The tremendous waves crashed down, and the Sword Intent scattered all around.
A mild golden light immediately followed and, like a huge hand, grabbed the tremendous waves.
Lu Mingshuâs eyes shone. The sword hissed loudly, rolling the tremendous waves and hitting them back.
Ye Zhenyanâs attack had already drained most of his energy. Seeing a tremendous wave suddenly crashing down on him, he could only forcefully block it with his sword. As if thousands of mountains were pressing down on him, he was sent flying.
Whatâs going on?
As he fell, with water gushing into his mouth and nose, that was the only thing that came to his mind.
I had the whole situation under control. How did she manage to break away from my Sword Intent at the last minute?
âThird Young Master, Third Young Master!â He heard the Ye Familyâs in-charge of Remainder Island shouting in panic.
Afraid that something will happen to me and hurt the Ye Family?
Ye Zhenyan felt like laughing.
He was someone who always had a clear grasp of the situation, grasping his opponentâs ability and his own, and he knew how to make himself more capable of winning.
But now, he lost.
How he lost, what the opponentâs ability was, how to break it⊠he didnât know any of it!
âWhat happened?â Since even Ye Zhenyan didnât know what happened, the crowd obviously didnât know either.
âDid he lose?â
âWhat the hell? Did he let her win on purpose?â
âBut⊠why would he need to do that?â
On the Ding familyâs boat, Ah Ling jumped up in happiness. âAh! Grandpa, did Miss Lu win?â
âI suppose soâŠ.â Captain Ding raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Lu Mingshu won, but the change was so fast that he didnât really understand.
Sir Ning of the Bon Voyage Fleet stared at her oddly. âNice. Her tricks are pretty unique.â
âYeah!â Miss Yu nodded. âHer skills remind me of an old friendâŠ.â
âOh?â
âŠ
Whoosh!
Ye Zhenyan floated to the surface of the water.
âThird Young Master!â The in-charge ran toward him and held him tightly.
But Ye Zhenyan pushed him away and stood on the silver leaf, drenched, and went over to Lu Mingshu.
âWhat did you do?â Ye Zhenyan asked.
If I donât find out what happened, I canât rest in peace even if I die!
He had never felt so frustrated in his life, even in the fight with Ling Wuxia.
âWhat do you mean âwhat did I doâ?â Lu Mingshu raised her brows.
She was still dry as she stood on her bronze leaf.
âYour sword energy was already dissolved by me. How did it reappear?â
Lu Mingshu looked at him oddly. âDo you really think it was?â
âAre you saying it wasnât?â He pushed his wet hair away in frustration.
He had trained for so long to master the skill of dissolving someone elseâs mystic force in water. Why did he not succeed this time?
Lu Mingshu shook her head. âYouâre too confident. Water can take any form and take in anything. Itâs such a pity that your technique took up such a huge area; thatâs why I could do what I did.â
Ye Zhenyan stared at her blankly.
âWater can interfere with me, but it can interfere with you too.â She then took out her spiritual tool. âYouâre right â my sword energy
was
dissolved. However, this is the real killer.â
âSpiritual toolâŠâ Ye Zhenyan mumbled.
âYes. I activated it when I attacked and fused it into my sword energy. My sword energy was dissolved, but not the spiritual toolâs power. If you had heard about how I fought during the Qilin Festival, you would know this is how I beat Kou Wei.â
Ye Zhenyanâs expression turned black.
It was a rune cage!
âIt was that simple.â
Ye Zhenyanâs face turned green. He wanted to say that she didnât win with martial arts, but he couldnât bring himself to do so.
Martial artists spoke with their ability, but nobody ever said that spiritual tools werenât allowed. Everyone did whatever they could to win, and no matter what, a win was a win.
âThird Young Master!â Even after being pushed away, the in-charge crawled back again.
I canât let anything happen to Third Young Master here, or else I wonât be the in-charge anymore.
This time, Ye Zhenyan didnât push him away. He let the in-charge bring him back to the boat silently. He didnât even say anything else.
Whatâs the use in talking after a loss? Just get stronger and fight again in the future!
The crowd seemed to finally understand the reality of the situation.
âThe Ye Familyâs Third Young Master really lostâŠ.â
âWhatâs going on?â
âHah, unexpected, right? That Miss is a wolf in sheepâs clothing, actually pretending to be weakâŠ.â Somebody came up with a theory.
âWho the hell is she? Daring to defeat the Ye Familyâs Third Young Master in their own territory.â
âI know, right? The Ye Family wonât let her off!â
âIf she dares to do so, her support must be very strong indeed.â
âHopefully!â
Lu Mingshu went back to the Ding familyâs boat.
Seeing that there was nothing left to watch, the crowd went back to do their own things.
âMiss Lu!â Ah Ling shouted and rushed to her. âYouâre awesome! You defeated him!â
Seeing Ah Ling so excited brought a smile to Lu Mingshu face. âItâs just that he was too careless.â
âEven so, youâre still very good! Thatâs the Third Young Master of the Ye Family! The previous people who met him were no match!â
âOh really?â
âYeah! Miss, do you know that the Ye Familyâs generationâŠâ
Hearing Ah Ling talk, Lu Mingshu wiped the sweat from her face. âSir, Iâll stay at the inn here first, and I may take a while. You can leave first if you need to.â
Captain Ding looked at her for a moment. Remembering his grandchildren, he nodded. âIâll wait first and see how things go.â
âSure.â
Bidding goodbye to Ah Ling and company, Lu Mingshu went to the island and found an inn in the market.
As soon as she got a room, she took out a pill and swallowed it. She closed her eyes and lay on her bed.
That fight was extremely tough. The reason for her win wasnât actually as simple as she said.
Of course, Ye Zhenyan wouldâve felt her runes if she put them in carelessly. She only won because she got the calculations right and managed to suppress the runes enough to hide their presence.
Ye Zhenyan was very powerful, he wasnât overconfident, and the area of his attack was actually just right. Itâs just that, with the ability of a Harmonization Realm, one couldnât feel something if it was small enough.
Lu Mingshu used her calculations to find a very small difference, and luckily, she got it right.
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No matter whether it was the calculating or suppressing the runes, it took a lot of her energy.
She didnât have enough time to recover naturally. The Ye Family was too overbearing; defeating the Third Young Master of the Ye Family in front of so many spectators⊠who knew if they would come to seek revenge?
This was why she stayed in an inn. If she was on the boat, she might implicate the Ding family and then have nowhere to hide. She also wouldnât be able to display more than 70% of her power.
All she could hope for now was that she was worrying too much and that the Ye Family wasnât that petty.