Chapter 88: Chapter 85: Bloody Battle with Martial Marquis_1
"It can’t continue like this, if I reveal a single flaw and get hit once by him, I’ll suffer a heavy injury, leading to a dead-end," Lu Yan thought urgently, seeking a counter-strategy.
With a sudden idea in mind, he continued the battle, moving sideways.
With a loud thump, after exchanging another blow, Lu Yan took advantage of the situation to retreat into a cluster of chaotic rocks.
This was a chaotic stone forest, filled with various protruding rocks. Some resembled sharp swords, scattered without order.
With a flash, Lu Yan dodged a palm strike from Liu’s Martial Marquise. The palm hit a sharp sword-like rock, causing it to explode immediately, with debris flying everywhere.
A few pieces of debris hit Lu Yan but couldn’t penetrate his defense.
Missing his target, Liu’s Martial Marquise swept his arm across like a rampaging beast to strike Lu Yan.
Lu Yan lightly touched a rock and leaped to another, dodging the attack.
Enraged, Liu’s Martial Marquise bulldozed his way through, crushing a dozen large rocks but failed to even touch Lu Yan’s clothes.
The power of the Wind Chasing Step truly manifested in this pile of chaotic rocks.
This was the skillful usage of Martial Arts.
In an open area, albeit the impressive speed of Wind Chasing Step, a Martial Marquise, with his explosive strength, could surpass him.
However, such explosive strength couldn’t adapt to an environment that required flexibility and variability.
Within the pile of rocks, Lu Yan was utilizing his agility to find the right moment to attack.
The opportunity arrived swiftly.
Liu’s Martial Marquise, increasingly agitated after numerous failed attacks, exposed a flaw. Spotting the opportunity, Lu Yan sliced at him.
The strike left a bloody mark on Liu’s Martial Marquise’s back, with blood oozing out.
When his opponent counter-attacked with a palm strike, Lu Yan sprung high and managed to avoid the attack using the cover of the rocks.
"What a pity," Lu Yan sighed internally.
The defense power of the ’Bone Strength’ was too strong. When he struck his opponent, it felt as if he was slashing at iron walls. Although he eventually broke through, he barely managed to cut through the skin, causing only superficial damage.
However, this proved that Lu Yan’s strategy was effective. As long as he repeatedly struck the same spot, he would eventually break his opponent’s defense.
Even though the duration of the battle wasn’t in his favor, if the Ancestor of the Liu Family, who was fighting the bizarre old man, chased him, his fate would be sealed.
Lu Yan could only hope that the bizarre old man could hold off the fight for a while longer.
After all, as a Martial Spirit, he had robust vitality and wouldn’t be killed so easily, right?
Liu’s Martial Marquise, after being hit once, stopped his onslaught. Standing there, his eyes flickered with menacing lights as he stared at Lu Yan.
"We all have to die sometime or another, let’s see who can outlast whom? Once the Ancestor arrives, you’re dead," Liu’s Martial Marquise said coldly.
"Old bastard," Lu Yan cursed internally, but responded saying, "Aren’t you embarrassed? A revered Martial Marquise like you can’t even kill a Limit Breaking Warrior and need your ancestor to do it. If this gets out, I’m afraid you will be the laughing stock."
"You think such a simple provocation would work on me?" Liu’s Martial Marquise remained unmoved, his eyes still locked on Lu Yan.
Lu Yan progressively got anxious.
At that moment, Liu’s Martial Marquise launched his attack again, thrusting forward a palm strike at Lu Yan, who leaps to another rock.
However, no sooner than Lu Yan had landed, Liu’s Martial Marquise swung out his other hand.
Swish, Swish, Swish...
From Liu’s Martial Marquise’s palm, seven to eight scarlet-red scales shot out towards Lu Yan.
Lu Yan’s face changed, he had tasted the power of this attack from Liu Xingren before.
It was very terrifying, the edges of the scales were incomparably sharp, with each being akin to a flying dart.
The scales shot by the Martial Marquise, with their strong ’Bone Strength’, were undoubtedly more terrible.
Not daring to underestimate, Lu Yan swung his Red Blood Blade as fast as possible, deflecting the scales. However, Liu’s Martial Marquise used this opportunity to rush up, his palm glowing as he attacked. Lu Yan could do nothing but block with his left fist.
With a thud, Lu Yan was flung backward, his fist stinging. On closer inspection, it looked like it had been stabbed by a sharp weapon.
The scales on Liu’s Martial Marquise’s palm had all stood upright.
Swish, Swish...
With another swing of the hand, seven to eight scales flew toward Lu Yan again.
The scales whistled as they tore through the air. Located in different directions, Lu Yan found it challenging to evade all of them.
Moreover, when Liu’s Martial Marquise launched the scales, he himself also charged at Lu Yan, with both palms aiming for Lu Yan’s head and chest.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Lu Yan was stuck in a lethal crisis.
Lu Yan could only focus on countering Liu’s Martial Marquise’s own attack, as he posed the actual fatal threat.
While jumping backward, he swung out two blades with full force, blocking Liu’s Martial Marquise’s twin palms. However, he could not fully dodge the scales that ended up hitting him.
His abdomen, shoulder, chest each got hit by a scale, and his body was soon covered in blood.
Fortunately, with the combination of the Vajra Body and the Man Xiang Body, his defense was strong enough that his thick muscles stopped the scales from penetrating deeper into his organs.
However, one scale caught onto the joint gap in his shoulder, causing excruciating pain in his left arm. For a while, he could not gather any strength, nor could he lift his arm.
Liu’s Martial Marquis naturally won’t miss out on such an opportunity. He aggressively moved closer, initiating another devastating attack.
Lu Yan had no choice but to use his right hand to wield the blade, blocking the attack from Liu’s Martial Marquis. However, he couldn’t dodge the second hit, which landed heavily on his waist.
Crack!
The layers of muscle could not withstand the palm strength of bone energy; two of the ribs in his waist broke. His body flew out, crashing into two large rocks and spewing out fresh blood. The pain was so intense that it was difficult to control the surge of Qi-blood within him for a time.
"Is it over? Am I going to die here?"
This thought flashed through Lu Yan’s mind.
"Kill!"
Liu’s Martial Marquis, like a fierce tiger, pounced, casting a large shadow.
Lu Yan no longer had the energy to fight back.
Whoosh!
Suddenly...
A whitish ray cut through the night sky, like a shooting star, aiming straight at the brow of Liu’s Martial Marquis.
It was a throwing knife.
The blade was sharp and charged with bone energy.
Liu’s Martial Marquis was shocked, forgetting about killing Lu Yan. He threw forward a palm covered in blood-red scales, trying to block the flying knife.
Puff!
A burst of blood appeared. The incredibly hard scales of the Tian Gang Red Scale Palm were punctured directly, and the flying knife pierced Liu Martial Marquis’s palm, lodging in the center.
Liu’s Martial Marquis grunted and quickly retreated.
However, a shadow moved faster than him. With a flash of white light, a figure approached Liu’s Martial Marquis. A beautiful slender palm landed on his chest.
Liu’s Martial Marquis was sent flying back, smashing several large stones in his path and vomiting large amounts of blood.
It was clear that his chest was concaved, revealing a bloody and fuzzy hole.
At this time, Lu Yan finally garnered some strength. He pulled out the scales lodged in his shoulder, jumped up, and thrust the Red Blood Blade straight forward, merging the blade and the man into one.
Puff!
The Red Blood Blade pierced through the throat of Liu’s Martial Marquis. With a twist of the blade, the entire head fell off.
"This place is dangerous, let’s leave."
Lu Yan said.
The unexpected figure was, of course, Shen Yinuo.
The two of them ran wildly all the way, confirming they weren’t being followed, and then headed towards Changfeng City. They did not stop until they entered the city.
"What took you to the Blood Land Vein of the Liu Family all of a sudden?"
Only then did Lu Yan ask.
On the way, as he continued to circulate his Qi-blood to heal, his wounds had already scabbed over, and the broken ribs didn’t hurt as much.
"Normally, you’d go get Martial Food every few days, but this time you haven’t been back for so long. I thought something might have happened and decided to check things out,"
"Upon my inquiry, I found out that all you Red-clad Guards were stationed at the Blood Land Veins of the Liu Family. I sensed trouble and decided to take a look, but I didn’t expect to find you there, on the verge of getting beaten to a pulp," Shen Yinuo said with a grin.
"I wasn’t on the verge of crying...," Lu Yan corrected.
"Weren’t you? You looked like you were close to it," said Shen Yinuo, the corner of her mouth curling up into a mysterious smile.
"Did you arrive there before everything happened, but waited until I got injured before swooping in to help?"
Lu Yan asked. He suspected that was the case, otherwise, it wouldn’t be so coincidental that Shen Yinuo showed up just as he fell into a fatal crisis.
"No, absolutely not. I really did happen to be there on time. So, you ought to thank me sincerely - this was after all, a life-saving grace."
Shen Yinuo shook her head adamantly, like a bobblehead doll.
As if I could believe you.
Lu Yan was even more convinced that Shen Yinuo had arrived earlier than she let on.
Regardless, this really was a life-saving grace.
Were it not for Shen Yinuo, he might now be dead.
Lu Yan was not the type to be ungrateful.
"How about this? We will consider our one-year agreement null and void; from today, you are free and no longer need to prepare Martial Food for me," Lu Yan proposed.
"Keep dreaming," Shen Yinuo derisively looked at Lu Yan. "You think you can offset this life-saving grace that easily?"
"Indeed I was dreaming."
Lu Yan nodded. "Then, how do you want me to repay you? I can reluctantly accept your proposal if it involves a promise of marriage."
