After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

Xiao Yu's nonchalant and indifferent look made him spit out a disdainful spit. What was with this guy who looked like he was planning to kill a girl while holding her in his arms?

Was he underestimated?

He made a vow and is still so arrogant; don't blame him if he loses.

"Whatever you want, just don't shoot yourself in the foot."

"It's okay, I know what's going on."

The man holding the fiery, radiant girl replied with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Lei Huang's eyes turned cold. Without further ado, he began. The next second, a streak of azure lightning shot towards Xiao Yu in the blink of an eye.

Deng!

With a crisp sound, a transparent flying sword, as clear as moonlight scattered from the sky, appeared beside Xiao Yu, blocking the flying sword that he was about to shoot out of his body.

My natal swordsmanship...

As expected, Lei Huang frowned. Xiao Yu's ability to use the sword-nurturing gourd as an extra bargaining chip had already indirectly proven that he was undoubtedly a sword cultivator with a natal destiny.

The duel between natal sword cultivators has always been simple and straightforward.

Ta-da...

A series of crisp sounds rang out as the yellow phantom's flying sword, trailing lightning, swiftly stabbed towards Xiao Yu, strike after strike.

A clear flying sword appeared, like a white veil surrounding it, blocking all the flying swords shot by Lei Huang.

Xiao Yu and the other remained motionless, staring at each other, as if they had been turned into statues by magic. They did not move, but as time went by...

The crisp sounds of flying swords colliding continued one after another, with the frequency increasing rapidly.

then……

huh~

With a whooshing sound, a yellow sword flashed past, and a bright red wound appeared on Xiao Yu's face.

Xiao Yu lightly tapped his fingertip, looking at the conspicuous red mark on his fingertip, and took a step back.

Too slow!

The flying sword was much faster than him, and when the attacks became more frequent, he couldn't keep up. He could only rely on instinct to use the flying sword to block, and in the end, he was cut open by a carelessness.

However, speed has never been Xiao Yu's strong suit, so it was expected that he would be at a disadvantage here.

The flying sword flew back, but Lei Huang's face showed no joy at having gained the upper hand. He looked at his own flying sword, and saw that the curved blade had some nicks and chips.

As expected of a flying sword nurtured by a sword-nurturing gourd, its sharpness far surpasses that of a flying sword nurtured through acupoints.

Neither of them gained anything from their initial attempt, but as the flying sword returned to its socket, the sparring match officially began.

Rumble!

Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed.

"It's thundering?"

Beyond the secret realm, a scholarly woman, traveling on her sword, looked up. Under the gloomy sky, thunder rumbled for only a few seconds before large raindrops began to fall, sparsely, then quickly turning into a torrential downpour.

The woman made a water-repelling gesture with one hand, descended, and temporarily found a place to shelter from the rain. In this season, the rain comes quickly and dissipates quickly.

With torrential rains causing river, lake, and sea levels to rise, some aquatic dragon species that live beneath the surface become active during this period of abundant moisture.

The rain ripples didn't affect her much, but it would delay her for a while. Traveling by sword in the rain was risky and she might get struck by lightning.

She didn't want to go to see her friend with an afro and a face covered in soot.

The glistening raindrops followed the eaves of the house where people were sheltering from the rain, falling one by one to the ground. The crystal-clear droplets reflected the slightly worried expression on the young woman's face.

Humans face three tribulations and five hardships, which are common to ordinary people, but even more pronounced to cultivators.

Her friend, ever since she miraculously survived and was rescued from the outside world, has had a smooth and successful life. Her cultivation, martial arts, fortune, career, and so on have never been troubled, and she has always been ahead of her in everything.

It seems that these kinds of difficulties are nothing to her, or perhaps she has already suffered all these hardships since childhood.

However, in matters of love and sex, they are somewhat overly pedantic or naive, and they are most afraid of calamities arising in this area, when their senses are just beginning to develop and their spiritual awareness is clouded.

She rushed over here to check on her friend and keep a close eye on her to prevent her from getting carried away and making a bad decision.

After all, the two have known each other since childhood and have been together for more than 30 years. They can be described as childhood sweethearts who know each other inside and out.

Now that he's the sect leader, he seems to be well-mannered and knowledgeable, but in reality, his true nature is still terrible. He's just restrained by being the sect leader; otherwise, how would the title "human tyrannosaurus" have spread?

Whether she was truly thinking of something, a glistening tear rolled down the corner of the woman's eye.

I originally thought her friend would never find a Daoist partner in her life...

They grew up together, and she was even a few years older than her best friend, over forty years old, yet she had already shown signs of becoming a Daoist partner before her.

What's this all about? We agreed to grow old together alone. Why did she reject so many promising young men on blind dates? Although a large part of the reason was probably that she didn't like them.

Damn it... I thought I had her as a backup, but the most clueless one got pregnant first. Now, out of all my sisters, she's the only one left who's an older single woman!

In the hazy rain, two warm streams of rainwater had somehow trickled down the face of the woman who was taking shelter from the rain.

what……

I might as well spend my whole life with that damn cucumber.

The sky suddenly brightened.

Clap!

It's thundering.

A bright flash of lightning illuminated the crimson wound on Xiao Yu's face.

He brushed the ashes off his clothes, hugged the girl in his arms tighter, and casually tossed an object down into the air.

The lightning rod I got from the system isn't working either?

He wore a lightning rod on his head, and lightning kept striking his head, almost turning him to ashes. Even the tribulation he was undergoing was no more severe than this.

Lei Huang made a hand seal in the sky, silently chanted a phrase, and lightning crackled. With lightning magic and flying swords, he was definitely a mobile artillery turret!

Lightning bolts struck continuously, and raging currents wove together a slowly shrinking net of lightning, attempting to capture Xiao Yu, the ice sparrow who was darting around everywhere.

The lightning net was dense and intricate, seemingly real yet actually illusory. The large net, once spread out, resembled a closed hand, which could be instantly closed. This method was unique and was developed by Lei Huang specifically to counter Zi Yun's method of creating poisonous mist.

Zi Yun was a poison cultivator, unarmed and not a sword cultivator by nature, so she was helpless against the lightning net and could only be trapped inside, breaking the avatar technique that drifted with the wind.

However, this trick didn't work on Xiao Yu. Seeing the lightning net shrinking, he seized the opportunity, his ice sword condensing and extending, until a forty-meter-long blade appeared, its sword energy surging. He slashed and cut a hole in the lightning net before it healed, and in an instant, he escaped from the lightning net's encirclement.

It's sizzling!

The lightning cleaved open, seemingly intending to trap Xiao Yu within the lightning net, something he had anticipated.

The flying sword Yue Li flew out, carrying a cloud of icy mist that blocked the continuous lightning strikes.

As the lightning net broke open, Xiao Yu rushed out, only to be hidden in the dazzling lightning, when a tiny, illusory lightning bolt pierced through his head.

The ice floes rose, but it was like throwing an egg against a rock. A natal sword cultivator's flying sword cannot be blocked by just any piece of ice floes. Otherwise, Xiao Yu would not have been cut in the previous sword clash.

The lightning phantom flashed swiftly, and the thunderous sting dissipated; it was Lei Huang's flying sword, renowned for its speed.

"Haha, I won!" Lei Huang laughed loudly. The outcome was just a matter of a moment. This man holding the girl was indeed quite skilled. He fought Lei Huang to a standstill and Lei Huang did not exert any effort at all.

He still managed to trick her into revealing her natal flying sword, which led to her being killed by a hidden flying sword.

The illusory image of lightning on the flying sword is the talent of his natal flying sword. Don't you see that the Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Sect was hit by this attack and has not yet recovered? This guy is doomed.

However, before the blond-haired youth could be happy for more than a few seconds, a sudden sense of unease rose in his heart, causing him to instinctively strike down with a lightning bolt.

Snapped!

Lightning and sword energy intertwined, lingering and transforming into a shower of scattered lightning sparks. Among the falling sparks, Xiao Yu's figure appeared below him.

"Not bad! You reacted quickly; we almost succeeded in our sneak attack," the newcomer said with some disappointment.

Lei Huang looked closely and realized that it was none other than Xiao Yu, the man he had been fighting. He turned his head sharply and saw the figure whose head had been pierced slowly dissipating, revealing a broken ice sculpture underneath.

phantom!

There's even this trick...

He knew something was wrong. The next moment, a huge crystal rapidly closed in, enveloping him within it.

"Your lightning net move is ingeniously designed. Having experienced it firsthand, it's no wonder Zi Yun was defeated. It's quite thought-provoking and has inspired me to come up with a new move. Let's try it out ourselves."

Outside the ice crystal, Xiao Yu's voice came. Lei Huang looked disdainful. What new move developed by imitating Lei Wang? It was just gathering ice together.

Just watch him try his best to break through.

Just as he was about to make a move, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

That kid!

Lei Huang's hair stood on end. He took a step back and looked around, only to find himself surrounded by Xiao Yu's figure. He couldn't help but feel a tightness in his anus.

Figures appeared one after another, their auras thick and solid. In an instant, he was surrounded by Xiao Yu.

Chapter Twenty-Eight, Role Playing

"Flowers in the Mirror, Snow and Moon in the Ice Prison, Flowers in the Mirror"—these are techniques that Xiao Yu developed in a flash of inspiration based on illusions and Lei Huang's lightning net.

The cube of ice floating in the air, in which Jiang Leihuang was trapped, was its prototype.

Thanks to Zi Yun's Five Poisons Powder in the cave, which gave Xiao Yu a dreamlike feeling, that moment of mixed senses and chaotic world allowed Xiao Yu to understand the general meaning of the word "illusion".

He had almost forgotten that "Mirror Flower Snow Moon" was the true talent of his flying sword. He had always used "Mirror Flower" for hiding and creating illusions, which was more of a support role, while "Snow Moon" was used for offense.

This would be a terrible waste, as the Mirror Flower technique can be applied in actual combat.

Although it was a flash of inspiration, Xiao Yu was already proficient in using Mirror Flower and Snow Moon. He just needed an opportunity to unify the two. Now, thanks to Lei Huang's lightning net, his natal flying sword Yue Li's natal talent, Mirror Flower and Snow Moon, was fully utilized in actual combat for the first time.

Looking at the steady cube of ice floating in the air, Xiao Yu, guessing that there would be no movement for the time being, slowly descended with the girl in his arms.

It was obvious that Xiao Yu had won this bet. Once inside his ice prison, getting out wouldn't be easy, and even if he did manage to break free, his body would be severely injured.

While Lei Huang was breaking through, Xiao Yu only needed to wait for his injuries to heal and recover. The Ice Prison wasn't without its cooldowns; it was just that using the same move too often would make it easy for others to spot the flaws.