coobybook Chapter 189 Don't cut my budget
Chapter 189 Don't cut my budget
The young master pulled the mask from his forehead to his face, and purple lightning flashed between his palms, instantly creating a double-headed blade in his hand.
He casually tossed the longbow in his left hand onto the ground.
The young master gently separated the double-headed blade with both hands, holding two lightning-light short swords in each hand.
"Perhaps I forgot to tell you at the beginning, but I am actually not very good at using a bow and arrow. The real me is a swordsman."
The young master slightly raised his hands, wielding lightning blades, and adopted a starting stance that Xu Ning was very familiar with.
"This posture is so familiar. I seem to have seen this posture quite often in those debt collectors."
Xu Ning twirled his longsword and addressed the young master.
The young master laughed and said, "That's normal. After all, many of those debt collectors have been trained by me."
Almost before the words were even finished, the young master's twin blades were already in front of Xu Ning.
Xu Ning could almost feel the fine hairs on his face standing up under the stimulation of the electric current.
Xu Ning slashed down with his silver sword, then reversed it, drawing a V-shaped sword path that perfectly blocked the young master's two strikes.
In coordination with his movements and footwork, with a flick of his wrist, the sword tip, like a phoenix nodding, stabbed the young master in the eye, throat, and heart.
"Heh," the young master sneered, his figure suddenly retreating, leaving behind a long trail of purple afterimages.
This move, Lightning Flash, was launched silently and without a trace of smoke. Xu Ning didn't even realize that the young master was pretending to retreat before he had already retreated quite a distance.
Xu Ning's three thrusts, though each one farther than the last, all landed in empty space.
The Wind Fist Vanguard, who was leaning against a pillar of fire watching the battle, broke out in a cold sweat as he watched Xu Ning's three swift thrusts.
Not only has that brat from Liyue grown taller in the years I haven't seen him, but his martial arts skills have also become so formidable. Moreover, I just saw him control fire with wine, and his mastery of elemental power was extremely effortless. I'm afraid my chances of getting revenge are almost zero.
Fortunately, although the young master was forced to retreat, the executive officer had not yet unleashed his true strength and should still be able to deal with that kid. Otherwise, just as that kid said, he would lose the queen's gift again, and the rich man might really throw him into a factory to work to death.
"Your swordsmanship is decent, but that's about it."
The young master crossed his twin blades, unleashing a "Surprise Slash!"
Xu Ning narrowly dodged the attack using his Drunken Fist technique.
"Double Strike! Triple Strike!"
The young master, having gained the upper hand, showed no mercy. In a short moment, Lei Ren unleashed six moves and twelve strikes at Xu Ning.
When Xu Ning made his sixth strike, his one-handed sword was already starting to give way. He let out a cold snort and simply let go, allowing the young master to knock the sword out of his hand.
"I seem to have forgotten to tell you that I am not good at swordsmanship, but at fist techniques."
With his left hand, Xu Ning used the copper gourd to block and smash the attack of the young master's right-hand blade, while his right hand transformed into a claw, launching an attack on the young master in the narrow space where there was no room for maneuver.
Wrist grabs, chest strikes, throat locks, pressure point attacks—the most dangerous tactics imaginable.
The distance between the two as they shifted positions was less than three steps.
As fists and blades clashed, the elements controlled by the two men also collided constantly.
The young master used the evil eye to generate lightning, while Xu Ning used the most skillful wine.
The elemental forces they both wielded were trying their best to invade each other's bodies.
In the clash between thunder and alcohol, both men were injured to some extent.
The elemental wine touched the lightning around the young master, turning into bursts of flame that burned holes in his clothes.
However, when Xu Ning was invaded by the lightning element, unlike the flames on the young master's body, the lightning actually climbed up Xu Ning's shoulder and suddenly invaded his body, causing half of Xu Ning's body to become paralyzed.
"It's numb, isn't it? You can't move anymore."
The young master smiled smugly, "I call this 'Surging Dark Thunder,' prepare to die!"
However, before the young master could even raise his arm, he suddenly felt dizzy, and the lightning blade that had been condensing in his hand almost dissipated. His consciousness even became somewhat hazy.
Xu Ning endured the tingling and numb sensations spreading through his body and forced a smile, saying, "You call yourself a warrior? You actually used underhanded tricks to hurt people."
"Fortunately, I also took precautions against you. The Immortal Wine tastes good, doesn't it? I deliberately spread it in the wind, just waiting for the moment you let your guard down so I could give it to you to try."
The young master frowned and said, "It's just a way of using elemental power. I didn't even accuse you of using underhanded tactics, yet you're accusing me first."
"But since you're not as weak as I thought, I'm going to show you some of my true skills."
Xu Ning knew all too well that this guy was about to transform and unleash his ultimate form. If this guy were to unleash his final form here, he feared he would have a hard time getting out of this snow valley.
“I advise you not to use the ‘evil law,’ especially in front of so many fools.”
The water and mine elements around the young master were gathering when they suddenly paused upon hearing Xu Ning's words.
"What else do you know?"
Xu Ning sneered, "Anyway, it's more than yours. I don't know why your cheap master passed this on to you, but this kind of power that doesn't belong to the Teyvat continent at all, once it becomes known to the people—or more precisely, to the gods—I can't even guarantee which god you will end up dying at the hands of. It might even be the empress you respect the most."
The young master sneered, "To me, power is power, something I can control and use. Just like the executives of Winter Solstice, they come from almost every country, and they all serve my empress."
Xu Ning moved his body slightly, and the numbness gradually subsided.
He pointed subtly at the ground, then at the sky, and said to the young master with a smile, "What does the power of the Darkest Place mean to this world, and what does it mean to those people up there? You should probably think about it carefully. I'll say it again: never bring endless disaster to your loved ones because of your insignificant ambition."
That's all I have to say. If fate allows, let's meet again in Liyue!
Xu Ning suddenly waved his hand, and the snow on the side of the mountain peak was swept up by the gale, as if a blizzard had suddenly broken out on the spot.
The moment Xu Ning stirred up the snowstorm, the young master had already summoned a water sphere to envelop himself.
After the snowstorm subsided, the young master opened the water curtain, and Xu Ning's figure had already disappeared from the spot.
"Is he trying to say that the power comes from that mysterious abyss? Hmph, so what? As long as it can help me conquer this world, what does the power of the abyss matter?"
The young master gave a cold laugh, and when he turned around, he resumed his cynical expression.
He chuckled at the Fools not far away, "Looks like the mission really failed. You can go and report to the rich man yourselves. I still have to go to Liyue to carry out my plan. Oh, you can tell the rich man that if I encounter Xu Ning again in Liyue, I'm still willing to help him get justice. Just don't cut my budget!"