Chapter 229: Prudence
Yang Xiu didn’t even have time to flinch. After burying an arrow in the chest of one of the two Jade Chameleon Foundation Establishment cultivators charging her, the other swung a sword at her neck.
The blade glowed with white light, signifying that it was imbued with Wind qi. That element was strong against her Ice element, meaning it would hit with up to twice the force of a neutral qi aspect.
As the radiant metal sliced through the air toward her, she was at peace. Unworried. Either the qi shield technique that Master had given her would protect her, or she’d be decapitated. She was betting everything on the fact that Master would not let her down.
Swish!
Thunk!
The blade hit. Qi flashed as Wind-infused metal met a small patch of thick shield made of pure Ice. The sword bounced back.
Yang Xiu was fine. Not even bruised, much less cut. She hadn’t even felt the blow. Her qi reserves barely even moved.
Her brother was already on his way, building Momentum as he ran toward the lone uninjured enemy combatant. The swordman could swing away at her all he wanted. There was no way he was breaching her shield before Yang Ru sent him crashing into the side of the auction house.
“Enough!” the leader of the Jade Chameleon squad, a cultivator in the Golden Core realm, shouted. “Regroup.”
Yang Xiu glanced at Kang Lin, who was still fingering her contingency ring. The other girl shrugged as if to say, “Let’s see where he’s going with this.”
As the Jade Chameleons heeded the call of their leader by jogging toward the wall to regroup, Yang Ru finished his sprint and stood next to his sister. The trio waited to see what would happen next.
Kang Lin wasn’t surprised that the Golden Core cultivator had called for a retreat. Of his five juniors, two had almost been killed and the other two still had arrows sticking out of various appendages. Only one was unscathed, and none of them had so much put a scratch on either of the twins.