Despite being more than ten meters away, Zu'an suddenly felt a blade of light slashing straight at him. He hurriedly rolled to the side like a lazy donkey, looking as disheveled as could be.
The large tree behind him, where he had just been standing, was cleaved in two by an invisible blade of energy.
Zu An felt a chill run down his spine. A third-rank cultivator could only attach their vital energy to their body to protect themselves, while a fourth-rank cultivator could allow their vital energy to leave their body and form the kind of sword and blade aura seen in martial arts dramas from his previous life, greatly increasing both the attack range and power.
Shi Zhenxiang gave him no chance to catch his breath, slashing and hacking at him with her knife while laughing loudly: "Now that I've knocked your weapon away, let's see how you fight me. Today I'm going to cut your flesh off piece by piece to avenge my brother!"
"Why so much nonsense when you're just fighting?" Zu An sneered, then suddenly rushed forward, moving as swiftly as a rabbit.
In an instant, he had closed the distance to Shi Zhenxiang to less than a foot, their noses almost touching.
Shi Zhenxiang was terrified. The strangeness of this attack was beyond his imagination, and its speed was indescribable.
Although he was slightly distracted while speaking, his sword strikes did not falter at all; he had no idea how his opponent had broken through his sword net.
Now that the two were so close, the long sword in his hand ended up behind the other man, making it impossible for him to bend it over and slash at the man's back.
Although the other party no longer had a longsword, he was holding an arrow and thrusting it towards his wrist.
Upon seeing what he held in his hand, Shi Zhenxiang's face flashed with disdain. She knew that arrows were more effective at longer distances, and there was no way to stab someone at such a short distance.
Moreover, he also has vital energy protecting him. Although he couldn't see what the move was all about, the difference in their levels meant that he could stand there and let the move attack him without any problem.
However, the moment the thought crossed his mind, a sharp pain shot through his palm, followed by a bone-chilling cold that coursed through his body. He couldn't help but shiver, as if his entire body had been frozen solid.
In that instant, he felt a sharp pain in his hands and feet, and then he involuntarily fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
"You severed my tendons in my hands and feet!" Shi Zhenxiang was shocked and furious at the same time, not knowing what had happened.
Shi Zhenxiang's anger level has increased by 999!
Zuan looked apologetic: "I'm really sorry, you're too amazing. Just to be on the safe side, I had no choice but to resort to this."
Shi Zhenxiang: "..."
Damn it, you attacked so ruthlessly, and the reason is that I'm too powerful?
Shi Zhenxiang's anger level increased by 666!
However, he had been trained as a suicide soldier since childhood and quickly resigned himself to his fate, knowing that he could not escape his doom today. The only thing he did not understand was another matter: "Where did the arrow in your hand come from, and why was it able to break through my protective energy?"
"I picked them up on the road." Zuan looked at the bow and arrow in his hand and smiled slightly. He had felt that these bows and arrows were definitely not ordinary. After all, a zombie with such strong defense would be finished after being hit by an arrow. He did not expect that after testing them, they would indeed have the effect of penetrating armor.
However, he noticed that the arrow in his hand had become different from its companions, losing its dark luster, indicating that these arrows had a limited number of uses.
Shi Zhenxiang: "..."
I don't believe you for a second. Do you think something you picked up on the street can break through a person's protective energy?
Shi Zhenxiang's anger level increased by 250!
"What do you think I should do with you?" Zu An squatted down and asked, looking at Shi Zhenxiang lying on the ground.
"Kill me if you want, but don't expect to get anything out of me!" Shi Zhenxiang sneered, regretting that she couldn't avenge her brother.
"How about this, I'll give you a chance. Use your protective energy. If you can survive one of my daggers, I'll let you go. How about that?" Zu An said as he took out the "Poisoned Dagger."
"Is this true?" Despite knowing that it was mostly a lie, Shi Zhenxiang's survival instinct still made her ask.
"Of course it's true. I only injured your limbs, I didn't destroy your cultivation. You should still be able to use your vital energy to protect yourself, right?" Zu An smiled very kindly. He had deliberately held back just now because he planned to use this guy as an experiment.
Shi Zhenxiang's expression shifted between light and dark: "No, what if you poke me with that bow and arrow again? I can't defend myself." As she spoke, she kept an eye on the quiver behind him.
“Don’t worry, I won’t use that,” Zu’an said when he saw that he still didn’t believe him. “You just saw it yourself. My arrows are basically ineffective after one use. I don’t have many left. Do you think I would waste them on you?”
Shi Zhenxiang was taken aback. Now that the other party said that, she believed him. It was really not worth wasting such a precious thing on a useless person like herself: "Okay, I promise you, I just hope you will keep your promise!"
As he spoke, he channeled all his energy, and a layer of semi-transparent armor appeared around his body. "Hmph, I was just unlucky enough to run into that strange bow and arrow. You think you can hurt me with your broken dagger?"
Instead of making a move, Zuan asked, "You and your brother have a good relationship?"
"Of course!" Shi Zhenxiang thought to herself, this guy is so kind-hearted. If she is lucky enough to survive, even if he can't cure her injuries and take revenge himself, he will spend all his wealth to hire someone else to kill him.
Zuan nodded, then gripped the dagger and stabbed down. To the other's astonishment, it easily pierced through his protective aura as if cutting tofu, then sliced open a small patch of his skin.
He wanted to test whether the dagger had any effect on a cultivator's protective energy, and also to test the extent of the dagger's sure-kill effect. He had never had such an opportunity before.
Shi Zhenxiang was initially terrified, but seeing that the other party had only cut a small part of her skin, she breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly shuddered and then her whole body was plunged into endless darkness.
Before he died, he heard the last words: "Since you have such a good relationship, go down and join him. A family should be together."
Shi Zhenxiang's anger level increased by 1024!
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