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Chapter 18 Part 4 Dawn of the Unforgiven
"How are you okay!" they both yelped Xue Nu unaware that, after training under Yanfei, Tianming's resilience was greatly enhanced; her strike was blocked by his inner force. Shaoyu likewise didn't know Xue Nu's power had grown several times he hadn't dispersed her force she used his strength to break away.
"Heh again," Shaoyu laughed if once, then again. Xue Nu, cold-eyed, watched him charge.
"Snowfall," she danced with the wind Shaoyu blinked suddenly surrounded by ice and snow.
"Illusion again." He shut his eyes and lunged in the same direction his palm struck only air. Remembering how to crack Cloud Lord's illusions he waited for her to attack, planning to strike her then. Long minutes nothing. "No colder by the minute I must leave this place." But all around was white and his tracks vanished under snow as if he'd never passed frustration mounted. "Freeze me to death? Ridiculous."
"Snow Girl it's cold why not make love?" he joked.
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"Shaoyu are you okay?" Xue Nu didn't answer Tianming did. "I'm fine kid, what about you?" "I… I'm fine. I'm in her illusion are you?"
"I'm in an illusion too why can't I see you? Why do you sound odd?"
"Ow no worries fighting her. Give me time I'll try to break it."
…Oh, dealing with Tianming not here thought Shaoyu no wonder no one's here. "Break it? Since when is he that strong?"
"Tell me how I'll strike."
"Find Xue Nu's true position and attack."
Watching the snowfall thicken his vision shrinking he said, "I'll try."
Within, Xue Nu stared helplessly at Tianming "What a tank!" He bore Yan Dan's deep inner force though not fully mastered, Yanfei's training made it circulate in tandem with his own automatically countering attacks. He'd barely learned offensive arts but his "taking hits" had been forged hard. Her blows had no effect.
More startling his eyes glowed she couldn't fully beguile him; sometimes he even glimpsed her and countered. Half her effort was spent on him; she couldn't even disengage to crush Shaoyu.
"He's growing too fast is that woman really so powerful?" not knowing Yanfei was restraining Tianming's growth to avoid triggering the Sleep Curse.
In the illusion, Tianming fought better and better reading her methods hunting her trace to counter.
Mother-in-law was right: "Illusions aren't real the best use is decorating rooms."
"Focus all force break a point."
"Hundred-Pace Flying Sword!" Xue Nu jumped he could do that?
"Found you now break!" He struck she smirked he'd been tricked she grabbed Fei Gong (Non-Aggression). "Fei Gong used well why not use Ink-Brow?" "Hmph don't need Ink-Brow to beat you."
"I'll help." With that hit, he had struck her true body shattering her illusion and Shaoyu raced in only to meet her mocking gaze.
"Snowfall." He was trapped again. Outside, she, gripping Fei Gong, dragged Tianming with Shifted Position.
"Tianming what are you thinking why help him against me?" Realizing she couldn't subdue both at once, her tone softened. Tianming glared, wrenched Fei Gong free; she let go suddenly, making him stumble.
She sighed took another direction: "What did you do to Sister Rong?" "She's fine," he answered.
"She's frail don't bully her. If she offended you, I apologize for her." "No need…"
Xue Nu easily blocked his attacks, chuckling. "You're stubborn. At the Mohist, you never accepted it everyone dotes on you and I'm the only one who dares beat you. Unknowingly, you grew up even I can't beat you now."
"…" Tianming rubbed his ear, which seemed to ache Xue Nu's silver laughter tinkled. "We're family if I did wrong, say so no way I let you suffer. At worst, I apologize let you spank me okay?"
Tianming's eyes flicked to her shapely bottom. "Little pervert so that's your idea," she thought, disappointed and irritated. "I'm your elder how dare you think that way." Her voice grew gentler. "Want to find a place and I'll bare it?"
"Really?"
"Sister Rong is she inside?" He nodded. "Then wait within." As he almost fell for it, he suddenly realized "No you're tricking me."
"Ox-Slaughtering Knife!" No more banter he pressed the attack. Having to also contain Shaoyu, Xue Nu fell behind.
"You haven't learned other arts? Still using that? Didn't she teach you Ink-Brow?" "Not your concern."
"How is it not? You're our Juzi sword and Ink-Brow go together you should learn both."
"Easy to say who treated me like Juzi?" Her eyes lit up there was the reason. But where had they offended him? Brooding here?
"When didn't we teach you? You kept chasing Sword Saint's arts later, that woman came you moved in with her, lost your soul we barely saw you."
Tianming blushed yes, he had dallied with Yanfei; she indulged him and he loved it.
"Too much talk see my Hegemon Slash!"
"Sounds like Shaoyu's art," she thought brutally effective and her current least favorite to face. Indeed, Tianming descended; she saw at once that paired with Shaoyu's Overlord Broken-Array Spear it was terrifying. Even so, Tianming's all-out strike forced her full effort she broke his illusion; Shaoyu fled Xue Nu pivoted, trapping Tianming in an illusion and looked coldly at Shaoyu.
"If you bind him, how will you deal with me?" Shaoyu charged again; as he neared, she shifted the illusion from Tianming to Shaoyu and resumed fighting Tianming.
"What a shameless art," Shaoyu cursed Yanfei had told Tianming Xue Nu's "White Snow" mind art was only so-so useless against stronger foes and unnecessary against weak opportunistic rubbish.
Again Tianming broke her illusion Shaoyu fled Xue Nu trapped Tianming. Facing off, Shaoyu said: "Release Tianming I'll return Duanmu. We can forget today."
"You dared scheme me and want me to let you go?" she sneered. Shaoyu laughed. "Don't say it like that not just me involved. Will you kill Tianming too?"
"Poison-hearted that's why you dragged him down."
"You can't beat us both and you can't kill him either. Set him free or I'll leave."
He feinted a step but Xue Nu didn't move. He grimaced, then walked into the hut and carried Duanmu out. "If you don't release him don't blame me."
"What are you doing!"
Shaoyu pulled off the blanket, revealing Duanmu's nude, battered body, covered in bruises a testament to her ordeal. "Leader Xue Nu you wouldn't want Leader Duanmu hurt, would you?"
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