Chapter 40: The Bitter Battle (I)

'Huo Ci', and a figure burst out of the water.

Although the person who came did not climb ashore in embarrassment like Ruan Zhan, his movements were not very chic, as if something was chasing him closely behind him, burning his buttocks, and he seemed to be very hasty. He was ashore at the same time as the evil spirit teeth that had bitten all over his body, but the moment he came out of the water, they all disappeared as if they had evaporated.

He was wearing a snow-white Chinese dress, there was not a drop of water stains on his body, his hair was not messy, and he was holding a wooden box in his hand, which should have been very chic and free, but at this moment, he looked a little angry, so he looked nondescript.

This scene made Ruan Zhan, who was sitting in the corridor in the middle of the lake, burst into laughter!

He was a reserved and introverted person, and he had never laughed like this, so this was even more harsh to Sima Nan's ears.

"What's so funny?" Sima Nan suppressed the anger in his heart, and turned to look at Ruan Zhan with a calm face.

I saw Ruan Zhan sitting on the railing of the cloister, stretching out his two long legs, although his face was haggard and his clothes were stained with blood, he looked quite leisurely, without a trace of pre-battle nervousness, as if he was watching a monkey show.

"I'm laughing out of the water hibiscus."

"I hope you'll be able to laugh for a while."

"Laugh if you want, do you want your approval?" Ruan Zhan still had a smile on his face, "How good I am for you, I can't even handle the things I got from the Hungry Ghost Dao." ”

Sima Nan snorted coldly, "You were ruthless enough to leave something to entertain me." ”

"Sharing is a virtue." Ruan Zhan was-for-tat, but although he said it easily, his face was no longer smiling, and his expression was cold and full of provocation.

Sima Nan was angry, ignored Ruan Zhan anymore, and threw out the two pieces of paper that had been sandwiched between his fingers with a flick of his hand. The two were folded into fins, black, and they did not feel light after being thrown out, but flew long away like two pebbles, and two sparks ignited in the air of the lake before falling into the water. It was obvious that it was it that rushed in from the waterway with Sima Nan.

Ruan Zhan was still sitting there, but his mind was concentrated, he knew that Sima Nan would suddenly attack at any time, so he secretly prepared. Sure enough, as he expected, after Sima Nan shook off the two fins, he reached out and took out something from the wooden box, and suddenly threw it to the ground.

Ruan Zhan could see clearly from a distance, what he had left behind was a folded piece of paper, white and black, which must have been folded with a white paper with a spell drawn. The origami was only the size of half a palm, but after it landed on the ground, it suddenly magnified many times, turning into a fierce dog, howling and pounced on Ruan Zhan.

The fierce dog came quickly, but Ruan Zhan was faster than it, and seeing that it was about to pounce in front of him, he raised his hand and cast a fire handprint!

They had only fought directly once, and Ruan Zhan knew that if it wasn't for Sima Nan's carelessness last time, and because he was at the critical juncture of recovering his body and suffered a loss in the first place, he would not have been able to win against Sima Nan. Therefore, this time he will be in a bitter battle, and he will not have the slightest excuse.

Sima Nan's learning was very varied, and he was very deep and profound in his attainments in Taoism, but his greatest techniques were the magic of the nightmare and the use of origami to transform into real things. The latter simply makes it impossible for the person being attacked to figure out whether it is real or hallucinating, or whether there are really many spirits attached to the paper by him for him to drive, such as his paper cranes and paper fish.

And paper is afraid of fire, even though Sima Nan's paper dog has been specially treated and has been cast with mana and spell by him, his fire mudra also has mana!

Whew――

The fierce dog screamed miserably, twisted down a few steps in front of Ruan Zhan, and finally turned into a small handful of black ash!

"Good boy, the Dao is high again." Sima Nan sighed, but no matter how it sounded, it sounded like he was mocking, "Take this one and try it!" He said and threw another paper dog.

Ruan Zhan was still waiting for the fire handprint, but this dog seemed to be not afraid of fire at all, and crossed over from the talisman fire, with a strong fishy wind, and pounced on him fiercely! The snow-white fangs glistened like sharp blades, as if they were going to devour him in one bite!

Ruan Zhan quickly stood up, shortened his body, flashed its pounce, pulled out a simple wooden stick from behind his waist with his backhand, and swept mercilessly towards the fierce dog that pounced on him for the second time!

There was still a scream, and then the dog disappeared out of thin air, replaced by a white piece of paper with a charm written on it that was about to rot, floating out of the air and falling to Ruan Zhan's feet.

"I even prepared weapons." Sima Nan said frivolously.

Ruan Zhan ignored him.

This wooden stick was made by tearing down the railing of the staircase, and not only did he draw charms on it, but he also had him drive a few half-exposed nails, just to use it when using pure force. It's just that he swung too hard just now, pulling the wound on his shoulder, which made him sweat a little at this time.

Sima Nan also noticed the blood stains on his shoulders and smiled contemptuously, "How about this one?" ”

"What can I do?"

"At least you stand up, no one can sit against me!" Although Sima Nan smiled gracefully on his face, the words came out through gritted teeth. Ruan Zhan's arrogant, cold, stubborn, and a little lazy look made him feel insulted and extremely unbearable.

He knew that Ruan Zhan was amazing, but this kind of uncontrollable momentum made him very unhappy.

"Honorably wounded? It's okay, I can wait for you to stop the bleeding first! ”

"No, I don't. I was young and had a lot of blood. It's not like someone who wants to steal from someone else. Ruan Zhan replied sarcastically, mentioning that Sima Nan had lived by absorbing the essence and blood of others.

As soon as these words came out, Sima Nanden was furious. He understood that Ruan Zhan was trying to provoke him, because as far as he knew, Ruan Zhan was not a person who liked to quarrel. He really wanted to stay calm, but he didn't know why, the anger in his chest at the moment was uncontrollable at all, maybe it was because he had repeatedly lost at the hands of this junior junior, or maybe because of the relationship between them, which made him even more reluctant to be despised by Ruan Zhan.

He didn't speak, just threw out a handful of origami in one fell swoop. These origami papers were different from the previous two, showing a pure black color, and immediately after landing on the ground, they turned into a group of ferocious, dog-like and non-dog-like monsters and rushed towards Ruan Zhan!

Suddenly, Ruan Zhan fell into a siege!

Their fur was black and shiny, their eyes were blood-red, their fangs were dripping with saliva, and their throats were making a threatening 'purr' sound, as if Ruan Zhan was not a human in their eyes, but a prey about to be torn apart! Moreover, those monsters were not just standing in the corridor to attack him, but several of them were suspended in mid-air above the surface of the lake on both sides, and together with those attacking him in front of him, they formed a fan-shaped tiger staring at it.

Ruan Zhan calmly judged the situation - the corridor was too narrow, and there was almost no buffer zone between him and the monsters, and if there was a fight here, he would have no room to defend himself at all, and he would not be able to exert his strength, so he had to move the battlefield to a wider place.

In the flash of light, he cast the fire mudra again, but this time it didn't hit any of the monsters, but on the ground in front of him!

With a loud bang, the bricks on the floor of the cloister shattered inch by inch, and from the shattered place there was a fiery red circle from small to large, rapidly expanding outward, and suddenly stopped after meeting those monsters, like a protective ring to temporarily block them out of the ring of fire. And Ruan Zhan, in this instantaneous time advantage he had gained, drew a talisman in the void and quickly transferred it to the wide space in the square with the space-time warping technique.

"Want to run? It's not that easy! Sima Nan shouted, and before Ruan Zhan could stand firm, he immediately chased after him in the same way. Those monsters are under his control, so wherever he goes, the monsters will also go, and they are still besieging Ruan Zhan!

At this time, Ruan Zhan faced the battle wholeheartedly, and he didn't have the heart to argue, so he didn't say a word.

He can only move by himself, even if he takes others to use the space-time warping technique, he can't be too far apart from each other, and Sima Nan can transfer the entire space, which is obviously several times higher than his own skill, and he can only use his wits and tenacious will to win. Seeing that those monsters were already approaching him again, Ruan Zhan handed the wooden stick to his uninjured left hand, picked it up and knocked the first monster that pounced several meters away, and his right hand drew a space-time distorted spell in the void, and then pointed at the monster that rushed over to bite him on the other side, instantly transferred it to the surface of the lake, pressed it into the water, and waited for the more vicious, remnant evil spirit teeth to come up and eat them clean.

He may not have the strength to distort a large area of time and space, but he can break them one by one!

In just a few seconds, half of the beasts besieging Ruan Zhan were wiped out by him like this, and the rest retreated to the side, although they were still grinning, they didn't dare to take a step closer.

"I'm very good at borrowing a knife to kill people!" Sima Nan said hatefully.

Ruan Zhan still didn't speak, just looked at him defiantly. But this has a more direct stimulating effect than any language, reminding Sima Nan that his plan to kill people with a knife has not been successful once, and Ruan Zhan's small test of the knife is quite useful, how can he not be angry!

He gritted his teeth and slashed his wrist with the sharp nail of his index finger, blood pouring out. He caught his own blood with his hand, and then bounced it out, and I don't know what method he used, anyway, every monster was splashed with one or two drops of his blood.

After receiving blood, those fierce beasts screamed a few times as if they had taken stimulants, turned around and pounced on Ruan Zhan again!

Ruan Zhan understood that in the spell, the spell drawn by the warlock with his own blood had extremely powerful power, so he did not dare to slack off, and responded seriously and calmly, but this time, the monster that was pressed into the water had to struggle for a long time before sinking, and the one hit by his wooden stick could not be beaten to death at all, and after flying out for a long time, it would stand up again and attack him!

As a result, he struggled on both sides, and the wound on his right shoulder was completely ruptured, and blood flowed again. And this bloody qi stimulated those blood-devouring beasts, making them even more excited, eager to come forward and immediately dismantle Ruan Zhan into eight pieces and suck all his blood dry.

Ruan Zhan gritted his teeth and persevered, although it was difficult, but he did not retreat, and silently counted the number of monsters in his heart, ten, nine, eight - thinking in his heart, no matter how difficult the monsters were, there would be a time when they would disappear completely.

Sima Nan on the side saw him like this, he was angry and hateful, and he took out a stack of paper full of charms like a ruthless one, quickly tore it into thin strips, wiped it on the bleeding part of his wrist, and then recited two spells and threw it out!

As soon as the shredded paper fell to the ground, it turned into countless snakes, insects, rats and ants, and crawled towards Ruan Zhan in a dense manner. They crawled quite fast, especially the snakes, which seemed to be flying close to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, they reached Ruan Zhan's feet.

In the midst of the chaotic battle, Ruan Zhan struck a thunderbolt in his palm and shook them away. But it was such an oversight that made a monster bite its calf.

He gritted his teeth and didn't cry out in pain, and raised his leg to shake it off, but at this time, the rhythm when he started the battle was already out of order, and another monster that he pressed to the surface of the water successfully escaped the fate of falling into the water, flew straight into the air, and swooped down on Ruan Zhan!

Ruan Zhan was busy dealing with the reptiles that came under his feet again, and he didn't pay attention, and was bitten on his left shoulder by this vicious dog, and couldn't help but snort, and at this time, more monsters, vicious dogs, and reptiles that he had no time to take care of rushed to his side!

In this case, Ruan Zhan was still flustered and calmly responded. And because of the urgency of the situation, it stimulated the inspiration in his mind and gave him a strategy to deal with the enemy that he usually can't think of.

On the one hand, he understood that the waists of these large animals were their weak points, so he turned the thunder in his palm into an electric knife that shone with blue brilliance, and concentrated his strength on those waists. On the other hand, he shook off the vicious dog that was still lying on his shoulder and tried to bite his neck, and then he dipped the end of the wooden stick on his bleeding shoulder, and doubled the power of the spell drawn on it, and then swept away the waves of reptiles that were surging like a tide!

Even so, he gradually felt a little unsupportable, there were more and more injuries on his body, and the number of opponents was declining more slowly, he knew that such a blind brute force was not a solution, and he must make the situation return to the track of his plan as soon as possible!

With a straight mind, he glanced at Sima Nan, and saw that he was controlling these things attacking him with both hands, but his face was full of smugness and mockery, and he had a flash of inspiration in his mind, desperately being attacked by several monsters at the same time, retracting his hands, with thunder in the palm of one hand and fire handprints in the other, and beckoned to Sima Nan at the same time!

He doesn't have the strength to attack, so he has been defending passively, but with the current situation, he will soon be unable to hold on, and can only force Sima Nan to protect himself with a lose-lose situation, so that he has the opportunity to slow down, and finally return the battle to his own rhythm.

It was very risky for him to do this, because if Sima Nan was ruthless enough, he might ignore his attack, then Sima Nan would only be injured, and he would be covered with these monsters driven by Sima Nan, and he would be seriously injured if he didn't die!

But what he gambled on was that Sima Nan cherished himself too much and couldn't fight his ruthlessness!

Sure enough, his full blow made Sima Nan immediately withdraw one hand and shouted, "Should you be the only one who knows how to fire the handprint and palm thunder?" With a wave of his hand, he made two moves one after another, intercepting Ruan Zhan's halfway, and the forces of the two sides collided violently, making a deafening bang, and at the same time disappeared invisibly.

This time, in a direct confrontation, Sima Nan did not suffer any impact, but Ruan Zhan seemed to be pushed by gravity, and his body flew backwards more than ten meters away and fell into a flower pond!

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