Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 381 - 341 Shimmering Light Scattered, Feeding the Tiger with One’s Body

Chapter 381: Chapter 341 Shimmering Light Scattered, Feeding the Tiger with One’s Body

"Quick, at the onset of the Star Spirit’s descent, the spirit and the flesh are mismatched, extremely weak. This realm temporarily also cannot support strong spiritual energy, close combat is the only chance for victory," Fang Sheng shouted sharply, her sword transforming into a rainbow light, closely following a thread-like sword light. With one step, she crossed over thirty yards, broke through the wooden door, and entered the room.

Immediately, the room erupted with brilliant sword light and the roar of thunder.

The walls and the roof were bombarded by sword qi, turning into layers of fine sand and collapsing.

Just as Zhou Ping’an arrived using the Inches Apart, Worlds Away Body Technique, he saw a small figure dressed in black darting about like a shooting star, relentlessly attacking a woman wearing a large red embroidered robe with a colorful crown.

The woman in the red robe was stunningly beautiful and voluptuous, standing in place with only a long sword in her hand. When she struck, the sky flickered with starlight, conveying a sense of stars shifting and heavens turning.

Fang Sheng’s swordsmanship was dense like a torrential downpour, yet she couldn’t breach the defense...

Even so, Zhou Ping’an, who was just a step slower, could see that this disciple from the Penglai Immortal Sect seemed to already be manipulated by the woman in the red robe’s sword light, unable to control her own body, diving back and forth involuntarily.

Like a moth to a flame, she danced ever more frantically, her face growing redder, about to spin herself to death.

"Stabilizing Origin Swordsmanship, which can stabilize the Earth Element Qi, how could it possibly contain the Heaven Element? You lowly worm, ignorant of the vastness of heaven and earth, actually dare to seek your own death?"

"Shimmering Light, disperse..."

The woman in the red robe, Lady Feng Jiu, had icy eyes, looking down from her lofty position like a celestial deity, although her gaze fell on Fang Sheng and Zhou Ping’an, she clearly didn’t regard them as a threat at all.

Just as she had said.

How could a deity consider a worm worth noticing?

"It’s just a projection that has descended, what god are you pretending to be? Brother Zhou, let’s work together..."

Fang Sheng apparently knew a lot, caught among the scattering stars, tightly trapped, but she did not lose her spirit, instead retorting sharply, managing to send a covert signal while struggling.

Actually, she didn’t need to say more.

Zhou Ping’an had already silently merged into the storm of starlight and sword rain.

With the rise of his blade, it was as if a calm lake began to ripple and a great sea churned.

The sound of rushing tides filled the room.

"A tiny pearl also shines?"

Lady Feng Jiu sneered coldly.

With just a slight flick of her wrist, thousands of stars, the majority of them, pounced on Zhou Ping’an.

They tore through the wave-like sword qi, leaving it riddled with holes, the sword light intensely focused, simultaneously targeting all the vital points on Zhou Ping’an’s body.

Zhou Ping’an’s slash hit nothing but air, and before his eyes, he saw nothing but a phantom starry space...

The night was dark as ink, and a spoon-shaped star pattern leaped into his heart, the stars subtly rotating, his body suddenly feeling cold, and then he could see nothing, hear nothing at all.

At that moment, he almost forgot what he was even doing.

Not to mention the enemy before him.

The stunning, graceful woman in red had already vanished from his senses.

All he could rely on was a faint, barely perceptible sensation, his long blade dancing wildly in his hand, deflecting and parrying, stabbing at the sharp, aggressive energy aimed at vital points all around him.

’So this was the situation Fang Sheng was in while fighting with Lady Feng Jiu... No wonder her swordsmanship seemed stiff and her parrying difficult, she was influenced by the opponent’s Shimmering Light Sword Intent.’

’We really can’t win.’

Zhou Ping’an was blind and deaf, unable to even locate the enemy, left only to take blows.

He couldn’t advance his attack, nor could he land a hit.

In such a situation, he completely couldn’t think of any way to win.

No wonder the woman in the red robe was so haughty, the gap between them too vast...

Even with a mismatched spirit and weak body, without re-cultivating from the start, she clearly wasn’t afraid of being attacked.

Therefore, facing some blind and deaf rivals, what did she have to worry about?

"No wait, what am I comparing skills with her under these circumstances?"

Zhou Ping’an suddenly recalled the words Fang Sheng had said before she acted, [Close combat gives us a slim chance of victory].

"Yes, in any fight, it’s about using one’s strength to target the enemy’s weakness."

Now, with her realm suppressing his, her Martial Intent was probably not just at Mortal Rank Ninth Refinement Completion, it might even transcend to a subtle and elusive level.

She could not only see through his moves and weaknesses, but she likely could predict how he would act and respond.

Thus, she managed to fight against the two of them with her frail body controlling the sword.

When previously facing the Hundred Paces Sword Control, Zhou Ping’an had felt it too.

Her sword was very fast, the angles extremely tricky, but the power behind the sword was not strong.

If one could keep up with the speed and block the angles, then there would be no danger.

Therefore, her weakness had always been there.

It was her physique.

Perhaps even a Martial Cultivator at the Five Viscera Realm had a more robust body than hers.

The reason he guessed the Five Viscera Realm, rather than the Blood Exchange Realm,

was because Zhou Ping’an himself had cheated his way here, like using hacks.

He knew very clearly that with sufficient medication and the right method, from a high vantage point, an ordinary person could swiftly reach External Refinement of Muscle, Bone, and Skin to Perfection.

Directly stepping into the Marrow Cleansing and Blood Replacement Realm, undergoing the first transformation of the body.

The problem lies here.

Once reaching the Marrow Cleansing and Blood Replacement Realm,

this was a leap in life; no matter how quickly, changing the Blood Essence and diving deep into the marrow and cellular layer still required time for cultivation.

Initially, Zhou Ping’an, sparing no expense, consumed medicine like consuming peas and at the stage of Marrow Cleansing and Blood Replacement, still spent nearly a month.

Therefore, if Lady Feng Jiu was indeed as Fang Sheng had described, a projected Star Spirit that had recently descended upon an ordinary person, then her physical body was her weakest point.

The critical issue is, limited by the frailty of the body, her spiritual power also couldn’t be fully utilized.

But only a very small part could be exerted.

Thus, from start to finish, she had been using some bizarre combat techniques, dominating with her higher realm.

Their actual combat capabilities might not be as proficient as one imagined.

’Close-quarters combat, this is how it is.’

In an instant, Zhou Ping’an’s mind ran through countless thoughts, and in just less than a tenth of a second, which was merely enough time to swing three slashes and block five sword strikes, he had figured out how to break the situation.

’If you can’t block, then don’t.’

’There’s a saying in military strategy, [first act invincible, to wait for the enemy’s vulnerability].’

’Given the current circumstances, this would be called [Feeding the Tiger with One’s Body].’

Thinking of this.

Zhou Ping’an’s blade’s light suddenly retracted, guarding only half a foot around his head.

He forcibly controlled the impulse to swing his blade to block.

He dismissed his sense of crisis.

Even if a sword thrust towards his heart, he ignored it completely.

His body glowed red like lotuses, his muscles suddenly expanded significantly, and his height also rapidly increased by over two feet.

He then charged forward violently.

Pu...

Pu pu pu...

Suddenly, Zhou Ping’an felt his hand and leg tendons, as well as his heart, lungs, spleen, and stomach all ache at once; in that moment, he didn’t know how many swords had hit him, and how many bone-piercing holes had been made in his body.

However, compared to his body that had rapidly enlarged and exploded with the use of "Purifying Lotus Body".

Although the opponent held a peerless weapon capable of piercing through his sturdy and strong flesh, they could not cause any severe wounds.

’It’s a pity that I can only use various secret techniques to enhance my body, along with employing exquisite skills to exert physical combat power, because this temporary body has no True Qi, has not cultivated Vitality and Death Qi, nor has it visualized the Red Lotus Karmic Fire or Wish Power Threads. Many techniques cannot be used, but this is already enough.’

He dashed forward three steps.

Zhou Ping’an felt numerous bloody holes on his body, and felt his strength drain by about thirty percent.

But amidst the severe pain, he finally located the true position of Lady Feng Jiu.

A red shadow flickered in front of him, fragrant winds wafted, and a figure hastily retreated. Her sword light broke through his blade aura, scraping a blood streak across the side of his eyeball and drawing empty in the air, yet it was caught in the loop of his Wave Subduing Blade.

"Break..."

Zhou Ping’an roared.

The air in front of him shook.

Countless driftwoods and dust particles, under his loud roar, cracked slightly again.

Zhou Ping’an, his left arm positioned in front of his eyes, transformed his elbow into a hammer and struck downward.

Wham...

A dull sound.

Crack crack!

The red shadow shot backward like an arrow.

A bright ray of light flashed and then stabbed into the ground, sinking several meters deep, leaving no shadow visible.

At the same time, a burst of blood mist exploded in the air, intertwined with bits of bone shards.

"It feels so good to be hit..."

Zhou Ping’an chuckled lightly.

His throat was already hoarse.

It was because his vocal cords had been injured by a sword strike to the throat.

Squinting with his left eye, one of his eyes had been blinded, and a deep gash had been pulled out at his left temple.

His body from top to bottom was like a battered sack, gurgling, dozens of wounds were bleeding simultaneously, flowing like a blood man.

Yet, his aura remained extremely strong, his vigor like fire, blazing fiercely, reaching for the sky.

At his side stood Fang Sheng.

This girl in black looked even worse than Zhou Ping’an.

Her sword-holding right arm had already broken off.

At her left waist, she had been stabbed by a sword, nearly cutting her in half.

The most severe wound, however, was at the center of her forehead.

There was a spot of blood there, her skin split open, barely missing being pierced by the sword blade.

Clearly, Zhou Ping’an’s timely burst not only saved himself but also saved Fang Sheng’s life.

Both of them were in a miserable state.

Lady Feng Jiu in a red, robe was not much better off.

The glowing long sword in her hand was struck by Zhou Ping’an’s roar and hammering, shaken into the ground, and she couldn’t retrieve it in a short time.

Zhou Ping’an also noticed.

When he had just swept his palm across the sword body, the residual shock had turned the opponent’s sword-wielding right hand and forearm into a cloud of bloody mist.

She was left with only half of her right arm now.

She was gasping for air continuously.

"So much for a Star Spirit descending into the world."

Zhou Ping’an paused in his laughter, thinking that while he might not excel in other aspects, his body was strong enough to last a while, but the opponent had already lost her sword, what else could she possibly do in a fight?

"Be careful, she still has her final move to use."

Fang Sheng, however, did not smile.

A trace of seriousness appeared on her face.

"It’s just unfortunate that those two didn’t follow orders, and moved forward rashly out of greed for achievements. Otherwise, this time, we might have really had a chance to win."