Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 405 - 222: Jiang Yi’s Invitation

Chapter 405: Chapter 222: Jiang Yi’s Invitation

In the alley, the sounds of music intertwined with the intent to kill.

Jiang Shouzhong’s figure was agile, his toes lightly tapping the bluestone, dodging the incoming wind blades as nimbly as a cat avoiding arrows.

In the blink of an eye, he had suddenly drawn the Seven Kills Long Knife from his waist.

The blade gleamed like the Cold Moon emerging from clouds, followed by a piercing wind.

Hiss!

The passing wind blades left deep furrows on the ground.

Jiang Shouzhong transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging toward the woman plucking the strings. The knife wind howled, slicing through the tense air around him.

Qin Shier remained indifferent, her fingers continuing to strum.

Around the woman, wind blades circled like protector serpents, glimmering brightly.

Qin Shier’s expertise was in turning mystical energy into solid blades, attacking from a distance, using music as her sword. Her rhythms were unpredictable, sometimes gently wrapping around one’s fingers, and sometimes revealing a deadly sharpness, leaving her opponents unable to grasp her tactics.

It required not only a profound Dantian energy support but also mastery to control the mystical energy to a state of perfection.

In comparison to Jiang Shouzhong, her combat experience was much richer.

Even as Jiang Shouzhong used his nimble Chase Wind Steps to close in, she could always effortlessly push him back.

Clang!

Jiang Shouzhong blocked two wind blades, his arm throbbing with pain.

Taking advantage of the gap, he surveyed the terrain and once again burst forward, charging along the wall with unstoppable momentum toward his opponent.

"Dragon Slaying Sword!"

About thirty steps away, Jiang Shouzhong flicked his finger.

The ring coiled around his finger suddenly broke free of its constraints, turning into a dazzling golden light that tore through the air toward Qin Shier, splitting the wind blades in its path, reducing them to nothing.

Qin Shier’s eyebrows knitted slightly, her slender fingers abruptly exerting force.

In an instant, a surging, invisible force emerged, and a clear light barrier appeared around her, indestructible.

The clash of gold and iron was ear-piercing; the Dragon Slaying Sword was repelled.

And two strings of the woman’s pipa snapped.

Qin Shier stepped back twice.

"How is this woman even tougher to deal with than that Steward Gu from Wanshou Mountains and Rivers?"

Jiang Shouzhong was inwardly shocked, his figure swiftly maneuvering as he took advantage of the pause in her attack to close the distance along the wall.

Qin Shier was equally astonished within.

In her memory, Jiang Shouzhong’s cultivation was only at the second rank of martial warriors, easy to kill with a flip of her hand. Yet now, he could face her head-on in combat. Could it be that this man had used some secret technique?

The Seven Kills Long Knife whirled, advancing step by step.

Jiang Shouzhong remained stead and methodical.

This must be the first time since he began his training that he was truly dueling a master whose realm was higher than his own.

Although he had previously driven back Steward Gu, it was when the opponent was unprepared.

Qin Shier’s expression didn’t change, her pipa playing grew more urgent. As the notes leaped, the air seemed to congeal into numerous fine ice needles, sweeping towards Jiang Shouzhong, the chill penetrating to the bone.

The two exchanged moves, one attacking, the other defending; one firm, one gentle, with the interweaving of blade light and musical shadow.

In the alley, the stone pavement and walls were crisscrossed with deep scars.

Seeing Jiang Shouzhong consistently sticking to the wall, Qin Shier suddenly plucked a string, bringing the pipa music to an abrupt halt, yet the surrounding airflow solidified as if even time had stopped.

Jiang Shouzhong was puzzled when he suddenly felt an alarm in his heart and lunged forward.

The wall behind him exploded.

But the next second, as if predicting his dodging direction, the sound waves took shape, weaving an invisible net from all directions, surging towards him.

Jiang Shouzhong shouted, his long knife creating circles of fierce blade winds, breaking the net of sound with brute force.

Just as the woman was about to continue playing the strings, she suddenly spun around, her garments fluttering, dodging a jade hairpin flying sword that had sneaked up behind her unnoticed—yet it grazed her cheek as it passed.

A line of blood appeared on the woman’s face.

"A flying sword? Is this guy also a master from Heaven Desolation Boundary?"

Feeling the searing pain, Qin Shier was taken aback, then her gaze turned icy. Her ten fingers moved with the swiftness of clouds parting and mists clearing, her unique finger technique quickly hitting the strings, with sound waves like a raging sea, wave after wave.

The waves of sound came surging like a raging tide, whipping up a thousand piles of snow.

Jiang Shouzhong, who had just closed the distance, was forced to retreat step by step, his long knife swirling up a silver light, its chilling blade wind slashing apart the sound blades and flying knives, yet his body was also marked with several wounds.

The pipa music quickened, then slowed, its waves solidifying.

The low notes thundered like heavy rain, while the high notes whispered intimately.

Seeing the woman pull out her ultimate technique, Jiang Shouzhong instead no longer rushed to counterattack, using his Chase Wind Steps to dodge and block the incoming flying blades.

He wanted to vie with the opponent in Inner Strength, to see who would run out of mana first.

With the Taoist River Map’s blessing, the Yuan Qi in his Dantian recovered rapidly, and since Qin Shier’s ranged attacks consumed more Inner Strength, he didn’t believe she could keep attacking him this way indefinitely.

As expected, as the standoff continued, Qin Shier’s attack power began to slowly decline.

Qin Shier had long seen through Jiang Shouzhong’s strategy and wasn’t concerned.

Because in her view, Jiang Shouzhong’s Inner Strength couldn’t support him for long either. But as her Inner Strength gradually diminished, Jiang Shouzhong still appeared vigorous. Qin Shier felt a foreboding sense of unease welling up inside her.

"How can this man’s Inner Strength be so profound?"

The woman was secretly alarmed.

Realizing that dragging the battle out was disadvantageous to her, she needed to finish it quickly. Qin Shier suddenly strummed with both hands.

"String Summoning Dragon’s Chant!"

The sound of the strings was clear and lofty, like a dragon’s cry to the moon. The sound waves turned into a blue dragon form, roaring forward.

Here it comes!

Seeing the woman finally unleash her powerful move, Jiang Shouzhong quickly retreated several steps and sheathed his blade, his eyes gleaming.

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