Chapter 22: Slap in the face
Seeing that she had taken out her weapons, Gu Liyue had no choice but to squat down and take the dagger tied to her calf in her right hand.
This was what she asked Aunt Yu to prepare for her the day before yesterday. In the end times, the dagger was one of her commonly used weapons. She didn't know where Aunt Yu found it from, but she felt it suited her very well.
When the spectators saw the weapons of both sides, they were shocked.
"Was this young lady's dagger a last-minute rescue? Why does it feel so perfunctory?"
The fourth princess laughed and said, "Gu Liyue, prepare to die!"
She seemed completely unaware that this duel, which had lasted for dozens of rounds, might have a completely different ending from what she had imagined.
In the next dozen or so rounds, Gu Liyue was repeatedly scratched by Gu Yaoyao's spiritual sword.
Although none of the wounds hit vital parts of his body, his body was covered in blood and he looked quite disheveled.
Nie Hengzhou felt a sharp pain in his heart as he watched her. He couldn't help but want to rush onto the stage, but seeing Gu Liyue's clear eyes, he controlled himself and stared at the stage quietly.
If I can't protect her for the rest of my life, I may be able to protect her this time, but not the next time.
Gu Liyue took a deep breath. She hadn't used her spiritual power yet, and she didn't want to be exposed.
Seeing Gu Yaoyao's sword approaching again, she slightly turned sideways, avoiding the vital point, and instead of retreating, she advanced. She switched the dagger to her left hand and slapped out with her right hand, igniting a strange fire.
Gu Yaoyao's sword pierced his left shoulder again, and it went straight through.
Gu Yaoyao originally thought that this sword would definitely hit the vital point, but who knew that Gu Liyue's desperate fighting style caught her off guard.
She only felt the temperature around her rising rapidly. She knew that the other party had used strange fire. She had experienced the power of strange fire before. It could make people suffer excruciating pain!
She tried to pull back, but her sword had come out with such force that she was a little slow to pull back. The strange fire struck her right forearm, burning her skin. She screamed, shrill and piercing.
Everyone in the audience felt their teeth ache when they heard it, and when they saw the burns, they felt the pain go deep into their bones.
"How terrifying! This is the strange fire! What a powerful force!"
"Yeah, I can almost feel the pain."
"It seems like this Gu Liyue is no ordinary person! She was able to beat someone in the Foundation Establishment Stage like this."
"I feel like Gu Yaoyao didn't seem to be trying her best. I remember she was already at the second level of Foundation Establishment before, but today it seems like she's only at the first level. And her combat power is still a bit weak."
"Could this Gu Liyue be a body cultivator? Looking at her speed, most people can't even reach that level even in the Qi Refining stage. Her pace is also quite interesting."
Suddenly, she rushed forward, approached Gu Yaoyao, and dodged her sword with strange steps. The dagger slashed her arm fiercely, and there was a scream and blood splattered everywhere.
Gu Liyue took a few steps back in an instant.
Looking at Gu Yaoyao again, she covered her wound, trying her best to endure the pain. Her sinister face was slightly pale, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Gu Liyue, I will not let you go."
Gu Liyue took advantage of her anger and instantly appeared behind her, holding a dagger against her neck.
"Oh, how are you going to not let me go?"
Gu Yaoyao widened her eyes and her pupils shrank unconsciously. She couldn't believe that she would lose to her.
Seeing that she was in a state of panic, Gu Liyue gripped the dagger tightly and stabbed it into her back, then quickly pulled it out and put it against her neck again.
He said sinisterly, "A duel, huh? A bet of life, huh?"
Gu Yaoyao said in horror: "Sister, I don't want to gamble anymore. I don't want my sister Baojia anymore. Please let me go!"
Gu Liyue sneered: "Don't you think you will never regret it? I wanted to give you a chance."
Just as Gu Yaoyao spoke so decisively half an hour ago, she was now slapped in the face.
But she no longer cared about these things. She only felt pain all over her body, and the fear of facing death made her legs weak.
"Sister, please let me go! We are sisters!"
"Didn't you say, 'We're all grown up and responsible for our own actions.'"
"You even told Master Nie that you wouldn't change anything. Where do you think Master Nie's face is going to be?"
Gu Liyue repeated back to her everything she had said before, leaving her unable to refute.
At this time, the Third Prince Xiao Xianchuan walked to the side of the ring and looked at the disheveled Gu Yaoyao on the stage and Gu Liyue, who was covered in blood but stood upright. In contrast, he couldn't help but stare at Gu Liyue.
At this time, Nie Hengzhou stood next to him, blocking his view with one side of his body.
He came back to his senses and said anxiously: "Stop, let Yaoyao go!"
Gu Liyue gave him a cold look and said, "Once you're on stage, will you just stop when someone tells you to?"
"If you want to break the contract, you have to ask Master Nie if he's willing to do so."
Gu Mutian also arrived at the stage. He shouted, "Liyue, as long as you agree to let her go, it won't count as breaking the contract."
"Oh, then what benefits can I get?" Gu Mutian had already thought of the solution for her.
"Won't you get Yaoyao's robes? And the armor?"
Gu Liyue felt a pang of sadness. It must be the original owner's emotion. The original owner always wanted to get her father's pity, but who knew that she would not get it until her death.
She was so angry that she laughed.
"Haha, that's the prize. Even if I kill Gu Yaoyao now, the prize is still mine."
There was a lot of discussion in the audience.
"This father didn't show up when the duel contract was signed. When he saw that the second young lady had lost, he asked the eldest young lady not to kill the second young lady."
"Yeah, I don't know what I'm thinking."
Ye Yalin also arrived at this time. With tears streaming down her face, she grabbed Gu Mutian's arm and said, "Master, please stop Li Yue quickly, or she will kill Yao Yao."
Gu Mutian didn't know what Gu Liyue wanted. From what she just said, it seemed that she wanted to exchange Yaoyao's life for something.
He said, "What benefit do you want?"
Gu Liyue thought of the original owner's heartache. She said, "Ever since my mother died, you haven't paid any attention to me. I really hope you can look at me more, instead of abandoning me in the backyard, letting Gu Yaoyao laugh at me, bully me, and even team up with outsiders to humiliate me."
Gu Mutian was speechless. He originally loved Dong Fengxi, but she was too dazzling and better than him in everything, which made him very uncomfortable. He tried desperately to become stronger, but he could never catch up with her.
So he went out to drink to relieve his sorrow, and when he woke up he saw Ye Yalin lying beside him.
He thought about bringing a woman back home so that he wouldn't have to look at Dong Fengxi's arrogant attitude all day long. He also wanted to let her know that she was not everything to him and that there were other women who could take care of her happily.
Later she became increasingly haggard, and then she died, leaving only Liyue.
He didn't know how everything turned out like this. He didn't know why he did it. How could he have allowed everything to become like this without knowing what was going on?
He didn't dare to face Li Yue, so he ignored her.
I didn't dare to listen to her news, because I didn't know that she was being bullied.
Whenever he thought of these past events, Xiao Mutian felt unable to face Li Yue.
He had no choice but to withdraw his thoughts and want to hear what Li Yue wanted.
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