LoserQueen

Chapter 66 Retaliation in the Trial Hall

Instead of cheering, there were more comments. The loudest was from the Central Grandstand's left side, where the gambling stall was set up. Joys and sorrows both gathered there.

Those who had bet on Dugu Qinglan heaved a sigh of relief, while those who had bet on Dugu Herong were all in tears, and if it hadn't been for the locked gate of the Trial Hall, they would probably have run out and beat their breasts.

But what these people cared about now was Dugu Muyou, who had placed a bet on herself and spent a large sum of money. To be honest, none of them had so far been optimistic about her, especially after seeing Dugu Qinglan's performance.

"Place your bets as you make up your mind. The later you place, the less you will earn. If you keep hesitating, there will be no chance!"

Amid the noise, a few more people pulled out money from their pockets and headed towards the gambling stall.

Dugu Muyou casually stood on the ring, keenly aware that there was something wrong in the eyes of Dugu Ziteng on the opposite side. It wasn't fighting spirit. To be more specific, it was disgust or hatred.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Dugu Muyou asked.

"Humph!" Dugu Ziteng swiftly drew out the spiritual sword at his waist, "I need to ask you something first."

Dugu Muyou's eyes lingered for a moment on his sword, which absolutely could not be compared with that of Dugu Qinglan's, but it wasn't that bad.

"What?"

"Did you ever regret doing those things to Yaoyao?"

Dugu Muyou was slightly stunned, but immediately smiled and asked, "What did I do?"

"Don't play stupid! I know all about it. Just answer me yes or no."

Dugu Muyou shook her head, "I never do anything that makes me regret, and if I did, I would never regret."

Dugu Ziteng's eyes were filled with gloom and said seriously, "Is that so? Then don't blame me."

Before he finished his word, he had already rushed over like an arrow off the string. He was fast, and his body was entwined with rays of black aura-like vines growing out of his body. The black aura became denser, and by the time he got closer to Dugu Muyou, his entire body had turned into a black razor-sharp blade!

Dugu Muyou was shocked, and while dodging to the side, she waved her sleeve to free a trace of emerald green spiritual qi and tentatively probed forward. The green spiritual qi disappeared in a flash, and while the sharp blade was about to strike Dugu Muyou, it faded away and then disappeared.

Dugu Muyou froze and suddenly felt a chill at the middle of her back.

It was a sneak attack!

A green light flashed and Dugu Muyou dodged off to the side as fast as she could. A lightning-like black light flashed from where she had been and disappeared immediately.

Was that the transport trick?

Dugu Muyou made up her mind and concentrated all her attention on the surroundings, dodging left and right to avoid the blade. Having dodged more than ten times in the twinkling of an eye, Dugu Muyou simply could not find where Dugu Ziteng was, and could only notice the moment he appeared and then dodge as fast as she could. If she was once not careful enough, she would be split in half by Dugu Ziteng!

Dugu Ziteng was a little shocked. Every time he appeared, he would be discovered by Dugu Muyou. What method did she use?

After ten more dodges, with unmeaning face, Dugu Muyou looked around, trying to find out Dugu Ziteng's whereabouts. But unfortunately, she was never able to go any further. Perhaps it was because her rank was not as high as Dugu Ziteng's that she could only rely on her keen instincts to make a judgment.

Suddenly, Dugu Muyou's eyes snapped open as a wave of danger approaching from behind, off to the right.

Got it!

A lightning-like black light flashed, and Dugu Ziteng revealed half of his body out of the air. He smiled, and looked determined to win, slashing forward with his spiritual sword straight toward Dugu Muyou.

A silver and gold light suddenly shone. Dugu Ziteng's attack seemed to have touched something soft and elastic. The sword slashed at Dugu Muyou's shoulder without making even a drop of blood.

"What happened?"

Dugu Ziteng was confused as his entire body appeared in the air, a black vine-like spiritual qi tumbling around him. Just as he was about to take this opportunity to launch a second attack, Dugu Muyou suddenly turned back and gave him a faint smile.

A bad feeling came into Dugu Ziteng's mind. The next moment, a green light flashed before his eyes, and a deep cut was made on his left shoulder down to his waist and abdomen, making him bleed like a pig.

Dugu Ziteng flew back a few steps, while Dugu Muyou, with a glowing green dagger in her hand in front of him, got beside him with only a stomp of her right foot.

"Clang!"

The two weapons clashed, and several metal clashes followed. Dugu Muyou turned her passivity into an active attack, throwing her daggers one after another at Dugu Ziteng, stabbing in his vitals. Dugu Ziteng also reacted quickly, holding his spiritual sword in front of his body to block several of her attacks. The two each took a step back and separated.

"Don't get too complacent!" Dugu Ziteng said seriously.

He never thought that he would get hurt first, but fortunately, he didn't get hurt in any vital place, so he was fine for now. This encounter made Dugu Ziteng change his mind somewhat about Dugu Muyou. Though her rank was not as high as his, she could move really fast and had a strange defense. Dugu Ziteng was preparing to fight with all his strength to deal with her.

As he was sheathing his sword, the black aura on his body soared and intertwined like vines, becoming more than ten times thicker in a flash. It looked like a giant tree from afar, spreading its thick branches around.

This must have been a certain kind of trick. Dugu Muyou certainly wouldn't wait for his preparation, holding her dagger and stabbing at Dugu Ziteng in the middle! A thigh-thick vine crossed and blocked Dugu Muyou's attack. Feeling a huge recoil, Dugu Muyou took a step back and a gaping hole appeared on that vine as well.

Dugu Muyou narrowed her eyes, only to find that this vine seemed to be made of highly compressed spiritual qi and was several times harder than ordinary spiritual-qi-made objects. It seemed that the twisting of the vines was the process of compression, just like weaving a rope. It would be thin and easily broken when separated, but much stronger when the spiritual qi twisted together.

As her blow failed, Dugu Muyou stepped forward again, with all her strength. The vines growing out of Dugu Ziteng's body became more and more numerous, and his whole body was buried in them, turning into a tree trunk with countless branches dancing around him.

Spiritual qi soared around the dagger, and the tip of the dagger emitted an inch-long green light as Dugu Muyou swung the dagger at a bucket-thick branch. A tremendous force rebounded out of it, and Dugu Muyou frowned as she gritted her teeth and slashed down!

The branch snapped and the entire tree withered instantly. As if sensing something, three of the other branches broke through the air and swept over towards Dugu Muyou.

Leaping back a few steps, Dugu Muyou succeeded in dodging this round's branch attack, but the branch was indomitable, twisting as it came after her. As she dodged, she got round to glance at the spot where she had cut off, only to see that some new tiny vines had already appeared there and were twisting around each other as they began to grow again.

Dugu Muyou was shocked. It was so clear that Dugu Ziteng already had a terrifying amount of spiritual qi on him, otherwise he definitely couldn't have supported such a huge consumption. That entire tree was made of his spiritual qi, and it consumed much more than the storm that Dugu Herong had displayed just now.

Although the storm looked powerful, it was not as solid as the branches of the tree that were twisted with spiritual qi. Therefore, Dugu Qinglan was able to cut off the storm easily, but if it had been Dugu Ziteng's tree, it might not have been that easy.

On the Central Grandstand, Dugu Zhong looked at the ring, astonished.

Hua Qingyue already forgot to cheer and stared blankly at the giant tree.

"Qingshui, what do you think of this man's strength?"

As a black ranker, Hua Qingshui was also concerned about this contest. After hearing Hua Qingyue's question, he never took his eyes off the ring.

"Even I don't think that I can easily defeat him. I'm afraid I'll have to put in some hard work so that I may win. If it were you, the situation would not be so sure. To be able to control his spiritual qi to such an extent, he's not only just rich in his spiritual qi but also very ingenious in controlling. He's possibly practicing some special spells, isn't he?"

When Hua Qingyue heard this, he didn't get angry but suddenly raised his voice and cheered out loud. The members of the Wings of Wind Mercenary Group soon followed and cheered as well.

Dugu Muyou could no longer notice what was happening outside the ring, including the sound of cheering, which she didn't hear at all. More and more branches were coming after her and even getting thicker and thicker.

A pile of black branches danced around the entire ring, and Dugu Muyou dodged around, but the space for her to dodge was getting smaller and smaller.

With her dagger, she cut off the branches one after another by attacking them, but then new ones immediately came back continuously.

With a dagger in her hand, she stabbed down and cut an arm-thick branch into two parts. Dugu Muyou looked up at the sky pensively. Just a second later, a thick branch suddenly rushed up from below and stabbed at Dugu Muyou's chest.

The golden and silver light rose greatly and fought against the black branch. The thick black branch was blocked, and although its momentum slowed down a bit, it still pierced into Dugu Muyou's chest.

"Mm!"

The pain caused her to cry out softly, blood staining the front of her shirt. The aggressive black spiritual qi burrowed into Dugu Muyou's body and began to destroy from within like venom.

This was the benefit of reaching high rank, as their spiritual qi had a suppressive effect on lower-ranked cultivators.

On the edge of the ring, Dugu Qinglan fiercely gripped the sword in her hand, instinctively about to step forward to stop it. But she suddenly stopped and could only bite her lip as she stared at the scene.

As the Yuehua Diamond worked quickly to heal the wound on her chest, the blood flowing out gradually slowed down and eventually stopped. The black spiritual qi that had entered her body was also gradually purified by the Yuehua Diamond, and the discomfort gradually disappeared.

When Dugu Ziteng saw this scene, he was shocked. Here it went again. What kind of trick was this? He was sure that he had stabbed Dugu Muyou, but in the blink of an eye, she was just back to normal. Ruthlessness flashed in Dugu Ziteng's eyes as he manipulated his spiritual qi to attack Dugu Muyou even more frantically.

Dugu Muyou glanced at the tree trunk that was not visible, and with a stomp of her feet, she stepped on the intertwining branches and leaped higher. Didn't Dugu Ziteng just rely on twining to make his spiritual qi tougher? She could do that, too!

In the Yuehua Diamond, the consumption of the Pill of Qi-Enriching suddenly accelerated, and the spiritual qi produced began to twist around just like Dugu Ziteng's vines, coalescing into an even purer and tougher spiritual qi.

Dugu Muyou leaped upwards on the branches and was repeatedly stabbed by branches that she could not avoid in order to reach the top as quickly as possible. Unless they would seriously affect her pace or stab at her vital points, Dugu Muyou just ignored them and continued to climb upwards, enduring the pain.

While Dugu Ziteng accelerated his attack, the shock in his mind was like a crazy tidal wave.

It seemed that this woman was risking her neck since she had already been stabbed seven times on her body. Though not vital, it was enough to cause her pain that an ordinary person would have been unable to endure.

There must have been something for her to keep running up so desperately.

"Where in the world can you flee!"

Dugu Ziteng sneered as a branch with a sharp and thorn-like branch stabbed down.