High in the sky, a bright and dazzling full moon appeared quickly and vanished just as fast.
Not long after, that white full moon swayed as if it were an illusion, gradually disappearing from sight.
Only a figure holding a pure white light sword remained, floating there while breathing slightly irregularly.
"Zheng…"
The dazzling starlight receded from his body.
Feeling that more than half of the Prana within the body had been consumed, Fang Li's pair of ice blue Mystic Eyes dimmed slightly.
"Sure enough, was it too reckless?"
Originally, the cost of Bo Xie was that it would drastically consume Prana when using its Ability, with a Prana consumption rate several times, if not dozens of times, greater than that of other Ogre Lux, something ordinary Genestellar simply couldn't endure.
And the larger the scale of the object manipulated with its Ability, the more Prana would be consumed.
Fang Li had first used Bo Xie's Ability to manipulate Fan Xinglou's Seisenjutsu, which was stronger than it had been in her prime, and then manipulated the explosive flames and shockwaves from a world-shaking bombardment— the scale of these manipulated objects was so immense it didn't even need to be explained.
In such a situation, the fact that Fang Li hadn't completely exhausted his Prana was thanks to the continuous improvement of his INT (Mystery), making his current Prana far superior to what it once was.
But even so, after such reckless expenditure, Fang Li had still consumed a massive amount of Prana.
"If only the victor could be decided like this…"
Whispering as such, Fang Li raised his head and looked forward.
"Unfortunately, it's not that easy…"
There, in front of Fang Li's line of sight, Fan Xinglou floated, surrounded by talismans hovering around the body.
"Hahaha哈!"
With an innocent burst of laughter, Fan Xinglou spoke with great delight.
"That was truly dangerous just now! How long has it been since this old one last encountered such a perilous battle? It really makes one's blood boil with excitement!"
If one sensed carefully, they would notice that while Fan Xinglou was unharmed, the Prana fluctuating around her body had weakened considerably.
Fang Li could understand what had happened.
"What I killed just now was only an avatar, huh?"
After all, Fang Li had used a similar technique before, able to create a tangible avatar like a cicada shedding its shell, using it to take a fatal blow in his place.
Just now, Fan Xinglou had merely used the same power.
"Unlike what you use, this old one created an avatar with a magical technique, while you simply rely on pure movement to achieve it. In terms of sophistication, you're the more capable one."
Fan Xinglou gazed at Fang Li, smiling leisurely.
"This old one doesn't have such refined movement skills and can only use magical techniques to create an avatar, but since it's a magical technique, it requires consuming Prana. Add to that the Seisenjutsu I used earlier, which was quite powerful, naturally requiring a large amount of Prana. So, right now, our conditions are nearly the same."
Fang Li could understand this.
Although not like Fan Xinglou, who could use a magical technique to create an avatar, even the Connecting Lapel's Flashing Dash technique similarly required a massive amount of Stamina to execute, and Fang Li couldn't use it many times either.
So, their conditions were indeed almost identical.
Other aspects were the same as well.
Fang Li had consumed a large amount of Prana using Bo Xie's Ability, and Fan Xinglou had similarly expended a great deal of Prana to use her powerful Seisenjutsu.
"In an era when Mana was still extremely scarce, magical techniques of that scale couldn't be used. Thus, this old one's magical techniques in that generation were primarily small-scale, using a multitude of small-scale magical techniques for combat or to assist in combat— that was the original meaning of Seisenjutsu. Therefore, this is the first time this old one has recklessly squandered Prana to use such powerful magical techniques."
Fan Xinglou gripped her Dragon Sword, staring directly at Fang Li.
"Rarely do I enjoy myself this much— stopping now is already impossible, kid. This old one is currently feeling unprecedented excitement and can no longer hold back."
A sense of pressure surged from Fan Xinglou's body that seemed to topple mountains and seas.
That pressure was enough to tell anyone that there wasn't the slightest hint of jest in Fan Xinglou's words.
"If you die, don't blame this old one."
Leaving those words behind, Fan Xinglou slowly took a step forward.
"Shuā!"
As if erasing the space between her and Fang Li, Fan Xinglou appeared directly in front of him.
"————!"
Fang Li swung Bo Xie almost reflexively, sending a gale-like slash sweeping before him.
"Shuā!"
However, Fan Xinglou's figure vanished once again, causing the gale-like strike to hit nothing but air.
"Shuā!"
This time, Fan Xinglou appeared behind Fang Li.
Just as Fang Li prepared to turn, with another "shuā" sound, Fan Xinglou's aura vanished from there.
"Shuā shuā shuā shuā shuā!"
In the next instant, countless versions of Fan Xinglou flashed around Fang Li's body.
It was a scene caused by repeatedly using Teleportation, leaving one afterimage after another.
And in this situation, slashes came assailing from all directions, enveloping Fang Li's body.
The sharp sword aura from all sides left Fang Li without the slightest hesitation as he raised Bo Xie in defense.
"Clang Clang Clang Clang————!"
Amid the collision sounds, slashes landed mercilessly on Bo Xie's body, sparking bursts of sparks and stirring up gusts of force.
Fang Li could only hold up his Ogre Lux, using the smallest movements and the fastest speed to block the slashes coming from all directions.
But the endless slashes kept coming, leaving Fang Li momentarily forced entirely onto the defensive.
Using Ground Shrink术, she constantly shifted her position and launched attacks.
That was what Fan Xinglou was doing.
It sounded simple to describe, but this style of combat was extraordinarily difficult to counter.
Because, since the opponent was unscrupulously using Teleportation, it could only lead to this outcome.
Even if Fang Li's speed surpassed the ordinary, it was still impossible to keep up with Teleportation.
If not because of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception clearly capturing the trajectories of the Death Lines from the attacks coming from all directions, combined with Fang Li's astonishing speed that could keep up with the incoming slashes, he would have already been struck down.
"But this isn't a solution…"
If he could only be forced into a defensive stance, that was absolutely unacceptable.
As someone who had always toyed with opponents using speed in the past, Fang Li understood this better than anyone.
"In that case…"
Fang Li abandoned defending and chose to boost the little remaining Prana within the body.
"Slash————!"
With a crisp slashing sound, the luxuriously designed Dragon Sword heavily struck Fang Li's body, sparking bursts of sparks.
Using Prana to enhance his body's defensive power, Fang Li directly blocked the strike with his body.
"Flashing Scabbard- Seven Nights Curtain!"
In the next second, a God Speed slash was unleashed from Fang Li's hands, streaking through space like a flash of light.
(End Of This Chapter)
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