Amid two tiger roars, Lu Li drifted lightly into the distance, watching Lie Shan and Lie Shi gasping for breath.
“One move, decide the outcome.”
“You…” Lie Shi looked at Lu Li’s calm expression, “Your strength…”
“I learned some power application techniques over on the human race side.” Lu Li smiled at the two.
“Also, the Broken Tendon and Mended Bone Paste placed in the hall—apply it to your injuries and it should heal in about half a day.”
“…I lost.” Lie Shan gritted his teeth, but when he raised his head again, his eyes held the original clarity and resolve.
“The Celestial Fox Saintess’s charm techniques are superb, but her physical combat arts are also not weak.”
“Our Tiger Clan values strength, but a word spoken is a word kept.” Lie Shi drew in a cold breath.
“Since we lost to the Celestial Fox Saintess, we will fulfill our pledge… to follow you during this trial.”
“You’re too kind. I’ll have to trouble you two from now on.” Lu Li slowly descended into the hall. With a flick of her finger, the medicine paste in the porcelain bottle dispersed with a faint fragrance, covering the arms of the two tigers.
“If you two don’t mind the unusual scent, applying it three times a day will yield even better healing results.”
“I don’t mind that… but Celestial Fox Saintess, you actually expected us to lose, didn’t you?” Lie Shi sighed, looking at the black ointment covering his arm, carrying a faint floral scent.
“Yes. Although cultivators like to take the high ground, it’s hardest to exert force in the air.” Lu Li’s delicate hands flicked repeatedly, and the medicine quickly seeped into the two tigers’ flesh.
“With a little guidance, their direction shifts.”
“Ah, second brother, it seems I need to learn from you in the future, not be so impulsive.” Lie Shan sat back down in the chair.
“I need to listen to you more.”
“Same here. Thinking more is fine, but you also need enough strength.” Lie Shi sighed as he watched Lu Li take the opportunity to repair the courtyard as well.
“By the way, Celestial Fox Saintess, what other plans do you have next?”
“To the Flood Dragon Clan’s mansion.” Lu Li looked at the thinning clouds above the Tiger Clan mansion, then toward the thicker rain curtain in the east.
“I may need your assistance.”
“I’m quite looking forward to seeing how the Celestial Fox Saintess takes down the Flood Dragon Clan in the rain.” Upon hearing that Lu Li’s plan involved the Flood Dragon Clan, Lie Shan actually became interested.
“Let’s go!”
“Then let’s set out.” Lu Li stepped on the Light Gauze and soared into the air again, flying toward the eastern part of Blackstone City.
As the three advanced, sounds of collisions echoing through the night came from the east from time to time, with True Yuan surging and water splashing.
However, whenever water splashed, a faint golden light flickered, followed by the condensation of even thicker water waves.
“Celestial Fox Saintess, it seems your subordinate is struggling a bit.” Lie Shi looked at the slowly gathering water waves at the mansion.
“It’s really hard to defeat the Flood Dragon Clan in the rain.”
“It does seem so.” Lu Li swept her Divine Sense.
“Then you two can wait here.”
“I’m looking forward to it.” Lie Shan simply took out a table from his Storage Bag and began watching in the rain with Lie Shi.
“I wonder how the Celestial Fox Saintess will defeat the Flood Dragon Clan that holds the advantage.”
“Using schemes? Or charm techniques, or…” Lie Shi also began to think, if it were him, how would he break the situation?
Towering waves rose, already a full three zhang high, their momentum even more magnificent amid thunder and torrential rain.
“The power to control water. Truly good.” Lu Li looked at the gradually descending giant wave.
With a twist of her wrist, she took out the Yin Yang Sword.
“Mountain Breaker.”
In the torrential rain, it was indeed advantageous for Jiao San, who excelled at water manipulation.
But for Lu Li, who possessed a Charm Spiritual Root, breaking through the water vapor combined with Sword Qi was not difficult.
Vast True Yuan roared out along the Yin Yang Sword, forcibly cleaving a rainless space in the pouring rain.
At the same time, the newly condensed water waves directly split apart, turning into scattered spray that swept through the Flood Dragon Clan mansion.
“This Celestial Fox Saintess’s sword technique is also impressive…” Lie Shi was stuffing meat into his mouth, but when he saw this sword move, he was stunned, the meat stuffed into his cheeks.
“If I used a blade, I could block it… once or twice, maybe?” Lie Shan also sucked in a cold breath.
“Who are you, from which clan? Why are you interfering in my battle with the Celestial Fox Clan!” From within the water waves, a Flood Dragon with a dragon head, human body, and a long tail quickly soared into the air. “No, how is it you?!”
“Of course it is I, Jiao San.” Lu Li smiled faintly.
“Impossible?!” Jiao San looked to the other side, where the waves churned.
At the other end of the mansion, there was another “Lu Li” dressed in a blue long skirt, holding Light Gauze.
Beside her, Liu Qingyun, Yuan He, and Liu Qingxi were manipulating a Jade Disk, with various hexagram symbols floating around them.
“It’s a blend of charm techniques and illusion magic.” As Lu Li spoke, her long sword swung lightly. Jiao San reacted extremely quickly, quickly enclosing himself in a water sphere.
“By the way, Jiao San, your strength is indeed good. Any interest in joining my command and conquering territory together?”
“Is that so? In normal times, I might consider…” Jiao San hid inside the water sphere.
“But relying on charm techniques, illusion magic, and that sword move—they’re useless against me.”
“Then we’ll have to try.” Lu Li looked at the blue-skirted girl below.
“Xiu Popo, I’ll trouble you. You can temporarily board the flying boat and withdraw.”
“It is this old woman’s fortune to work for the Saintess.” The blue-skirted girl’s face flickered and changed into an aged appearance.
“This old woman also got to personally take part in a battle between holy sons and holy daughters—quite an eye-opener.”
“Pretending to advance along one path while secretly taking another.” Jiao San floated in the water sphere.
“But what can that do?”
“Mountain Breaker.”
“You!”
Lu Li swung another sword strike, and the water sphere around Jiao San instantly exploded.
Countless water vapors dispersed, but at the spot of the water sphere, there was no trace of Jiao San at all.
“Lu Li, be careful!” Liu Qingyun shouted from below.
“The Flood Dragon Clan’s trait is Water Transformation; they can even attack our internal organs!”
“Understood.” Lu Li looked at Yuan He. Yuan He immediately understood and quickly shot out a golden light, enveloping Lu Li.
“Liu Qingxi, location.”
“East… a hundred zhang!” Liu Qingxi’s hexagram lit up.
She quickly descended into the pond, slowly glowing, tracing Jiao San’s illusory figure.
“Tch…” In the pond, the Flood Dragon’s figure reformed.
“The Heavenly Deduction Sect’s fortune-telling and divination—truly troublesome.”
“This isn’t even the most troublesome.” Lu Li pointed at Lie Shan and Lie Shi, the two tigers watching from above.
“They’ve already joined me. Jiao San, are you sure you have no thoughts about that?”
“The Tiger Clan?!” Jiao San looked up and then noticed the two tigers watching the battle in the distance.
“How did you do it? Using charm techniques?!”
“Using physical combat arts.” Lu Li said.
“Sure you won’t join? If not, things will get troublesome from here.”
“Hmph, although those two tigers have strong force, I didn’t expect that a Celestial Fox like you could defeat them.” Jiao San snorted.
“But unless you defeat me head-on, I will never submit.”
“I’ve heard that line before.” Lu Li shrugged.
“What if I win?”
“I’ll join them as well.”
“You said that, Jiao San.” Lu Li smiled charmingly.
“Bewitch Heart.”
“Water Screen!” Jiao San immediately closed his eyes and raised his hand.
Huge waves instantly surged, then blocked everything in front of his eyes.
Opposite the nine swaying tails, a water wall three zhang high quickly rose.
The water wall rose layer by layer—three zhang, six zhang, nine zhang—like a slowly pressing water mountain.
“Speaking of water, it’s really nostalgic, isn’t it, Liu Qingyun, Yuan He?” Lu Li watched the giant wave gradually bearing down, but her expression remained calm.
“Very nostalgic.” Yuan He nodded.
“Layman Lu, you shouldn’t be too disgraced this time, right?”
“I believe she won’t,” Liu Qingyun said.
The three of them then rose into the air with Xiu Popo and boarded the flying boat.
“Celestial Fox Saintess, if you don’t act soon, you will be completely suppressed by me!” Jiao San’s voice thundered, rumbling within the nine-zhang-tall waves.
“That stinky monk’s Buddhist Light won’t last much longer!”
“I’m already acting.” Lu Li extended her finger, pointing at the dark clouds above.
“Rather, before the battle even began, I had already completed my plan.”