Chapter 37: Pay Me Back for My Hairpin
“A-Ke, you are very amazing.” Zhuang Yusheng waved his hand: “It seems I must catch up to you quickly, otherwise, when I say I like you again, I’ll feel like I don’t have enough confidence.”
Ning Ke smiled.
If Zhuang Yusheng knew his true identity, he would know that being able to fight him to this extent at Zhuang Yusheng’s age was already very impressive.
Meanwhile, in the stands, Hong Yao frowned in deep thought.
Her attainments in talismans were not low.
So she always felt that the five-meter-high talisman Ning Ke condensed at the end seemed familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.
But thinking deeply, she couldn’t quite recall it.
After this match, Ning Ke became second, and Zhuang Yusheng ranked third.
Thus, the remaining final match became the home ground for Ning Ke and Lou Yunxiao.
It was also the Sword Sect’s home ground.
The audience was rubbing their fists and wiping their palms, boiling with excitement.
“The young disciples of the Sword Sect this time are really top-notch, one by one! Lou Yunxiao is clearly blind, yet he can still make it this far. It’s hard not to admire him!”
“That disciple named A-Ke is the strongest, okay! He knows how to use a sword, draw talismans, and is proficient in arrays! If you tell me he can refine pills now, I would believe it!”
“Who do you think will win? How about we make a bet?”
“Okay, okay, okay! I bet on A-Ke!”
“I bet on Lou Yunxiao!”
Lou Yunxiao had calmed down a lot by this time.
Having taken the pills, his external wounds were no longer bleeding.
He raised his hand, and Ning Ke took the initiative to hold it.
“Senior Brother, let’s go up together.”
Lou Yunxiao paused slightly.
Suddenly, he gripped Ning Ke’s hand tightly.
The two went onto the stage.
He heard Ning Ke say, “Senior Brother, don’t go easy on me this time.”
“Understood.”
The two summoned their swords.
Cangyin and Hongyun appeared simultaneously, and the sky faintly changed color.
The atmosphere in the entire martial arts arena became heavy.
“Divine swords haven’t appeared for ten thousand years…” Abbot Wujue tapped his staff on the ground, glancing at the sky where thunder rumbled faintly: “Now, they actually chose two juniors. Do they really think they can resist the Great Demon just by relying on them?”
“Everything is destined,” Gao Ze said. “Everything is the will of the Heavenly Dao.”
…
On the stage, Ning Ke’s expression became incredibly serious.
His first mission was to save Lou Yunxiao from a high and mighty position, tempering his will.
Only this second time was he interacting with the male protagonist as an equal.
And this time, he discovered many shining points in Lou Yunxiao.
He was a friend, an opponent, and even someone he faintly admired.
Seeing such a person constantly improving, he felt genuinely happy.
Clang—
The long swords collided, and terrifying sword qi canceled each other out.
The arena beneath their feet cracked inch by inch.
“If you don’t move, I’ll force you to move.” Ning Ke smiled, his long sword attacking Lou Yunxiao’s vital points specifically. At the same time, he set up arrays under his feet, directly breaking Lou Yunxiao’s Tai Chi-like footwork, forcing him to follow Ning Ke’s rhythm and catch every move.
Ning Ke’s speed in setting up arrays was too fast.
And he could even fuse them.
Attacking Lou Yunxiao from front, back, left, and right.
Ice walls rose, canceling the impact. Lou Yunxiao’s sword, imbued with Sword Intent, broke through layers of obstacles, rushing straight for Ning Ke’s face, but was instantly intercepted by the Hongyun Sword.
The Sword Intent cut Ning Ke’s hairpin.
Ink-black hair cascaded down, dancing with the wind.
Leaving the crowd of Music Sect disciples below dumbfounded.
“Damn, A-Ke is too beautiful! I want to fight Senior Brother Zhuang for him!”
“I want to confess too!”
“Me too, me too…”
As the Music Sect disciples were talking, they looked up and found Zhuang Yusheng looking at them with a gloomy face.
“What did you say you were going to do?”
“No no no! We won’t do anything!”
Only then did Zhuang Yusheng let them off.
On the stage, the fierce battle continued.
Lou Yunxiao really didn’t hold back.
Every sword strike carried thick Sword Intent, sweeping across heaven and earth.
The ribbon covering his eyes was blown down to below his eyes, and a pair of gray-blue eyes opened.
“Gazing” at Ning Ke, very focused.
Even knowing he couldn’t see, ever since Junior Brother praised his eyes as beautiful, Lou Yunxiao would gaze at Ning Ke like this every day.
Being stared at by him like this, Ning Ke felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
He tapped the ground with his toes and retreated. The Cangyin Sword caught up, so he arched his waist back to dodge.
His flexible waist formed a beautiful arch with the ground.
After retreating to a safe range, he tapped the ground again, flying up to stand on the pillar of the arena.
Standing steadily, his eyes curved, smiling like a fox.
“Senior Brother, a big gift for you.”
As soon as his voice fell.
Pa pa pa—
Bang bang bang—
Boom—
The arrays and talismans he had set up at some point exploded the arena into pieces amidst hundreds of explosions.
For a moment, dust and gravel filled the entire martial arts arena.
Everyone below the stage: “…”
“Are they biological martial brothers?”
“Do they have a grudge in private?”
“This hand is too ruthless, right?”
The Music Sect disciples who wanted to confess to Ning Ke earlier looked at Zhuang Yusheng in unison, directly giving their senior brother a thumbs up.
“This blessing, Senior Brother should keep it for himself. We absolutely won’t fight for it!”
Zhuang Yusheng: “…”
Looking back at Ning Ke, standing on the only remaining pillar with his sword, narrowing his eyes to watch for movement in the ruins.
In the next instant, a point of silver light appeared.
The corners of Ning Ke’s lips curled up. Blocking this sword strike, he landed in the ruins. Looking at Lou Yunxiao again, his clothes were tattered and his hair was messy. Although wretched, he wasn’t flustered.
After such a long competition, the amount of spiritual energy consumed was immense.
He and Lou Yunxiao actually didn’t have much strength left.
After exchanging another hundred moves, Cangyin and Hongyun rested on each other’s necks simultaneously.
Amidst the shouts of the full audience, it ended in a draw.
The two sheathed their swords and walked down from the ruins supporting each other.
Ning Ke smiled: “Senior Brother, I made you look so dusty and dirty with that move, you aren’t angry with me, are you?”
“Won’t be angry.” Lou Yunxiao’s hand around Ning Ke’s waist tightened gently, saying, “You are very amazing.”
Ning Ke didn’t think much of his action. He touched his loose hair strands again and said, “By the way, your Sword Intent cut my hairpin. You have to compensate me.”
Lou Yunxiao paused slightly, then a smile rippled at the corner of his lips.
He said, “Okay, I’ll compensate you.”
“Later on the street, whatever kind of hairpin you like, pick as you please.”
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