“Master Ming! Are you okay?” Luoshan Zi kicked a piece of broken cement on the ground, sending it into the shadow’s skull.
“Don’t worry about me! Just go after them!” Ming coughed.
“DIE!” Keying’s body spun as he fell down towards the staff-wielding figure in black, his Dao collecting even more Qi and more momentum from the motion. This human spinning saw blade attack crashed right against the target, who could only back off by a few steps and attempt to block it using the already cracked up metal staff.
“Clunk!” The spinning Dao crashed into the horizontally held metal staff, in but a shortest moment a human could ever conceive, the staff was slashed in two. The escaped Qi from the edge of the Dao pushed forward through the defense and slashed through the figure’s cloak and his right shoulder.
The staff wielding figure in black grunted as he thrust the broken halves of his staff at Keying’s shoulders. Keying was in no position to dodge or block this retaliatory attack - one sharp end of the broken staff bumped and slid off on the metal left shoulder pad, but the other made it through with a direct hit and penetrated Keying’s defense on his right upper arms.
Keying grunted and fell onto his left side from this strike, but not before he unleashed a swift straight kick onto his opponent’s lower stomach.
Ruo roared as she swung her whips at her opponent again - the one in her right hand arched in the air like a rattlesnake and flailed at her opponent’s head, while the whip in her left straightened once again and jabbed at her opponent’s leg.
Ruo’s opponent rattled his metal whip into a coil, blocking both attacks at the same time while backing off to the staff wielding figure’s side. The figure in black wielding ring blades did the same, after a quick clash of weapons with Liao he rid the impact and glided backwards to guard his cohort.
Luoshan Zi swung her hands, shooting two throwing blades at the figures at the same time. The blades were not the normal ones she brought with her, but her specialty ones and infused with the highest amount of Qi as she could. They flew in parallel and in slightly inwardly curved trajectories.
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Two loud dings exploded as the figures in black blocked the blades with their whip and ring blades. Sparks flew as the blades bounced off, neither of the figures was harmed. The blades bounced again when they came into contact with the ground shooting off into the darkness behind them.
Another round of blades came, this time it was four of them and they were three normal knives and one specialized blade. Also this time one of the blades was aimed at the staff wielding figure specifically.
“Vile!” The whip wielding figure barked and rattled his whip again, coiling his whips in an attempt to shield both himself and his injured cohort behind him. The blade in a higher position instantly bounced off after striking the whip. Yet the blade in the lower position shattered and burst into a flurry of shrapnels. This figure caught two splinters, while the rest either bounced on the ground below or snuck past his defensive maneuvers. The staff wielding figure groaned - he was hit, just that no one was able to see how severe.
The ring blades wielding figure in black shot at Luoshan Zi, swinging both his blades in a flurry trying to confuse her and blind her from his impending attack.
Ruo and Liao would help if they could, but the invasion and corrosion of their Qi and their muscles from the arcane Ink Qi had greatly slowed their reaction and movement speed. Before either of them could take a step toward Luoshan Zi, the figure had already made it in front of Luoshan Zi, one ring blade smashing down at her head and one slashing at her right arm.
The two blades landed on their targets at almost the same time, but almost no reaction force made it to the figure’s palms and wrists - all they hit was but an after image, created by residual Qi and incredibly fast shift in position by Luoshan Zi.
“Cloud Walker’s Oath!” The figure gasped, immediately after which three lightning-fast finger jabs poked him the right elbow, right wrist and right upper arm. All three of them struck him true on his meridian points. In a moment of utter urgency, he pushed his Qi into the right side of his body to form a shield. Just like he suspected, a powerful kick flailed at him from mid air and struck him true on his right forehead.
“Bang!” This figure was thrown onto the ground tumbling, breaking patches of cement at the same time. Luoshan Zi backed off right after this attack and landed on her feet, taking an opportunity to toss a small thin blade at this opponent without delay or hesitation.
This figure in black grunted and rolled on the floor once again rather gracelessly to dodge the incoming throwing blade. He was still a moment too late, as the thin blade had penetrated left chest muscle and stuck under his left collar bone.
Liao jumped into the air, his Qi igniting the air around his ring blades. With two strings of bright orange flames behind him, he unleashed his strongest attack ever since the start of this fight.
The whip wielding figure in black shot at Liao, but Ruo jumped into his path. The metal whip with sections snaked in the air before its tip struck at Ruo’s chest. Ruo sidestepped at the last moment, dodging it at the last moment. Right after, her right wrist twisted, rattling the other tip to counter-strike the figure in his ankles.
Just this moment, the staff wielding figure burst from his original position, with a half a staff in his hand. The moment her right hand whip landed true and shattered the ankle bones of her target, the sharp end of the broken staff also jabbed into Ruo’s abdomen.