The sun beamed as the clouds flowed across the sky, while shadows slowly crept their way across the alley.
The sweat dripped down Madlenkosi's face while the tension rose as uncertainty filled his mind.
His eyes like the flickering of a golden flame swept over their opponents as his aura flared and swept outwards. Steeling himself, Song jiuge, and Li BiHua made a 3 man formation surrounding Miss Mo within the center.
Yuan Bo drew his bone blade as the 3 who came with him mimicked his actions.
*Krrrrrrreng!*
The sound of the bone blades being drawn made a low grating noise as they left their sheaths. The polished blades reflected the sunlight with an unnerving luster as the femur handle could clearly be seen.
The group inched closer as their blades were clasped and held upright.
Like hawks to mice, they watched the gang's every movement.
Ning Xi and Ning Mei held their dual bone-blades downwards as they sauntered forwards, completely in tandem with the other disciples of the bone blade sect.
As they surrounded Madlenkosi and his group he motioned to Jiuge and BiHua to fight the females while he aimed to take on the larger group.
As they waited for the bone blade sect disciples to get closer...
"Now!" Madlenkosi shouted as they leapt towards their respective opponents.
Catching them slightly off-guard, Song Jiuge was able to draw first blood as his saber sliced downwards towards Ning Mei's neck.
Ning Mei spun as she used the bone blade in her left hand to glide across his saber as she parried, causing it to veer off course which made it leave a small incision on the side of her throat.
She floated backward as Song Jiuge pressed his advantage before she could recollect herself, swinging his sabers downwards to her head!
'Lightning Chases The Wind!'
As he leapt skywards, his sabers were held high as he swung them down with all his might. The blades were narrowly avoided as they both sank into the floor as the area cracked sending dust and debris flying everywhere.
Ning Mei was enraged that she had come so close to death due to carelessness. Ning Xi saw what happened and rushed towards her, only to be intercepted by BiHua.
As her bone blades swung outwards BiHua used her flute to parry it, only to be overwhelmed by the sheer force behind the blow.
The force sent her flying as she slammed into the wall of a nearby building, barreling through the tables and chairs inside. As she rose to her feet she wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth as she realized just how powerful these two were.
Song Jiuge's eyes narrowed and his brows furrowed as he understood how dangerous these two were and what kind of a chance he let slip.
Ning Mei stared at him, readying her stance she darted towards him like a ghost.
Her hanfa billowing through the air, she moved like a clap of thunder approaching him at unbelievable speeds.
She then struck outwards as her blades danced!
'Murderous Howl...'
The bone blades danced while she constantly swapped stances, from reverse grip to left draw, from left draw to right draw, from right draw to reverse.
Her dance continued as Bone-Blade Qi flew in all directions as her body flowed and fluttered like a yin spirit.
Slowly a ghastly white specter rose behind her out of the gray smoke-like aura.
Its black hair hung low partially hiding its pale face as its pupils glowed red within its sunken eyes.
Its mouth opened as the skin stretched abnormally wide to show its long razor-sharp teeth.
Its long, thin fingers hung outstretched behind her.
Upon a closer look, strings were noticed to be coming from its bone-like fingers as they attached themselves to different parts of her body.
Ning Mei continued her dance, as it slowly got more and more bizarre the bone-blade qi continued to grow stronger.
The dance soon looked very unnatural as her body bent and twisted at various degrees like a marionette.
The more she danced the wider the range and stronger the bone-blade qi became.
Song Jiuge was under pressure as he was its primary focus. He leapt and dodged, ducked, and parried, soon he noticed even its tempo began to rise.
He gritted his teeth while gripping his dual sabers, his palms turning red from exertion, as he too began his own dance!
'Storm In All Directions!'
Saber Qi flew outwards in all directions as sparks flew from the collision of the Saber Qi and Bone Blade Qi. The collision soon ravaged the area, leaving long, deep saber cuts across the alleyway floors and nearby walls.
Though he was still at a disadvantage he was able to prolong this fight as he too began to use his intent, with his intent appearing behind him as well, he too was able to close the distance between their strengths, albeit slightly.
*******
As Ning Xi began to use her Intent her strength skyrocketed, making it vastly higher than Li BiHua's.
Li BiHua fought back valiantly as she was like a cloud, drifting and dodging the attacks of Ning Xi.
Ning Xi became irritated as she also summoned her intent, a yin specter similar to Ning Mei's but was of opposing colors. With ash white hair and ink-like skin, it stood behind her with a menacing grin.
She slowly readied her stance as she stared at Li BiHua. A voice that stood in complete contrast to how she look sounded out. It was like she just crawled out from a crypt as she said, " Resistance is futile, you can not stop the young master..."
Li BiHua stared at her then quickly glanced over Miss Mo's as she looked Ning Xi dead in her eyes, "Hmph, futile huh? We'll see about that."
She began to play her flute as the song rang out within the surroundings, her intent materialized behind her as she whispered...
'...Pheonix Song...'