I Fight for You
“Brother Mu Yu saved you, yet you are starting a riot here with the fiend race? Do you dare accept my challenge?” Tian Ran pointed and challenged.
Qiao Xue’s bottom lip was numb due to her biting down on it. Every time she heard “Brother Mu Yu” she’d feel vexed. Riled up, she stepped forward, but the white ape fiend king pulled her back. “Xiong Ming, go.”
The fiend king knew better than to let someone emotionally unstable go into battle.
“Have some shame! He’s already fought!” someone complained.
“Hahaha, there was no rule against it. I gave you the chance to send two challengers for each of my challengers. You were the ones who declined,” responded the fiend king, shutting the humans down.
Xiong Ming was about three times the size of Tian Ran. Unlike her cohorts, she wasn’t rustled. She stared Xiong Ming straight in the face. She knew how he’d attack and how strong he was.
“I don’t know what they mean when they say, ‘A beauty should be cherished.’” Xiong Ming transformed into a giant black bear ten metres tall and dashed toward Tian Ran.
The human cultivators gripped their clothing.
Tian Ran manifested seven phantasmal lotuses around her and guided them using Empyrean Revelation Sword. Once Xiong Ming reached her, she had used her lotuses’ platforms to retreat. Meanwhile, she performed hand seals to command seven red lotuses to bloom and scatter leaves. Using her sword, she transformed the petals into a lotus bird and deployed it.
Xiong Ming tore apart the lotus bird. When he thought he had ruined the attack, the petals glued to him. He was too clumsy to keep up with the petals that could remove themselves, shift and reattach.
“Tian Ran’s Secular World Lotus is different to how I know it. I do believe I recognise her sword, however. When did Secular World Sect subscribe to swordplay?” Daoist Yuan Hua asked Goddess Piaomiao.
“… Her shifu passed on the sword. Unlike us, her sword can enhance the power of Secular World Lotus. As to why that is the case, we have yet to figure it out.”
The answer eluding Secular World Sect was, the sword was one of Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s nine Celestial Swords. The irony of not recognising the sword of the man they worshipped…
The petals floating in the air gradually formed flying waterfalls that trapped Xiong Ming. Xiong Ming thought he could break the undulating waterfalls with his attack, but they absorbed his force, cancelling his force. Hence, all of his strength didn’t get him anywhere.
“What the heck is this?!” Xiong Ming enveloped his right hand in grey energy and drew in spiritual qi from the environment. “Here’s the K.O.”
Xiong Ming’s palm strike altered the direction of the natural wind and transported lightning from his hand to Tian Ran. Though the flower petals created an enclosure around his arm, his force exceeded their capacity to contain him. The petal waterfalls undulated upon impact and redirected the force out to other waterfalls one by one. Tian Ran tactically reversed the force, where it found its mark at the back of Xiong Ming’s head.
Xiong Ming’s vision darkened before he could comprehend how he hit himself on the back of the head. He crashed into the ground, sending dirt up. For a brief while, everyone fell silent.
“Nice!” Humanity’s cultivators cheered their hearts out. They felt as if they were the ones who won.
“Using the opponent’s force against them, masterfully executed,” praised Daoist Yuan Hua, understanding Secular World Lotus Manual’s concept of using fluidity against rigidity.
“We’re continuing with your rules. Who’s next? I’ll fight anyone you’ve got,” declared Tian Ran.
Tian Ran was privy she was humanity’s only hope among those present. She fought with herself to keep the blood shooting out of her mouth and forced it back down. Clearly, she was trying to conceal her internal injury. Though she managed to redirect Xiong Ming’s force, she only redirected part of it. The shock from the force still rattled her insides. It proved that, in terms of power, the fiends had an advantage in the strength department even if cultivation levels were equal.
“Tian Ran, come down,” instructed Cang Wanzi, discerning Tian Ran was wounded. As far as he was concerned, her victory was enough to prevent the fiends completely wiping the floor with humanity.
“I can still fight, Elder,” replied Tian Ran, maintaining her posture and admirable confidence.
Tian Ran: Brother Mu Yu, I know you have your reasons for helping the fiend king. You don’t want to let the fiend race bully humanity, do you? I will confess to you when we meet again no matter what.
Mu Yu remembered he promised himself to protect Tian Ran anytime and anywhere in his dream. He reasoned Feng Haochen wouldn’t forgive him if he abandoned Tian Ran on the battlefield just to save him. The regret would also eat away at them. Since coming to terms with his feelings for Tian Ran, he finally understood why Ku Mu went to extreme lengths for Miao Yuyan. If he found out Mu Yu abandoned her daughter, Ku Mu would give it to him.
Mu Yu, smiling, unleashed his Primordial Infant Realm Ninth Layer energy as an announcement of his presence. It wasn’t just about protecting his principles but also the girl he liked. He wasn’t an authority on romance, but there was one simple duty he knew: protecting her was a duty a man couldn’t shirk.
Cang Wanzi pivoted around to look in Mu Yu’s direction. When he checked Mu Yu’s cultivation, the latter was only a Golden Core Realm cultivator. To suddenly ascend to Primordial Infant Realm was astonishing.
Mu Yu teleported behind Tian Ran and placed a hand on her shoulder and stated, “I’ll take over, Lass.”
Tian Ran froze up upon hearing the familiar voice.
Tian Ran: Is that you, Mu Yu?
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