Chapter 45: Hand-to-hand combat

When Wan Li skillfully exploited the enemy's internal contradictions and surrendered the troops without a fight, Sima Nan was walking into the tower step by step.

He can't tolerate it! When he saw the red stone in Ruan Zhan's palm, his eyes also turned red.

As early as his youth, he had his own dreams and goals, and he worked hard for many years but did not achieve them, but after meeting Ah Bai, he found that he could achieve his goals, and it was that magical stone that could help him!

It's just that he tried his best to find where the stone was hidden, but he didn't expect that now Ah Bai actually gave it to Ruan Zhan. Why is that? It was something he had always dreamed of, why would Ruan Zhan take it? Ah Bai only belongs to him, why should he help others?

All this made him lose his mind!

"Dead boy, it's useless for you to hide in a rat hole!" I couldn't see Ruan Zhan's figure, but when he heard the footsteps on the stairs, Sima Nan knew that he must have hid in the dark room on the top floor, chasing after him.

Sure enough, when he chased to the top floor, he happened to see Ruan Zhan's figure hidden behind the door of the dark room.

"It's a shame that you're studying psychology." Sima Nan sneered, "People instinctively think that the higher the safer, but the higher the higher, the more dangerous it is, can't you even judge this?" But in spite of what he said, he did not rush into the dark room.

Now Sima Nan has calmed down a little, he was angry just now, and he entered the tower with Ruan Zhan without thinking about it, and at this time he suddenly thought that there might be a conspiracy here. Ruan Zhan hid inside, bright outside and dark inside, he couldn't see Ruan Zhan's current situation clearly, plus the door of the dark room was closed, except for the glass window as narrow as a gap, almost isolated from the outside world, if Ruan Zhan set any trap, he would be in big trouble.

However, he couldn't let the red stone fall into Ruan Zhan's hands, and he couldn't tolerate Ah Bai's different eyes on Ruan Zhan, so he couldn't wait.

Gritting his teeth, he arranged an enchantment in front of him with his left hand, and with a slash of the void with his right hand, an invisible spell immediately slashed from his palm towards the heavy wooden door of the dark room.

There was a loud 'pop', and the wooden door fell inwards in response, and Sima Nan followed a fire handprint to cast out.

He was very cautious and didn't know what was going on in the dark room, so the fire handprint did not hit the inside, but hit the door frame, so that the door frame burned and played a lighting role, illuminating the entire ninth floor at once.

I saw Ruan Zhan standing on the opposite side of the dark room, like a host waiting for the guests to visit, calm and relaxed, although covered in blood, but only proud of him, not afraid. This made Sima Nan muttered a little in his heart - why is he so confident, this kid is full of opportunities, does he have any tricks? Or did Ah Bai give him some help?

"What? Don't dare to come in? Ruan Zhan tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled defiantly.

"I don't have to go in!" Sima Nan replied, waving his hand and another invisible spell.

Ruan Zhan hurriedly set up an enchantment in front of him, only to hear the sound of 'bang', as if the steel plates collided, Sima Nan's invisible charm was pushed back at once, hit the wall next to him, and knocked down a whole piece of wall skin.

Sima Nan couldn't help but sigh, and his heart was a little weak.

He understands his own strength, and he is very careful to grasp the timing of his appearance. Although those resentful spirits did not fight Ruan Zhan as he wished, they were re-suppressed by Ruan Zhan, but Ruan Zhan was also exhausted. In this case, this brave boy still fought with him for several rounds, and he was slightly injured by his wit.

He believed that this was already Ruan Zhan's limit, and it was impossible to resist his invisible attack. But the situation in front of him clearly reminded him that Ruan Zhan not only blocked his blow, but also unloaded his strength, so that the invisibility charm that bounced off only knocked off a piece of the wall skin, although it seemed to be powerful on the surface, but only he himself understood that he was just acting chicly, in fact, this palm seemed to be an understatement, but he had already used eight points of force.

Is this kid's skill rising again? Or did he get some help, or - his skills had dropped?

Thinking of this, Sima Nan frowned, and made another invisible talisman.

This time, he used ten percent of his strength to slam the weakest part of the barrier he felt, expecting it to shatter. However, the scene in front of him was completely beyond his expectations, not only was the enchantment not broken, not even the trembling that appeared during the first blow, and the invisibility charm that bounced off did not hit the wall at all, and fell directly to the ground along the invisible barrier wall, quickly disappearing invisible!

Sima Nan's face turned white.

He saw clearly, it wasn't Ruan Zhan who had become stronger, there were only two of them in the entire tower, and no one helped Ruan Zhan, it was his skills that had weakened inexplicably! What's going on, did Ruan Zhan cast a Dao technique that he didn't understand, or did he inadvertently fall for some plot?

Feel the body, there is no abnormality, and then feel the breath around Ruan Zhan's body, it is not very strong, and because of the injury, it is still a little weak. That aura is something that everyone has, and ordinary people can't see it, but with his Taoism, he can see it clearly at a glance, and there will never be a mistake. But what's the problem?

Sima Nan gritted his teeth and prepared for a third attack. This time he was not to hit Ruan Zhan, but to determine the condition of his body. However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he felt that most of the spiritual energy in his body seemed to have disappeared, and that invisibility charm couldn't be hit at all!

He was taken aback and looked up at Ruan Zhan. Seeing Ruan Zhan staring at him arrogantly, the aura on his body was not weak but strong, which was in stark contrast to the condition on his body.

"What kind of Taoism are you?" Sima Nan said as he shrank towards the staircase without a trace, while holding his right hand behind his back.

Ruan Zhan's body didn't move, but he withdrew the barrier in front of him, as if he knew that Sima Nan was currently powerless to attack him, "What? Feel like your psionic energy is gone? Well, I can tell you. It's not a Taoist technique, it's because of this tower. ”

"Tower?"

"That's right." Ruan Zhan looked at Sima Nan's suspicious eyes, and said slowly, "The so-called thief has a weak heart, when you came to this tower to release those resentful spirits, you didn't stay here for long, so you didn't know that the feng shui array in this tower can not only suppress the resentful spirits, but also suck away all the unnatural energy. The higher you go, the more powerful this energy dissolver, and this is the top layer, so when you hesitate to go into the dark room and kill me, most of your ability has already been resolved! ”

"So that's why you led me into the tower." Sima Nan was so smart that he immediately understood Ruan Zhan's intentions, "You think I'm old, not as tall as you, and I will definitely lose to you in hand-to-hand combat." You don't want to use superb Dao techniques, but you want to solve it all with the most brutal primitive methods. ”

"There's nothing wrong with being primitive." Ruan Zhan sneered, "The most primitive traps can often catch the biggest beasts. If you lose, you will lose because you don't understand the simple and direct truth, you have to have a complex plan for everything you do, and you have to leave a way out for yourself. If you didn't completely destroy this tower in the first place, wouldn't you be a bargaining chip for yourself to control the spirits in the future? Otherwise, how could I have been given a chance today? ”

Sima Nan took another step back towards the stairs pretending to be unintentional, while his right hand behind his back slowly drew something. He was afraid that Ruan Zhan would find out about his actions, so he didn't dare to move too big or too quickly, but just moved his fingers.

"No matter what you say, the use of force is the lowest way, and it is a waste of your natural good ability, and it is also a waste of your father's hard work." He talked to Ruan Zhan, trying to distract Ruan Zhan, "I don't need to tell you anything about fighting and plotting, but you should understand that in Taoism, attacking the heart is the first, followed by cultivating oneself, then using artifacts, and the worst is the talisman casting method." And you, relying directly on physical strength, what's the difference between this and a farmer's fight?! ”

Ruan Zhan didn't speak, only stared at Sima Nan for a moment, which made his heart furious, and he couldn't help but speed up the movement of his right hand.

He is more powerful than Ruan Zhan, he doesn't need to draw the void sigil so obviously, and the small range of movement of his hand behind him can also allow him to pass through the distorted time and space and return to the place that is advantageous to him outside. After learning from Ruan Zhan's mouth that this tower would absorb various abilities, he regretted his carelessness at the beginning, but after a closer look, he felt that Ta Neng was not overbearing, and when he went outside, his spiritual energy should be able to recover.

At that time, it was he who had the upper hand. He relied on real Taoism, and Ruan Zhan just relied on hard work and wisdom.

He quickly finished drawing the spell behind him, feeling the slight breeze brought by the reversal of time and space, and smiled contemptuously at Ruan Zhan, "Boy, let's still speak with strength!" With that, he lifted his feet and left.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden 'whoosh' sound around him, as if an arrow was shooting at him. He subconsciously flashed, and the cool breeze passed under his ribs and hit the distorted space-time channel.

Time was urgent, he didn't react, and still stepped out, but instead of returning to the outside of the tower as he imagined, he hit an invisible wall, which made him stagger and almost fall.

This kid actually used the palm thunder to break up the space-time channel again!

Sima Nan was shocked and angry, stretched out his hand to hold on to the railing of the stairs to avoid falling, and heard Ruan Zhan say in his ears, "Your old man is so scheming and powerful, how could I not notice your right hand?" ”

He noticed his right hand, but pretended not to know, wasn't that playing on him?

This thought made him angry and was about to attack, but suddenly one thing came to mind, "Why don't you be controlled by this tower?" He burst out.

"This tower has an effect on all abilities, but before I entered the tower, I sealed my own psionic energy, which is equivalent to adding a layer of imprisonment to my outside." Ruan Zhan said as he walked out slowly, waving his hand and rolling up a gust of cold wind to extinguish the fire that burned the wooden door, "It dissolves my self-seal first, and then it is my turn to have an ability." That is, my abilities will disappear a few minutes later than yours. But just a few minutes, that's enough for me! ”

"Is that why the seal I gave you was lifted so quickly?" Sima Nan rubbed in the direction of the stairs.

He can't use the space-time warp technique anymore, but he still has to seize the advantageous terrain to see if he can use the last bit of strength to protect himself and get back outside. He was a little frightened now, but on the other hand relieved.

When he learned that Ruan Zhan had calmed the resentful spirits again, the feeling in his heart was indescribable. He thought that Ruan Zhan's ability had been greatly enhanced, and he was actually afraid of this battle, and now that he learned that Ruan Zhan was only lifting the seal with the help of Ta Neng, he suddenly felt that his chances of winning had increased again!

Ruan Zhan was not a man of many words, but Ruan Zhan did not strike him as soon as he approached the door of the dark room, proving that it would take time for his self-sealing to be completely lifted, so he had to take advantage of this opportunity to flee immediately. Grace is not taken care of, winning is the most important thing!

Thinking of this, he pulled his legs and ran! But he only felt a heat behind him, and hurriedly fell to the ground, narrowly avoiding the fire handprint.

"It's unfortunate that I calculated correctly, and my seal was completely lifted." Ruan Zhan said coldly.

Needless to say, Sima Nan also knew. Just seeing that the fire handprint automatically extinguished after it crossed his body and hit the wall, it would only hurt him, not the tower, and he knew that Ruan Zhan was in the best time now, and he could completely control his strength.

Sima Nan was angry, and he finally got the upper hand, but he couldn't bear it for Ruan Zhan to reverse again. He didn't speak, gritted his teeth and rolled up the stairs, using the few seconds that disappeared from Ruan Zhan's sight, his hands connected to seven places around him—the crooks of his arms, the knees of his legs, the palms of his hands, and the centers of his eyebrows.

As his finger clicked, blood gushed out from all seven places, as if they had been pierced with blood. As soon as the blood came out, Sima Nan immediately turned over and sat up, with words in his mouth, and a strange decision was made with both hands. However, he did not make an attack, but ran down the tower.

Seeing this, Ruan Zhan stepped out with one foot and used the space-time warping technique to come to the entrance of the eighth floor and block Sima Nan inside.

"Did you use all your last power to arrange the Blood Forbidden Enchantment?" His expression was as cold as a knife, "Want to protect yourself? It's useless! ”

Without waiting for Sima Nan to answer, a palm thunder struck at Sima Nan's head, causing Sima Nan to lie on the ground in embarrassment again.

"This is for the sake of those resentful spirits who have suffered great injustices, and you have used them for your own selfishness!" Ruan Zhan said, then raised his hand and slapped it again, "This is for the Chinese people who were mistakenly injured by the Japanese onmyoji you lured!" ”

"This is for you poor women who have been seduced by you with stone men!"

"This is for those who were killed by Gu, it was you who caused their parents to suffer a double blow!"

"It's for you to occupy someone else's body!"

"This is for all those who have been sacrificed by you, those who have been regarded by you as a mustard dog, and those who have become your stepping stone for your purposes!"

Every time Ruan Zhan said a word, he waved a palm, a thunder in his palm, and a fire handprint. Although he didn't hit Sima Nan directly, but was blocked by the blood forbidden enchantment most of the attack power, but every time the blood burst out on the enchantment wall, Sima Nan behind him was also injured, not only fell down again and again, but his body was also injured to varying degrees, and the wounds in the seven blood holes also bled more, dyeing most of the snow-white Chinese clothes on his body red!

He had been trying to escape from the tower, but he couldn't avoid Ruan Zhan's attacks from different angles no matter what, and now the Blood Forbidden Barrier couldn't hold on. He had fought Ruan Zhan before, and knew that he had always been ruthless in battle, and there was no way for him to survive if he continued like this. Even if Ruan Zhan's spiritual power is also dissolved by the tower ability, he is not an opponent at all when it comes to meat bo, he has to find a way!

With a 'snap', Ruan Zhan's palm thunder power weakened this time, but his blood forbidden enchantment was also broken at the same time, and he was hit the waist, falling straight to the wall like a rag doll, and falling again.

And at the same time as him, there were two things in his pocket, a small mirror the size of a palm and a small cloth man!

He had forgotten about this in a sudden change! It's something that will turn him from defeat to victory!

Sima Nan fell to the ground, although he couldn't get up from the pain on his body, he laughed gloomily-