng Fei knew it would heal in time . . . maybe.
Her back was aching too and her lungs were on fire, but Sheng Fei was trying his best to ignore the pain.
“WHO IS THE TRUE HEIR? HAHAHA I GET MORE TROUBLE FROM THE NEW RECRUITS!”
THUMP
“Aaagh!”
Shao Li threw another box and caught Li Xiu’s left arm.
Sheng Fei felt it twist strangely and was down to using one arm for now.
“HMPH!”
Shao Li was mildly entertained and threw several boxes.
CRASH
CRASH
CRASH
“AGH!”
Sheng Fei cut the first box in half and used the momentum to cut the second one too.
He used Li Xiu’s right leg to kick the last one.
Her leg had healed enough to be walked on but Sheng Fei ignored the pain.
Shao Li stopped the box with his foot and smiled.
“Seems like you still have some fight left!”
“Don’t you have to fight off the attackers?”
“I believe in my men. But this just a taste of the pain you’ll feel, you WILL tell me how you got that card! You are not nearly
strong enough to even be considered a comrade to me!”
(Alright, Li Xiu watch this. I called it the first stance)
Sheng Fei took a deep breath and start to run with Phoenix Wing.
[First Form: Phoenix’s Rage]
“RAAAHHH!”
Sheng Fei used all the pain, all the adrenaline, and fury he had to rush at Shao Li.
CLANG
CLANG
CLANG
Sheng Fei unleashed a flurry of rapid full force slashes.
He then switched it up and threw more attacks.
CLANG
CLANG
CLANG
Every slash Sheng Fei swung at Shao Li, he then arced in to a piercing blow.
Shao Li held his fists up and took Sheng Fei’s attacks with his gauntlets.
No matter how strong Sheng Fei swung, Shao Li was taking it with great stride.
(Damn, this mountain will take forever to take down!)
“Impressive! But if you get any faster, then you won’t be able touch me!”
“I was wondering about that, it’s the belt, isn’t it?”
“Sorry little girl but you’re a couple years too early to even try! And now it’s MY TURN!”
Although Sheng Fei could react to Shao Li’s blows, even in Li Xiu, blocking his gauntlet was not viable with Phoenix Wing.
So, he spun to his left to dodge the blow and swung Phoenix Wing to take out Shao Li’s belt.
TING
“TCH!”
Sheng Fei finally took out Shao Li’s shield and prepared to go full force now.
The ferocity with which he wanted to use Li Xiu’s body would tear her muscles apart slowly.
But thanks to the Mercury Blood, he could enjoy battle just like he once did in his body.
Li Xiu’s body finally healed enough and Sheng Fei felt all the pieces fall together for his victory.
(Let’s try this again)
Sheng Fei focused even more and could feel things slow down a little.
[First Form: Phoenix Rage]
“HAAAAAAAAAH”
He entered an enraged state and ran at Shao Li with Phoenix Wing prepared for blood.
“RAAAAAAAAAH”
Shao Li accepted the challenge and rushed forward as well.
[Third form: Phoenix Gaze]
Sheng Fei stopped and vented all emotion at this point.
He strained his eyes further to gather more detail.
This was a technique he developed long ago.
If the first form was about using overwhelming force, this was to overwhelm with speed.
He liked to think to himself that it was like using precognition but this wasn’t the case at all.
Sheng Fei put his body on full auto and let his instincts take over his clear mind.
He reacted to Shao Li at an even higher speed than before.
Sheng Fei had merely used a feint to make Shao Li recklessly lunge.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!”
Shao Li was a righty and used his right arm to attack first.
This was why Sheng Fei was able to slash his torso diagonally and take off his arm at the elbow.
Shao Li howled in pain and clutched his elbow in his stomach.
Sheng Fei smiled and flicked the blood off of Phoenix Wing before putting it back in to the sheath.
“I win, RAT! It was a shame I couldn’t finish you in one blow. Now, will you yield to the True Heir, Sheng Xiu?”
“NEVER!”
Shao Li screamed in defiance and pulled out a long silver rod from his pocket.
PSSSH
Sheng Fei was dumbfounded and wondered just how so much changed in the time he had been gone?
“RRRRAAAGGGHHH”
Shao Li started to sweat profusely but he held his sliced off limb tightly.
His arm was starting to reconnect with his elbow!