Chapter 290

Ice and Fire (1)

The block of ice hit the duke with a heavy thud . Since his feet were frozen to the ground, he could do nothing but take every hit . “Ye Lanyu, hit his chest, don’t waste your hits on his limbs! Hurt him!” said the seventh princess very calmly . Her words didn’t match her tone at all .

“His chest, his stomach, and that part… Yep, they’re the best parts…” nodded Ye Lanyu, aiming the ice block at the three points . The three vulnerable points .

“You’re a lady, you still need to be a little gentler! His chest will be enough!” said the seventh princess .

“Why do you care?! I’ll do what I want!” Ye Lanyu was still smashing ice into the duke .

“Ah…” It was unbearable to watch now . The duke was crying both on the outside and inside . He deeply regretted provoking this monster of a woman . But first, he still had to wait for his men to arrive .

Oh fuck, why aren’t they here yet?! Are they going to wait until I’m dead?

He was furious at his own men, for they hadn’t arrived after so long . He seemed to have forgotten that he’d left his guards outside the city because he didn’t want anyone to know he was sick .

Boom!

A wave of qi hit the ice block . It exploded . The source of this wave of energy now stood in front of the duke . This middle-aged man looked like a swordsman .

He wasn’t old, but he wasn’t young either . Mastering the skills of a swordsman was the same as any other career . The older you were, the more skilful at it you would be .

A few magicians and fighters arrived behind the swordsman . While they seemed subpar compared to this swordsman, they were still powerful enough to defeat an expert fighter together .

This duke was still a duke, his subordinates would naturally be very powerful!!

“My lord, are you alive?!” shouted a man, panicking . The martial artist shook the duke, who was barely breathing by now .

The duke was still alive, but his reply was a little odd as he pointed at Ye Lanyu, “I’m still alive!! I’ll deal with you later, catch that bitch first! And I want her alive!”

“Understood!” nodded the swordsman . When he was about to attack, he realised Ye Lanyu was already prepared . Magnificent ripples of ice magic formed as she attacked him .

Fuck, this girl isn’t giving anyone any chances!!

“Frostbolt storm!”

A brewing vortex of mist in the sky suddenly rained arrows, and every arrow was made out of ice . Its sharpness and harness could rival a metal arrow .

“Hut! Aargh…”

The swordsman shouted a few times, swinging his long sword around . Every stroke he made would send a wave of douqi, and when the wave touched the arrows, the arrows would disappear while the ripple would still push forward .

The swordsman’s dance quickened, waves of douqi now exploding from himself like blades hurtling towards Ye Lanyu .

In the end, the swordsman was moving so fast he was only a shadow . The space around him sizzled with powerful douqi- it was the fire dance technique used by fire attributes!

Douqi coupled with fire felt like a hot sandstorm, now coming directly at Ye Lanyu . While it was a common douqi technique, it was still a powerful one .

“Ice shield!”

Ye Lanyu waved an arm, a thick wall of ice immediately materialising before her . The wall blocked all attacks, including the douqi .

The fire douqi smashed against the ice wall . You could hear the sound of ice and fire colliding, but the ice wall did not weaken because of it . Its thickness and size remained .

This ice shield technique was one of the best techniques for defence magic . And since Ye Lanyu had the unique ice attribute, that enhanced the strength of this ice shield .

And at this point, Ye Lanyu didn’t rest . Another type of magic was now brewing in her other hand– of course, it was an attack technique .

“Swirling blizzard!”

Ye Lanyu had released an ice weapon shaped like a spinning ninja shuriken . It spun in a huge arc yet it was heading towards the swordsman- that was the unique characteristic of a spinning ice blade, something not easy to control .

Its path wasn’t a straight line, that made it a very difficult technique to master in the magical world . Only someone who’d had a lot of practice could even hit their target .

Usually, people would use many spinning blades at the same time for a greater effect . Of course, the more blades there were, the difficulty of controlling them would increase .

Soon, the number of spinning ice blades flying in the sky grew to almost ten . They were all heading towards the swordsman, a very impressive scene indeed . However, we all know that a deep danger lurked beneath this beauty .

The swordsman noticed this too . His douqi immediately flew towards the spinning blades, he didn’t want the number of blades to grow, it would be very dangerous to himself .

Thump . Thump…

The blades disintegrated when they collided with douqi, but new blades appeared before their eyes- now faster and deadlier than ever .

The swordsman felt like he should run for his life now, for he couldn’t put any time into attacking Ye Lanyu herself . She was protected by her wall of ice, and he was very distracted by all the spinning blades . If he didn’t destroy them in time, he was likely to be killed by anyone of them .

The battle was now for speed . It all depended on who could attack or defend quicker than the other!

Both of them was equal in skills, neither could take advantage of the other . Many people were very surprised by Ye Lanyu’s capabilities .

They were all thinking, ‘She’s so young and so pretty, I wouldn’t have known she was so scarily powerful . ”

The most shocking part was that this wasn’t Ye Lanyu’s limit . Very soon, the number of blades increased- and not by a little, it increased many folds .

“?!” The swordsman was now frantic . Did this mean that she was only testing the waters before this?

No, of course now! That was already Ye Lanyu’s actual capability . Don’t forget she was using the other hand for holding up her defence!

The swordsman had now stopped attacking altogether, for all his energy was put to blocking her spinning blades . Ye Lanyu didn’t need a defence anymore, so she could use both hands and all her attention . The force of her attack naturally increased many folds .