#985 - Ghost Shadow vs. Blood-Patterned Ghost Tiger

Without taking the time to assess her injuries, Quan Guier relied on her formidable pain tolerance to maintain her balance in the air as much as possible.

Upon landing, she leveraged the human advantage of bipedal stance, channeling soul power into her legs to create intense friction against the ground.

Even so, Guier's feet were only half a step away from the edge of the arena.

She was almost hammered out of the arena by Quan Ni.

At that moment, Quan Ni's voice reached her ears.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt?

I'm sorry, I got too excited and didn't control my strength well."

Quan Ni looked at Quan Guier with a hint of apology and concern.

Without Quan Ni's sincere attitude, these words would have sounded like a provocation.

No, perhaps it was precisely because of the sincerity that these words were even more likely to sting.

However, Quan Guier was unable to refute or get angry.

Because the gap in strength between the two sides was simply too great.

Under Quan Yi's stern rebuke, Quan Ni became stiff and flushed, as if she had been scolded.

The guilt and shame in her heart made her feel ashamed.

"I'm sorry, Big Brother, I won't make that mistake again."

Quan Ni clenched her twin hammers, and with unsettled emotions, shouted her determination to Quan Yi.

A gratified smile appeared on Quan Yi's face, as he knew that his sister would not be discouraged by this setback.

Today was Quan Ni's first time involved in a true practical combat situation. Although she had honed her technical skills to perfection, mental and willpower aspects were sometimes more important than the former.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he had to responsibly correct these errors and guide Quan Ni in the right direction.

Awakened by Quan Yi's words, Quan Ni's purple pupils fixed on Quan Guier. She quickly adjusted her state through rhythmic deep breaths.

Before long, her entire aura was like cold spring water, carrying a slight chill as she stared at Quan Guier with unusual calmness.

Her eyes did not seem to be focused on a living thing.

As her forging teacher, Quan Yi knew best that this was the state Quan Ni entered during forging.

In this state, Guier became a metal that needed to be forged. Quan Ni only saw the shape and structure of the metal.

Based on this information, she instantly discarded other distractions in her mind, leaving only one simple thought: how to process this piece of metal.

Stared at by Quan Ni, Guier felt her hair stand on end, and a sense of crisis even stronger than before put her under immense pressure.

She crouched down again, entering her most vigilant stance, and then carefully circled the outside, searching for Quan Ni's weaknesses.

Quan Yi frowned slightly when he saw Guier in this state.

'This posture may have unexpected effects in the short term, but in the long run, it will only limit the flexibility of the human body.

It seems that after this battle, I will also have to help her correct her fighting posture and let her master the human way of fighting.'

After a brief stalemate, Guier noticed Quan Ni's unwavering and calm aura and stopped making futile probes.

Black light permeated the air, and the Blood纹 Ghost Tiger transformed into an elusive ghostly shadow, attacking Quan Ni.

Unlike the previous rush, this time, Guier discarded all feints that would affect her speed and agility, using only the simplest and most effective movements to attack Quan Ni's sides, where she could not swing her hammer with full force.

From the previous hammer strike, she had obtained a lot of important information.

First of all, Quan Ni's physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people, and according to her experience encountering human soul masters, she could easily reach the Great Soul Master realm, and perhaps even the Soul Grandmaster realm.

Her own physical fitness, with the blessing of the Blood纹 Ghost Tiger, a top-level spirit, could barely reach the level of a top-level soul master.

The gap between them could not be described as anything but despair.

However, even with such a gap, she was still able to fight in the arena because she accurately targeted the sides of Quan Ni's body, where she could not swing her hammer with full force.

With her low-position attack, if Quan Ni wanted to strike her while standing, she would have to abandon the heavy hammer with its long pre-swing and focus on using the light hammer that could be swung with just her arms.

In this way, neither the weight of the Heavy Silver Hammer nor Quan Ni's strength could be fully exerted on Guier.

Having understood this point, Guier aimed at Quan Ni's 'weakness' this time as well.

Seeing Guier, who was now a notch faster than before, Quan Ni did not waver in the slightest. From the previous impact, she had also gained a piece of information.

That was, the gap in physical fitness between the two was too great.

Even though she was carrying two heavy hammers weighing a total of two hundred kilograms, her overall speed was faster than the Guier in front of her.

As long as she could hit her once, it meant she could hit her a hundred times.

However, she pretended to be on guard, hiding her advantage in speed and allowing the other party to break into her defensive range.

At this time, just like before, relying only on the strength of her arms, the Heavy Silver Hammer drew a terrifying sound of tearing wind, turning into an invisible hammer shadow to attack Guier.

However, Guier, who had been on guard against this, actually attacked even lower this time, namely Quan Ni's feet.

The attack from the waist to the lower legs not only shortened the distance between the two sides but also completely removed itself from the range that the hammer shadow could attack.

This time, Guier's body was completely close to the ground, and with the determination to succeed or die, she launched an attack.

Those short legs were right in front of her.

The tiger claws flashed with a cold light, carrying a hint of sharpness, and slashed towards the legs supporting the body.

However, when her hand reached the intended position of the attack target that was close at hand, she did not feel any touch on her hand.

At the same time, the clear picture seemed to dissipate like ethereal white mist.

And beyond the mist, she saw the main body slowly moving away from her line of sight as if moving in parallel, but what was frightening was that she could not react to it at all.

At this time, Quan Ni, who had been preparing for a long time, actually stepped out of a series of phantoms, completely deceiving Guier.

This was the Ghost Shadow Maze, a matching footwork of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

With the cooperation of specific footsteps and Mysterious Heaven inner force, Quan Ni's body was as elusive as a ghost, and she actually made a dodging action that was more 'ghostly' than the Ghost Tiger.

Moreover, while making the dodging action, the right hand, which was injected with the white Mysterious Heaven inner force, instead of the left hand acting as a feint, struck Guier's claws with an unavoidable heavy blow.

"Vibrate!"

At the moment of impact, the inner force contained in the hammer body exploded on Guier's body like a bomb along with the hammer body, causing a double vibration of physics and energy.