The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 133 - 129: Battle with Lu Yi (Combined Two-in-One, 4000-Word - )

Chapter 133: Chapter 129: Battle with Lu Yi (Combined Two-in-One, 4000-Word Chapter)

"Hissss—"

Qing Yu pulled the longsword out from the belly of the enemy before him, clad in a blue Confucian robe, the splash of fresh blood staining his sleeves red.

"I’m almost at my limit..."

Along the way, Qing Yu had managed to ambush several enemies by using his face and the blue Confucian robe similar to theirs. However, because he was rushing to reach the small hilltop and did not deliberately dodge, he inevitably got many bloodstains on himself. In this area far from the battlefield, these bloodstains were difficult to explain and aroused suspicion.

"Fortunately, I’m almost there..." Qing Yu picked up the longsword of the man he had just killed and headed towards the now-near hillside.

Lu Yi concentrated intensely, his breath held, as he pulled the black bow to a full moon curve.

Suddenly, he shot an arrow, equally black, that vanished from the bowstring. Following Lu Yi’s line of sight, a small hole appeared in the middle of a large tree, behind which the Academy students were hiding.

"If ’Knowledge Gained Through Experience’ could be blocked by a mere tree, it wouldn’t be worthy of being called an Absolute Skill of Philosophy. As long as I understand the tree, it cannot stop this ultimate arrow."

"Huh—" Lu Yi exhaled, rubbing his brow. Knowledge Gained Through Experience involved exhaustive reasoning, demanding a considerable amount of visual and mental power. Using it to kill those scholars was undoubtedly an overkill, like using a bull to kill a chicken.

With frequent use, although his True Qi remained abundant, his visual and mental powers were falling behind. His eyes now felt sore, and his head slightly dizzy.

"Elder Brother, please take a break. The situation below is settled; there’s no need for you to tire yourself further..." A fellow Philosophy student on the hilltop with him stepped forward to persuade.

The Academy students in the forest below were constrained by the threat of Lu Yi’s arrows, their actions hampered showing a clear disadvantage. From the look of things, their defeat was only a matter of time. Lu Yi merely needed to hold his bow as a gesture for maximum leverage.

"It’s fine," Lu Yi waved his hand, "it’s precisely because the situation is under control that I want to claim more of the battle spoils. In this Literary Arena for position, Daqian will ultimately fail to extinguish Mountain River Academy completely, and afterwards, the world will surely know of our Philosophy faction’s conduct. This might be the last Literary Arena battle, and if I can outshine the others, I might recover some of our Philosophy’s reputation."

As he spoke, a deep bitterness filled Lu Yi’s eyes. Out of the twenty-five participants of Philosophy, twenty-two were fakes who had used all sorts of underhanded tactics. Even if they triumphed in this Literary Arena, the world would not recognize their newly acquired orthodox status of Confucianism.

Although Emperor Daqian would bestow generous rewards on Philosophy, their reputation was utterly ruined. For a school of thought, especially Confucian, if the reputation is destroyed, how many would seek to join?

Ming Rui, an outsider, did not care much for the Philosophy’s reputation, but Lu Yi, a true member of Philosophy, had no choice but to care.

"Elder Brother..." Both Lu Yi’s juniors understood his plight but could not find any persuasive argument.

"Alright," Lu Yi once again drew his black bow, saying, "Junior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Chen, you two be prepared to defend. I will still need your protection later."

"Yes, Elder Brother," Chen Liu both said in unison.

As Lu Yi was about to draw his bow again and focus on the battlefield below, and his juniors were filled with turmoil, a breeze blew by, carrying a few wavering leaves.

Suddenly, the breeze quickened, turning into a gale, picking up more leaves, and the lush green leaves carried by the wind transformed into blades, flying all over the place toward Junior Brothers Chen and Liu.

The surprising attack, unpredictable in method, left both men covered in wounds.

Concealed by the leaves, a figure dyed purple with blood leaped down from the trees, dual swords in hand, aiming straight for the necks of Junior Brothers Chen and Liu.

The newcomer was Qing Yu, and this attack was the ’Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow’ of the Yin Yang Family. Of course, this originally elegant move, when executed by Qing Yu, had no sense of beauty, although the swirling leaves did justice to the name "Ten Thousand Leaves." After all, Qing Yu was not a beautiful girl, with no need for aesthetic grace.

"Junior Brothers..." Hearing that Chen Liu were under attack, Lu Yi turned and shot an arrow toward Qing Yu, who was aiming for their heads.

But this arrow, not having undergone "Knowledge Gained Through Experience" and released in haste, how effective could it be?

Qing Yu crossed his dual swords, deflecting the weak arrow, his attack momentum uninterrupted.

Two glinting Sword Lights flashed past, and Chen, Liu fell to the ground, spinning, their necks nearly severed by the dual swords, their blood sprayed into the air. Well, Lu Yi’s arrow did have some effect; at least it made Qing Yu’s swords veer slightly off-angle, failing to decapitate them.

Qing Yu landed behind them, his legs slightly bent to absorb the force of the fall, his body shooting towards Lu Yi who had just released an arrow.

Sword shadows flashed, and several sounds of clashing echoed through the air as Qing Yu quickly retreated.

This time, it wasn’t a voluntary retreat but a forced one by the astonishing True Qi. Lu Yi was at the Innate Eighth Layer, and although Qing Yu had both visible and invisible meridians, he was still within the sphere of the Innate Fifth Realm, with a clear disparity in True Qi between them.

And... Qing Yu looked at a sword mark on his sleeve. This was not a game; who said an archer couldn’t fight in close quarters?

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