Skirmish Against the Rhinoceros Fiend
Mu Yu grinded the rhino’s back, but the latter marginalised it. The only thing it did was leave a white scratch. Mu Yu leveraged the rhino’s shoulder as a launch pad to put distance between them. That was enough for Mu Yu to realise he wasn’t going to win trading blow for blow.
Mu Yu stabbed and thrust over a hundred times, but he didn’t even get his sword in by a hair’s breadth. The only advantage Mu Yu had was speed due to the rhino’s size. In addition, his light footwork made it easy for him to dance in and back out.
“You’re good at running.” The rhino sunk into the ground and swung his arms, surrounding Mu Yu in spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy restrained Mu Yu and dragged him toward the earth. He managed to turn himself upside down and plunged his sword into the ground, stopping his fall. That being said, he still had trouble moving his legs.
“Stuck, right? Perfect.” The rhinoceros fiend used the ground as a launch pad to close in.
The only way to escape the restraint was overpowering the rhinoceros fiend. Mu Yu had an ace up his sleeve, nevertheless. He whispered, “Xiaoshuai, give me a hand!”
Xiaoshuai wagged his tail and griped, “He’s imbued the spiritual qi with a weight restraint using his horn. I might not be able to remove it.”
“Will ten drumsticks be enough?”
“For ten drumsticks!”
Xiaoshuai quickly removed the restraint, allowing Mu Yu to vault back up and escape the fatal horn charge. That left a crater in the ground. Outraged, the rhino immediately changed direction and charged Mu Yu again.
“The Wind Sweeps the Moon.”
Dustfallen Swordplay’s Sixth Technique – The Wind Sweeps the Moon. Stir the Wind with the Sword. Bring Down the Moon in the Nine Heavens.
Mu Yu summoned a wild gale in front of him and turned it into a rotating moon. Patterns spread along the moon, turning into a shield.
Bang! The rhino’s charge rocked Mu Yu despite how robust Shadow Splitter Sword was and the fact that he defused some of the force using spiritual energy. He rolled along the ground due to the forward force.
“Hahaha, one hit is all it took!” The rhino turned to the other humans after ensuring Mu Yu was in the dirt. “Who else wants some?”
Nobody signed up after seeing Mu Yu’s situation.
“Don’t count me out yet. We’re not done. Cough, cough. Ptoo.”
Mu Yu spat the blood in his mouth and supported himself to his feet using his sword. He was covered in dirt and had cuts on his face, but the pain wasn’t wasted. From the charge, he learnt he underestimated the rhino’s power.
Though he didn’t expect Mu Yu to get up from his charge, the rhino brushed it off as a fluke and grinned condescendingly. “Can you still fight?”
Had Mu Yu’s wood spirit not reinforced his defence, he really would’ve died. Mu Yu pulled his sword out of the ground. “I owe you one,” he told his wood spirit. His wood spirit vibrated to express joy. Mu Yu smiled and poised himself again. “Let’s see how tough you are.”
“I doubt there’s anyone with skin tougher than mine.”
“You’re an embarrassment in comparison to Xiaoshuai.” Mu Yu smirked.
Mu Yu jumped over and released sword qi. The sword spirit he was granted would eventually run out. Fortunately, he barely expended it as a Golden Core Realm and Primordial Infant Realm cultivator, hence the reminder that he could use it infinite times at his level. Even though he couldn’t utilise its maximum potential, as a Body Severing Realm cultivator, the sword spirit still exceeded what he was physically capable of.
Mu Yu enveloped his wood spirit in sword qi, illuminating its green energy. He began to feel his arm muscles tearing as he focused the energy in his arm. The greater his cultivation, the greater the output. In the same vain, it also increased the toll it took on him, especially because the sword spirit was derived from an external source.
Mu Yu took in a deep breath as the power built up. He turned sideways and uncorked a straight thrust. The pent-up energy gave him a green glow. The rhino steadied itself and whipped its head, challenging the sword thrust with its horn.
The trembling ground had rocks bouncing and boulders breaking. Cottages crumbled under the violent gales.
“That’s all?” sarcastically asked the rhino.
“Mu Y-!” Qiao Xue stopped herself. She asked herself, “Why am I still worried about you when we’ve decided to go our own ways?”
The rhinoceros was still standing despite the devastating aftermath. The few splits on its skin were nothing to fret about. Mu Yu’s shaky right arm was dangling. That was all of his spiritual energy. His arm’s bones were fractured to the point the wood spirit couldn’t protect it. His breathing was heavy. Merely staying standing was taxing.
In spite of Mu Yu seeming to have lost, his attack that surpassed what he should’ve been capable stole the limelight. Body Severing Realm Fifth Layer cultivators wouldn’t try stopping an attack of that calibre. At that point, nobody saw hope of winning.
The rhino was all smiles. Mu Yu looked at his wood spirit, then the empty vial in his left arm. An unexpected and inexplicable smile came to Mu Yu’s face.
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