Scourge Messenger

Chapter 411: Just a joke

After the fourth upgrade, the biggest change to the Heaven Sword is undoubtedly the [Governance] effect. It no longer increases the attributes of allies, but instead becomes an aura effect that restores spiritual energy (Yan Qing's strange comment). However, in this sense, the Heaven Sword is now more suitable for her than before.

Her spiritual energy instantly filled to its maximum, and it recovered 5 points of spiritual energy per second. This meant that Ying Rushi did not need to spend extra time absorbing Qianzhen and could concentrate on the battle, fully deploying her defensive barrier to withstand damage. She could squander her spiritual energy at will, increasing the speed of the Thunder Spirit Orb's protection to the limit of her reaction time. Coincidentally, her forte was high-speed mobile combat!
Ying Rushi glared and roared, the remaining flames on the altar following her, stirring up a fierce wind and fire. At lightning speed, Ying Le could only see the scarlet trail left by her mortal eyes!

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Each time, Ying Le could wield his twin swords to block Ying Ru Shi's slashes. When the sword blades crossed, sparks would burst out, like the fiery trees and silver flowers blooming throughout the Never-Sleeping City. If Ying Ru Shi's sword was like thunder and flames, then Ying Le's was like a venomous snake biting one's gall. His sword light hit Ying Ru Shi with the precision of a scythe.

She couldn't keep up with his speed, but she didn't need to. She only needed to place her sword on Ying Rushi's inevitable path to overtake him.

Even though she and Ying Rushi are both masters of their craft, there are still differences in skill level among masters!
As Ying Le continued her attack, her blood boiled and she roared with fervor. Her mind was solely focused on the battle. If one hadn't witnessed it firsthand, no one could have imagined that these two most beautiful imperial princesses of the Northern Kingdom could possess such a frenzied side. Their roars were like those of dragons and tigers, as if two monsters were tearing each other apart. Their bodies were radiating heat, not from the [Fire House Fear], but from the extreme heat of their blood and qi circulating to their fullest extent!
As descendants of the Divine Martial Emperor, they both inherited their ancestor's warlike nature. However, the [Red Dust Eye] allows them to easily manipulate their enemies, so they have never encountered an opponent they can fight to the death with... After all the twists and turns, the best opponent turns out to be their last family member.

Boom!
Ying Ru was sent flying more than ten steps away. Suddenly, an invisible chain on her body shattered, and her defensive barrier broke instantly. She crashed heavily into the altar, creating a deep crater in the scorched ground and kicking up a cloud of dust ten feet high. She vomited a mouthful of blood and foam, and a ball of clear, spring-like water appeared beneath her, lifting her up—it was the [Overturning Water and Living Beings Dao Foundation] that had manifested to take the damage for her!

Even with the [Heart Lock] activated and both defensive barriers taking the damage together, she was still forced to manifest her Dao Foundation!
"it's over?"

Ying Le knew the details of the Heaven Sword and knew that the damage would be calculated after the [Overbearing] skill ended. Now, it was undoubtedly time for Ying Ru Shi to use [Overbearing].

She burst into wild laughter: "Is that all there is to it? Without the support of [Domineering], how can you stand against me?"

Ying Rushi, protecting her blood-soaked right arm, slowly stood up from the pit. Her white hair was stained with ash and blood, and she looked so disheveled that she seemed like she would collapse completely if pushed.

Her worldly eyes were devoid of sorrow or joy as she calmly said, "Ying Le, you've lost."

Ying Le's legs went weak, and she collapsed to her knees in the deep pool of blood.

Unbeknownst to her, her blood had filled the deep pit, turning into a pool of blood that could almost submerge her legs. Dozens of sword ash wounds were slashed all over her body, almost tearing her apart. Now, every wound was gushing blood, a result of her subconsciously manifesting the [Thousand Blood Feather Flow Dao Foundation] to absorb the wounds. As long as her blood didn't run dry, her life wouldn't end.

But she was almost out of blood.

"The power of natural disasters," Ying Le said softly. "Why you... never mind."

The power of natural disaster broke through her defenses, the [Sword Gallant Ash] divine ability and the [Chaotic World] power increased her damage, and the Thunder Spirit Orb provided rapid protection. It was truly a wonderful assassination combination. In these ten seconds, Ying Ru had already depleted her health and shattered her Dao foundation. Ying Le clearly felt that her Dao body was irreversibly heading towards collapse.

One point Ying Le didn't mention was that the [Thousand Blood Feather Flow Dao Foundation] was exceptionally resilient in terms of damage absorption. Its inner landscape could provide immense vitality to repair the Dao body, becoming even more outstanding after the fifth revolution, capable of withstanding multiple attacks that would shatter the body to pieces… But all of this was meaningless in the face of the power of the natural disaster. The [Thousand Blood Feather Flow Dao Foundation]'s regenerative ability was suppressed to its limit, and her injuries could not heal. If it weren't for the power of the natural disaster, even if Ying Ru had triggered [Sword Gall Ash] and [Chaotic World] through lightning attacks, she wouldn't have been able to destroy her Dao Foundation in just ten seconds. Even if the power of the natural disaster had been slightly weaker, the [Thousand Blood Feather Flow Dao Foundation] could have barely withstood it, but…

Ying Le looked up at the sky. The heavy rain washed away the bloodstains on her face, the flames on her body went out, and her long, fiery hair returned to its smooth, messy black strands.

She suddenly smiled, a smile that softened even the wind and rain, radiant with a sweet dimple. Though kneeling in the pool of blood, she didn't appear bloody at all, as if she were soaking in a hot spring filled with peony petals, making one imagine how radiant she would be when she emerged from the bath, illuminating the world.

"You think you can win with this?" She stood up from the pool of blood. "You underestimate me, and you underestimate [Pillow of the Mortal World] too much."

"The [Pillow of the Mortal World] has three realms: the lower realm bewitches others, the middle realm bewitches oneself, and the upper realm bewitches the world. Although I cannot turn the world upside down like the Divine Martial Emperor, it is not difficult for me to confuse my own mind and use falsehood to cultivate truth!" Ying Le opened his arms as if to embrace the whole world, and said, word by word, "As long as I believe, my body can move!"

"I will not fall until my life is completely consumed, until my eyes are extinguished. Come, let us act out the final act of this play together!"

Ying tried her best to remain calm, but her right hand, gripping the Heaven-Slaying Sword, couldn't help but tremble slightly. This was indeed an assassination attempt; there was an absolute disparity in strength between the assassin and the emperor. If the emperor survived the assassination attempt, the assassin's end would be imminent.

She didn't know how long Ying Le's gold energy could last, but she knew very well that her condition had plummeted to rock bottom, and the injuries from the [Overbearing] settlement almost made her faint from the pain.

Ying Le was indeed broken, but she wasn't much better off.

How long can she hold out against Ying Le, who is going all out?
At this critical moment of life and death, Ying Rushi's mind wandered, thinking of something else, someone else: If she had known it would end like this, she should have...

"Pfft."

Seeing Ying Ru's tense and guarded state, Ying Le suddenly burst out laughing.

"We were just joking."

She raised her hand to brush the strands of hair that were stuck to her cheek behind her ear, tilted her head and chuckled, "Xiaoru, you've always been this serious since you were little, that's why your auntie likes to tease you so much."

Ying Ru was startled and saw Ying Le fall backward, floating in the pool of blood, her tattered clothes scattered on the water.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ying Rushi immediately charged forward, sword in hand. For her, only by personally severing Ying Le's head and piercing his heart could everything truly be settled!
(End of this chapter)