Tit for Tat
Mu Yu still couldn’t relax. Besides the cost of casting Mesmerising Sparrow Returns Formation, there was also the challenge of actually capitalising on the exposed weakness. Thankfully, Mu Yu’s proficiency with his tree control and Xiang Ma’s wariness of the trees evened out the odds. The last piece of the puzzle was to find a way to outmanoeuvre Xiang Ma’s superior speed.
As Xiang Ma vandalised the trees, his elbow tip glowed black and white. Merely acquiring that one piece of information expended a fifth of Mu Yu’s spiritual energy. Thus, speed was of the essence.
Mu Yu had branches entrap Xiang Ma as his two yin corpses went on the offensive. Mu Yu stealthily had a thin branch inch closer to Xiang Mam’s elbow tip. Xiang Ma suddenly powered up and enlarged his axe again, wiping out all of the branches at once! By the same account, Mu Yu couldn’t get his branches any closer.
“I know you want to touch me. Let’s see how good your hide-and-seek skills are, hahaha.”
Mu Yu had four shots left if he wanted to use Mesmerising Sparrow Returns Formation. That being said, Xiang Ma already saw through Mu Yu’s ploy. As such, Mu Yu decided to raise the stakes. He knocked back a rank six windrider pill to increase his speed and also had a destiny skeleton sovereign pill. Nevertheless, Xiang Ma was significantly stronger than Shi Dengtian.
Mu Yu reduced Wood Spirit Sword to a twig and concealed it in his shirt.
“You done hiding, kekeke?”
After revealing himself from afar, Mu Yu unleashed an array of slashes using clones of Shadow Splitter Sword. Xiang Ma’s grunt was enough to repel the swings. Mu Yu took advantage of the small window to get above Xiang Ma. Xiang Ma looked up with surprise written all over his face.
Mu Yu launched a branch down, hitting Xiang Ma’s shoulder. Xiang Ma managed to shatter the branch. Having said that, he noticed something creeping into his body and usurping his rule over Yin Corpse Formation. Xiang Ma, therefore, crawled out of the body via its skull and latched onto his other Spirit Severing Realm yin corpse.
Mu Yu thought Mesmerising Sparrow Returns Formation would’ve been deleted due to Xiang Ma migrating. To his delight, the formation followed Xiang Ma.
“I underestimated you, brat.” Xiang Ma was annoyed Mu Yu took over three of his Spirit Severing Realm yin corpses.
Mu Yu put on the pressure with the other three Spirit Severing Realm yin corpses, giving Xiang Ma no time to catch his breath, yet Xiang Ma simpered. “You think that’s all I’m capable of?”
Xiang Ma discharged green light that turned into a wisp of fire. The three Spirit Severing Realm corpses didn’t have the intelligence to dodge, letting him fry them. Mu Yu, however, had the tact to slip off the wisp’s trajectory. Unexpectedly, the wisp grew an arm and hammered Mu Yu in the back.
Xiang Ma pivoted around to Mu Yu’s rear when the latter was defenceless and brought down his axe. Had it not been for Mu Yu’s destiny skeleton sovereign pill, Mu Yu’s head and body would’ve been separated.
“Damn it, he’s still so darn fast!” Although Mu Yu spotted two flaws during the attack, he couldn’t capitalise on either of them.
Xiang Ma tilted his head in puzzlement as his swing should’ve decapitated Mu Yu. There was no doubt Mu Yu was weakening by the minute, nonetheless. It, therefore, wasn’t difficult for Xiang Ma to figure out Mu Yu used some sort of external boost.
“I’m going to turn you into one of my yin corpses, ahaha.”
Mu Yu speedily stepped out of the way of Xiang Ma’s next vertical swing and then popped a spiritual pill to replenish his spiritual energy. Sadly, Mu Yu’s formation foundations were burnt out, removing his Mesmerising Sparrow Returns Formation.
“Destiny skeleton sovereign pill isn’t going to last much longer, either. When it rains, it pours, damn it! This guy is on a totally different level compared to Shi Dengtian!”
Xiang Ma mounted another assault.
Mu Yu: Hang on, he’s only controlling the spiritual core; he isn’t the core itself. If he’s here, doesn’t that mean the core is undefended?
“Xiaoshuai, the formation core is nearby. I’ll use Peek Formation again. Go and control it for me.”
Because the Yin Corpse Formation’s pattern was all over the ground, Peek Formation finally worked. His search revealed to him a brick-sized emerald rotating on a platform.
“I’ll stall him. Go and take control of the emerald. That’s his host!”
Xiaoshuai immediately raced off into the darkness. Mu Yu caught the axe swung down on him. As destiny skeleton sovereign pill’s effects wore off, the axe seemingly grew heavier. Fortunately, his black and white spiritual qi helped him hang in there, albeit barely. In the meantime, he sent a vine on him after Xiang Ma’s hand. Xiang Ma decisively released his hold on his axe and retreated. Mu Yu eventually gassed and dropped to his knees, trying to re-inflate his lungs as fast as possible.
“Haha, let’s see you defend against this!” Xiang Ma launched a bunch of fire wisps.
“Shut up, Piggy!”
Xiang Ma turned to the darkness Xiaoshuai was located at and brayed, “It’s Xiang Ma!”
“Nah, you’re a pig, hahaha.”
“No!” cried Xiang Ma, racing over to the emerald sitting between Xiaoshuai’s top and bottom teeth.
Mu Yu evaded the fire wisp thanks to Xiang Ma’s distraction and extended branches towards Xiang Ma’s back, finally capturing him and infecting him with death qi. At long last, Xiang Ma was vanquished…
Mu Yu heaved a big breath and stopped Xiaoshuai from taking a second bite. “You can’t eat it! We need it to turn the yin corpses against Celestial Star Sect. Once we’re done with them, you can have all of the formation foundations.”
“Petty,” grumbled Xiaoshuai, taking a nibble before throwing it to Mu Yu.
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