Zhen Shan swore to the heavens that she had never encountered such a frustrating battle; a battle that left her completely at a loss; a battle that made her want to retreat or even surrender!
Originally, Zhen Shan had refused to deal with this opponent.
Because her opponent looked like a somewhat quiet, introverted, and frail little girl. Seeing her rosy cheeks, slender arms, petite figure, and a princess dress adorned with intricate lace, Zhen Shan couldn't help but feel a bit of pity. Bullying such a cute little girl, is that really what a lady should do?
After struggling to convince herself, Zhen Shan swung her sword at the little girl for the first time. The little girl didn't even move, showing no resistance, and just let Zhen Shan strike her with the sword.
Thus, Zhen Shan closed her eyes in pain and self-reproach, unable to bear the sight of a little girl dying under her sword.
As expected, Zhen Shan clearly felt her sword pierce into a soft piece of flesh. But why? Why did her heart feel such intense, heart-wrenching pain?
This pain was so great that Zhen Shan couldn't help but open her eyes... Indeed, the sword had pierced into her left leg. No wonder she felt such intense pain. It was like this...
"Why? Why did my sword pierce my own leg!" Zhen Shan looked at her injured, white, tender thigh, where the pink muscle was exposed. "And where is my personal shield? Why didn't it block it!"
"Zhen Shan, are you okay! The systemๆ็คบ says you've lost 12% of your durability, but your personal shield hasn't lost any energy!" On the other side, Song Hamma's anxious voice came through the sword mark. He couldn't understand why Zhen Shan would lose her durability with her personal shield intact.
"It's you! What kind of witchcraft are you using!" There was no other explanation for this bizarre event. The reason must lie with this little girl. Zhen Shan completely put aside her pity and stared at the little girl's every move with an intense focus.
"Xue Feng didn't hurt you; you hurt yourself!" Xue Feng said expressionlessly, her tone vacant. "Xue Feng never wants to hurt anyone."
"Hypocrite!" Zhen Shan raised her long sword again. Last time, she must have closed her eyes and fallen for the opponent's trick. This time, she would be fully focused and wouldn't repeat the same mistake.
"Watch my Zhen Shan Yue!" Zhen Shan attacked, her momentum steady like a massive mountain. In the sword's shadow, a towering peak could be faintly seen. This was Zhen Shan's basic skill, Zhen Shan Yue.
"Basic Skill: Zhen Shan Yue: The sword maiden Zhen Shan draws the power of nearby mountains and channels it into her sword tip, consuming 450 points of sword energy to add 5 points of extra damage and a slowing effect, reducing the enemy's movement speed and attack speed by 20% for three seconds, with a cooldown of ten seconds."
As Zhen Shan's attack was about to hit, Xue Feng still showed no reaction, seemingly unaware of the fatal attack about to land on her frail body.
"It hit!!!" This time, Zhen Shan saw her sword clearly strike Xue Feng, but before she could celebrate, a massive force pressed down on her shoulder.
Zhen Shan stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
"Yes, this is the slowing effect of Zhen Shan Yue! My God, why is the effect of Zhen Shan Yue appearing on me!" Zhen Shan's worldview was shattered. The attack that should have hit Xue Feng had instead hit her.
A fresh wound on her shoulder revealed the final landing point of the sword.
"Zhen Shan, what are you doing? You've lost another 23% of your durability, you only have 47% left. Get back here quickly!" Song Hamma on the other side was almost driven mad.
"No, I must defeat this enemy... At least, I must wound her with one strike!!" Two consecutive strikes hitting herself had formed a strong obsession in Zhen Shan.
"Damn it! Get back here!!" He ignored Gu Han's order not to approach the battlefield and leaped out from his hiding place, rushing to Zhen Shan's location.
"An Ning, quickly stop the toad! Don't let Xue Feng hurt him!" Dang Nian Ming Yue was anxious. As a sword wielder, the worst thing was to rashly enter the battlefield and expose one's position. Powerful enemies might not be able to defeat equally powerful sword maidens, but dealing with a sword wielder protected only by a personal shield was no challenge.
Once a sword wielder's personal shield was broken, their fragile human body would be turned into a pile of tragic meat paste in a single encounter.
This was called capturing the king to capture the thief. When faced with powerful sword maidens, enemies would always try to find the sword wielder's hiding place and eliminate the sword maiden's support from the physical world. Once the sword wielder died, the sword maiden would immediately revert to her sword form and fall back into a deep sleep until the next sword wielder awakened her.
In real battles, a large number of sword wielders died due to this "capture the king" tactic. That's why Dang Nian Ming Yue was so anxious to order An Ning to bring back the rash Song Hamma.
"No need to chase him!" Unexpectedly, Gu Han stopped An Ning from rushing out. Instead, he said, "Let's go out together and see this Xue Feng!"
"What did you say?" Dang Nian Ming Yue was bewildered. "Going out is suicide! We're not as powerful as you, who can defeat dragon-level enemies. If we rush in, we won't last a few strikes."
"With me, no enemy below the dragon level can harm you!" Gu Han said arrogantly. "Besides, I don't think Xue Feng will harm you. She's a good child."
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"Zhen Shan, are you okay!" After about thirty seconds, Song Hamma, panting heavily, ran to Zhen Shan's side, startling her.
"Toad, why are you here!" Zhen Shan was instantly tense, fearing that the enemy would suddenly attack her sword wielder.
"Zhen... Shan" Song Hamma panted. "Since you refused my order, I'll fight with you."
"Idiot, can't you use a forced command! I can't refuse a forced command." Zhen Shan didn't understand. If she had disobeyed, he should have used a command she couldn't resist.
"I, Song Hamma, am a man of principle. How can I use such a despicable forced command on my sword maiden! Zhen Shan, since you don't want to return to the sword, let's fight together!"
"True friend!!!" Zhen Shan was moved, so moved that she suddenly called him a true friend. Generally, sword maidens wouldn't call their sword wielders "true friends"; they would usually just say the sword wielder's name. Only when a deep bond was formed and the sword maiden truly recognized her sword wielder would she use the term "true friend."
"What, what did you call me?" Song Hamma was stunned. "You called me a true friend! I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
"Hmph..." Zhen Shan blushed and immediately turned away, focusing all her attention on Xue Feng.
"There's a stone by the sea!" Suddenly, the expressionless Xue Feng spoke.
"Stone?" Song Hamma and Zhen Shan looked at each other, wondering why the enemy suddenly mentioned a stone.
"Tie your hair together and throw it in, it's very effective!" Xue Feng added, still expressionless.
"Tie our hair together? Throw it in?? Very effective??" It took Song Hamma several seconds to understand what she meant, and his expression turned into a big "ๅง" (a Chinese internet emoticon for awkwardness).
"True friend, do you know what she means?" Song Hamma understood, but Zhen Shan was still confused. After all, she wasn't a real human and didn't have the rich knowledge and imagination to guess the hidden meaning.
"Nothing, it's just that the stone contains a treasure. If you tie your hair together and throw it in, you might get the treasure..." Song Hamma explained vaguely.
"Oh, then let's try it later!" Zhen Shan naively believed Song Hamma's explanation. "Just cut our hair and tie it together, right?"
"Toad, are you okay!" Just as Song Hamma was about to agree, Dang Nian Ming Yue ran over. Behind her, Gu Han, An Ning, and the captive Jingang were walking slowly.
"What happened? Zhen Shan, why did you lose so much durability?" Dang Nian Ming Yue asked urgently.
"Bad, there's a powerful enemy right here!" Zhen Shan remembered the mysterious and unpredictable Xue Feng and immediately returned to a high state of alert, her sword pointed at Xue Feng, but she didn't dare to attack again.
"No need to be so tense! Zhen Shan, take a break!" Gu Han walked up to Zhen Shan and pressed down her hands. "If I'm not mistaken, Lady Xue Feng won't attack us."
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Zhen Shan Sword;
Material: Shu Steel
Origin: Born (Three Kingdoms ยท Early)
Realm: Treasure Sword (Cannot be upgraded)
Grade: 7th (Can be improved)
Sword Path: Confucian Path
Confucian Path Trait: Joyful and Forgetful of Shu โ Reduces the enemy's critical hit and sure kill chance against you.
Awakened: Yes
Form: Sword Maiden Form
Sword Wielder: Toad who takes Wuji Baifeng Pills
Sword Mark: Deep 3rd Mark
Damage Ratio: Sword Maiden Form 0.031 / Sword Form 0.043
Protection Ratio: Sword Maiden Form 0.35 / Sword Form 0.43
Agility Ratio: Sword Maiden Form 0.109 / Sword Form 0.126
Synchronization Coordination Time Requirement: 5 minutes
Sword Mark 1st Mark: After synchronization, permanently increase the sword wielder's sword essence by 1000 points, and increase the sword wielder's reputation by 10 points.
Sword Mark Contract: After synchronization, increase the damage ratio against non-noble enemies by 0.008 and the protection ratio by 0.05.
Basic Skill โ Zhen Shan Yue: The sword maiden Zhen Shan draws the power of nearby mountains and channels it into her sword tip, consuming 450 points of sword energy to add 5 points of extra damage and a slowing effect, reducing the enemy's movement speed and attack speed by 20% for three seconds, with a cooldown of ten seconds.
Passive Skill โ Authority of the King: After the sword maiden Zhen Shan's personal shield disappears, she can immediately recover 30% of her durability.
Advanced Skill โ Guarding the Sword Pavilion: Zhen Shan consumes 500 points of sword energy, and the sword maiden Zhen Shan raises a city gate in front of her, reducing the damage from enemy ranged attacks by 30% for three seconds, with a 10% chance to completely block the enemy's ranged attacks. Cooldown time: 20 seconds.
Ultimate Skill โ Zilong Save Me: Consumes 20% of durability to summon the invincible warrior Zhao Zilong's sword โ the famous sword maiden Qinghong Sword to fight for twenty seconds. Cooldown time: ten minutes.
Sword Maiden Bond
The author is too lazy to write... I know you won't read it... Anyway, it's not an important sword maiden...
Sword Maiden Introduction:
During the Three Kingdoms period, the second emperor of Shu, Liu Shan, used this sword. It experienced the journey from emperor to prisoner with Liu Shan and was later buried with him.ใ