
"So.." Shin Wu lunged while twisting his body and swung his sword, aiming at the back of Hua Zu's neck, "Where is your horde?" he sneered while grinning.
BUGH!
Hua Zu repelled Shin Wu's attack by smashing his staff into the base of the commander's arm.
Shin Wu's sword was thrown out of his hand.
In the next instant, the shadow bodyguard who mastered aerokinesis threw a kick towards the commander-in-chief's sword and bounced it towards Hua Zu.
Hua Zu parried it again. "What can you do without a gun?" the scorn on Shin Wu.
"Fucking Kaida shit!" Shin Wu lunged towards Hua Zu with a tiger kick.
Hua Zu replied to him with the same kick technique.
BUGH!
Both of them bounced back, but Hua Zu landed smoothly while Shin Wu landed sitting down.
Hua Zu chuckled as he charged back and forth to stem every attack of Shin Wu's bodyguards from various directions.
"Get rid of your ugly smile, motherfucker!" furious Shin Wu while jumping to his feet. He tried to grab his sword that lay not far from where it was, but Hua Zu charged towards the commander and poked at his waist with the tip of his stick. Shin Wu again staggered while his breath was already panting.
Luoji's immortal bodyguards were back on the line in a fickle formation while searching for Hua Zu's gaps and weaknesses. But no matter how they tried to outwit him, the young man seemed to never run out of stamina.
Every movement is always impressed lightly even though occasionally his face looks riled up.
Exasperated by the endless boring fight, Hua Zu finally started exerting most of his energy to increase the tempo of the fight.
The fight became increasingly fierce and Hua Zu's movements grew faster and more powerful.
Shin Wu had already bounced again with the guardsmen who were already not struggling.
The two immortal guards were already injured here and there but had yet to lose the spirit to fight back.
The other three still looked stable and developed satisfied smiles. Wait till this bastard Kaida gasps, they thought.
Shin Wu forced himself back up and put all his remaining strength into making a counterattack. But again Hua Zu thrust the tip of his wand into the waist of the commander.
"Damn!" rutuk Shin Wu was impatient. He staggered backwards while bending his stomach which felt wrapped around.
Hua Zu began to sweat while Luoji's immortal bodyguards grinned even wider. Not long, they thought. Then it began to raise the tempo of the attack a little and in an instant the fight returned to the storm.
Hua Zu turned his bamboo stick to resemble a windmill, and smacked it back and forth without being seen.
The two bodyguards jerked back and staggered while holding their chests.
Hua Zu twirled back his bamboo staff in a speed that was difficult for ordinary eyes to catch.
Feeling mocked by the attraction of his bamboo staff, Luoji's two immortal guards finally shot out a number of arrows while catapulting his body into the air.
SLASHY!
SLASHY!
JLB!
The arrow landed heavily on the back of one of Luoji's immortal bodyguards who was fooled by Hua Zu's stick movements. The arrow pierced through his heart.
"Fuck!" shouted the fellow immortal guard as he charged towards Hua Zu blindly.
Shin Wu sighed both of his legs to take a step, forcing his back to stand upright. But his whole body felt crumpled. He watched Hua Zu who was still bouncing in the middle of the siege with light leaps that were getting increasingly agile. Then bent down to pick up the bow belonging to one of the dead shadow guards.
The four immortal bodyguards that were experts at lightening the body were now soaring in uniform movements and swooping in unison while thrusting the tip of each sword into one equal point-Hua Zu.
SLASHY!
SLASHY!
Two guards bounced and fell at the foot of the cliff. Two others stabbed empty air.
Hua Zu leaned over to pick up his bamboo stick.
It was at that moment that Shin Wu aimed his arrow at the young man. But at the same time, two Shashou darted towards the middle of the battle while throwing daggers at Shin Wu.
JLB!
One dagger landed on the commander's back.
A number of other daggers flocked the two immortal guards of Shin Wu.
BRUK!
The three Luoji soldiers slumped together and did not move anymore.
Feeling safe with the situation, the two Hua Zu comrades landed and walked casually towards the young man. "Sister Zu! You're okay—"
"Revelation!" pekik Hua Zu while swinging his staff past his two comrades.
JLB!
Both of Hua Zu's comrades flinched and wide-eyed, then froze and fell down.
Behind them, the immortal bodyguards that had been slammed into the cliff wall also froze with their eyes wide without the light of life, piercing the end of Hua Zu's bamboo stick.
The bodyguard turned out to be only pretending to be dead after bouncing off the cliff wall, then when he saw the opportunity, he lunged towards Hua Zu's comrades while the two youths were completely off guard.
Hua Zu immediately noticed it but it was too late. Both partners were not saved.
Hua Zu let out a rough sigh and stepped towards Shin Wu.
The commander did not move with his face down in the grass.
Hua Zu crouched down on the side of his body to make sure there would be no more counterattacks. He pulled the chicae from the commander's back and rubbed it against Shin Wu's robe. Then tuck it in his belt.
He pulled the commander's shoulder and flipped his body.
The commander was still breathing but his body was already floundering. His eyelids trembled weakly while his gaze looked increasingly hollow. It's dying!
Hua Zu pulled up his body and turned around, then soared into the cliff wall, climbed up the vine tendril in a light and quick motion, then disappeared at a height.
Simultaneously another dark-robed person slumped down in the same way—drew on the vine tendrils with no less light and quick movements, then landed soundlessly on the side of Shin Wu's body.
Shin Wu blinked looking at the glowing figure above his head amongst his arising-sinking consciousness.
The newcomer crouched down by his side, bending over emphasizing his palm on Shin Wu's chest as he gazed into the commander in chief's increasingly dim eyes.
"You once helped free me from death," the young man told Shin Wu. "And I promised to thank you."
Shin Wu blinked and gasped.
A cold sensation seeped into his chest where the young man pressed down on his palm, then spread throughout his body through his bloodstream, making his entire body feel cool and fresh.
A golden bright light covered it.
Shin Wu flinched and sat down in shock as if out of the water. Then circling the gaze with squinted eyes, the golden bright light dazzled his eyes. Makes him unable to see his helpers.
Then when the light darkened and disappeared, the figure of the mysterious young man had also disappeared.