"That's rather weird! Only if he had long mastered the Star-Turmoil Techniques will it make sense, " Leng Yuecui wondered, terribly baffled. Now she had no way out, as Wandong had her encircled with the force of his mighty swordsmanship. All her attempts to fight back hopelessly ended up in vain.
Given Leng Yiecui was blown away, Wu Yang was even thunder-struck. Though he had never had the ability to grasp the Star-Turmoil himself, he had seen Wu Jinhun perform them at his presence times without number. Hence he could recognize the movements effortlessly. Now the moves taken by Wandong were literally a perfect replicate of the original version of the Star-Turmoil techniques. Wandong gazed at every detail of Wandong's movements, eyes wide open.
"No. If it goes on like this, I'll out of question get defeated by him, " Leng Yuecui thought to herself, feeling suffocatingly desperate. The exhausting fight was unceasingly eating into her energy, rendering her as embarrassed as the last time she was in a duel against Wu Yue.
Gritting her teeth, Leng Yuecui suddenly broke into a cry and performed the three moves she learned.
The criticism by Wandong that the three moves didn't work at all still haunted Leng Yuecui. However, her previous refusal to recognize the spot-on review was soon converted into a visceral agreement. Leng Yuecui couldn't help but think, "It was beyond my expectation that he had acquired such an acute observation."
Albeit fairly well put together and forceful in action, the three moves choreographed by Leng Yuecui's sister were barely sufficient to repress the Star-Turmoil Techniques. What was worse, the relation between the two turned out the other way round.
With just one move, Leng Yuecui found that the three moves of palm techniques couldn't be carried out even under the overwhelming pressure generated from Wandong's attack. It was fairly enough that she planned to challenge the Star-Turmoil Techniques with her unarmed palms in accordance with a classic martial method — to defeat a swordsman empty-handed. Nevertheless, this unusual method only works under unusual circumstances — when a warrior was sufficiently quick-witted, observant, and experienced to target the opponent's weak link and flaws with immediate effect before the latter came around and took action. Conversely, the three moves shared a bit of resemblance with the Star-Turmoil Techniques in terms of variety. In that case, there was a lack of straightforwardness in them. Nevertheless, however changeable the three moves could be, they were no equal of the Star-Turmoil techniques, which was why they fell hostage the latter in every way.
By extension, it was a sure thing that Leng Yuecui's sister didn't have a thorough research about the Star-Turmoil Techniques. Otherwise, she wouldn't have made this avoidable mistake.
When Leng Yuecui was halfway with her first move, she got whipped by Wandong on the back of her hand. Though it was not that painful, it still made Leng Yuecui all sweated. It was noteworthy that she would have been amputated already if it had been a real sword.
"Let's call it quits, " Leng Yuecui hastened to say, waving her hand to signal a conclusion. She even didn't feel like carrying on with the next two moves.
After sketching a graceful curve in the air, the branch stopped behind Wandong's back. Based alone on the elegant withdrawal move of a sword, no one would hold suspicions if he was told that Wandong was a veteran swordsman with ten years' cultivation.
"Good lord. Xu Yaoting, I just realized you had been deliberately keeping your real capacity away. And I even fell for your feinted incompetence, " Leng Yuecui said in amazement. Pressing her lips onto one another tightly, she had a thorough scrutiny of Wandong as if she wanted to get reacquainted with him.