I looked at my opponent who was wielding a mace in his hand.
I'm sure many would run away simply at his sight, but I had a duty to fulfill.
The duty to protect the girl I like. This was the responsibility I had to carry for being a man.
Nume Zian rolled his index finger and offered: "Come, I'll let you have the first attack."
I, however, didn't move.
My motive was to defend, not to attack.
My master has taught me that defending is easier than attacking.
Also, with my defensive skill, predictive dodge, I was sure to defend and stall time till my teammates escaped.
Predictive Dodge was a technique that my master has been teaching me since I entered his peak.
It was to leave your body light and remain calm without any unnecessary thought.
Just focus on your opponent, however, don't think about his next move, and leave all of your movements to instincts.
My senses have become a lot sharper than when I started and I was confident in my skill.
Nume Zian, seeing that I wasn't taking up his offer, turned a little angry as his lips twitched in annoyance:
"You really want me to make the first move? I promise you'll regret doing this."
Saying that Nume Zian lifted up his mace and swirled it over his head before suddenly launching himself at a terrifying speed toward me.
A small crater appeared at the spot he was standing on due to the force this launch generated.
Instantly this word flashed in my mind before I noticed him in front of me, striking to my right with his mace.
My body instantly reacted, turning by taking my right leg back and parrying his mace with my sword.
I was sent flying by the sheer force of his attack before I struck on a boulder.
It was then I realized: "I... only trained with... swords and spears..."
I had never had an opponent who used a mace, thus I didn't know that I wouldn't be able to parry a mace due to the force it carried in its strike.
Even though I could predict his attack with my predictive dodge, I couldn't stop it due to my insufficient strength.
I coughed up a mouthful of blood due to the impact of my body colliding with the boulder.
I suddenly began to feel dizzy in my head as I lost my balance and fell to my knees, not having any strength in my body.
"Qin Feng!!" I then heard senior sister Zhu Ling's voice, calling my name in worry.
It was similar to when I would be hurt in my spar and Senior Sister Zhu Ling would worry about me.
My sight was blurry, however, I could see the worry on Senior Sister Zhu Ling's face.
"Junior Zhu Ling, you need to retreat, hurry." Qi Nao yelled.
It was because Nume Zian had ignored Qin Feng and once again began walking towards her.
"Hehe Little girl, no need to worry about him. Come, play with this big brother." Nume Zian said playfully with a sinister smile.
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His underling nodded and left to finish me, who couldn't even stand properly,
I struggled with all that had left in me to just stand up.
My hands shivered as I held my sword against him.
At this moment, A shout resounded in my ears: "AArgh!"
Instantly everyone looked at the source of this voice.
A demonic cultivator was just now sliced in two.
And it was done by none other than the genius of our sect, Wang Ling Er.
She then looked towards me and rushed to help.
The one who was approaching me to finish me directed his attention to her instead.
The moment he turned his attention to her and showed me his back, I knew that this was my chance.
I gathered all the strength I could muster and charged at him before thrusting my sword into his back.
"Argh!... you..." He looked at me with wide eyes, surprised to see me act this quickly despite my condition.
I retrieved my sword from his body as he fell to the ground, becoming a corpse.
I fell to my knee, unable to continue standing.
This had taken a toll on my body.
I suddenly heard Senior Sister Zhu Ling's scream.
Instantly my gaze went in her direction.
Nume Zian was deflecting her attacks with ease and continued to get close to her.
She needed help. If Nume Zian were to seriously fight her, he would instantly kill her.
I couldn't let that happen.
Right at this moment, I felt a hand on my shoulder.
She displayed two talismans in her hand and spoke:
"I have two teleportation talismans. I'll give you one. You should escape."
Teleportation talismans were a lot expensive and no ordinary disciple of a sect could afford one.
It must've been given to her by her master for times of emergency.
I, however, refused her help.
Shaking my head, I requested:
"Please help my senior Sister. She needs the most help right now."
She nodded in understanding and said: "Alright. I'll try."
She instantly took out two more talismans from her space ring, however, they weren't similar to the teleportation talismans.
She channeled her lower qi in those talismans as suddenly a dragon of ice and dragon made of flames erupted out of the talismans.
Nume Zian's attention was instantly grabbed by two dragons.
He instantly recognized the dragons.
Wang Ling Er pointed her finger at him and muttered: "Go!"
The Dragons instantly moved towards him at a fast speed, roaring loudly.
However, Nume Zian didn't have any expression of fear on his face.
He took out two talismans and instantly activated them.
A shield wall of fire and ice instantly appeared in front of him.
This time it was Wang Ling Er who recognized the talismans.
The Dragons collided with the wall of fire and ice, assimilating into each other before dissipating.
This was the drawback of talismans. They could be countered with talismans.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)