The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 254 - 253: The Duel of Magic

The Snow Maiden, unaware of the conversation atop the city tower, naturally wanted to test her strength against Lin Yu now that she had arrived.

Her hand emerged from beneath her voluminous robe, her crystalline fingertips beginning to gather frost.

Before long, an arrow made of condensed ice took shape.

"Go!"

With a command from the Snow Maiden, the crystal-like arrow shot toward the city tower with a whoosh.

Lin Yun’s heart cried out: The frost spell is unleashed at full force!

Those on the city tower were already on guard, and as they saw the arrow approaching, Yuquan moved his left and right hands in a slow motion, drawing a Taiji symbol, and caught the ice arrow in a posture as if embracing a sphere. Then with a flick of his wrist, he redirected the arrow back to its origin.

In terms of lethality, the old Taoist was not the strongest, but he had mastered various Taoist arts and was himself of profound cultivation. This spell of using the opponent’s own method against them was viewed with envy by Dongfang Hongyue.

She also wanted to learn this kind of defensive spell.

At present, her spells were primarily offensive, and although she had a literally divine skill for escaping danger, it was only one and not quite enough.

The more, the merrier!

Alas, this was a profound secret technique of the Taiqing Daoist Temple.

If she had known earlier, she would have sent Lin Yun to infiltrate the Taiqing Daoist Temple as a spy and steal some techniques. Going to the Shenxiao Sect hadn’t resulted in much gain, as the Shenxiao Sect also excelled in fighting, with effects similar to those of the Red Lotus Sutra.

The difference was merely that one was Thunder, and the other was Fire.

Yuquan, unaware that his teammate was coveting his spell while showing off his move, casually caught the arrow. He was nonchalantly stroking his beard when he suddenly saw seven arrows forming a fan shape flying over.

This was a barrage of arrows.

Dongfang Hongyue took action and released a bundle of gold and red flames that directly melted all seven arrows.

Water conquers fire, but when the fire is big enough, it can also boil the water away.

Seeing that bundle of fire, Lin Yun instantly knew Dongfang Hongyue had arrived.

At present, only Dongfang Hongyue possessed flames of such a gold and red color.

Lin Yun wished he could rush to the city tower and have a heart-to-heart with Dongfang Hongyue right now, but unfortunately, he had to save others to the end.

Lin Yun knew he was not such a great person, but he was still human. Although he was excited, he still tried hard to remain calm.

The Snow Maiden’s first two attacks were just probes to draw the attention of those on the city tower. Only when she saw Yuquan, Dongfang Hongyue, and Lin Yu standing on the city walls did she speak up, "Central Plains People on the city wall, dare you come down for a fight?"

Lin Yu was about to answer with a bold challenge when Dongfang Hongyue pulled him back.

"You are no longer fit to fight, let me take over."

"Water can counter fire, Comrade Dongfang, let me handle this."

Yuquan also volunteered to fight, and Dongfang Hongyue immediately decisively said, "Then I’ll have to trouble the Taoist master."

Yuquan: "???"

Are you purposely setting me up?

Though he was not afraid to battle the Snow Maiden, he still felt like he was being stabbed in the back by a teammate.

Yuquan shook his head, feeling that today’s youth were becoming harder and harder to understand. He took his sword and leaped off the city wall, all his movements exuding the aura of an otherworldly immortal.

The old Taoist always managed to capture the essence of a celestial demeanor.

"Please enlighten me!"

Knowing that the Snow Maiden was not easy to deal with, Yuquan took a defensive stance. The Snow Maiden unleashed an ice cone, Yuquan deflected it.

The Snow Maiden cast ice arrows, Yuquan repelled them.

The Snow Maiden used her ultimate move, a blizzard of wind and ice, Yuquan deflected it.

..., he deflected.

The Snow Maiden: "..."

This was the first time she encountered such an exasperating style of fighting. With this technique, Yuquan stood on invincible grounds.

It was with this move that he was able to fight simultaneously against Bai Jiaojiao and Dongfang Hongyue—two experts of the same realm—without falling short, and in the end, he even unsheathed his sword and drove both of them away. If Dongfang Hongyue hadn’t hidden a brilliant trick up her sleeve, he might not have lost at all.

The Snow Maiden was getting a bit bored with the fight.

"Enough! You Taoist are truly tough to handle."

"Having taken so many of your moves, dare you take one of my swords?"

The old Taoist started again.

His sword strike, while powerful due to the lengthy build-up of energy, would be a wasted effort if it missed.

Previously, when he struck Dongfang Hongyue, he hit only an illusion and ended up being counter-killed.

Yesterday, when he attacked Wutulu, he also failed to kill him, which made Yuquan begin to doubt whether his era had passed and his special move was no longer effective.

"Come at me then!"

Yuquan began to gather strength, with starlight flickering and converging into his sword, slash!

As Yuquan was powering up, the Snow Maiden’s expression grew serious. Knowing the power behind this sword strike, she didn’t take it lightly. Tracing several symbols in the air with her fingertips, a shield formed from ice crystals materialized, adorned with the illusory figures of a turtle and snake.

This technique was called Xuanwu Armor.

Wutulu watched the old Taoist make this move, his chest aching faintly. Had it not been for the protective power of the Snow Lotus Petal he carried, he would not have survived last night.

And yet, that invincible sword strike, when it hit the ice shield, merely shattered it, leaving the Snow Maiden completely unharmed.

Yuquan: "..."

As expected, times had indeed changed.

Yuquan hadn’t anticipated the Snow Maiden’s defense to be so formidable, while she was amazed that his sword had the power to break her Xuanwu Armor, which she had formed using a great deal of Divine Power.

"You are very strong. Let’s call it a draw! Call out Lin Yu, I want to have a match with her!"

Lin Yu, standing atop the city wall, heard her name called out and contemplated having to descend to battle again. Yuquan, however, shook his head and said, "Today is inconvenient. Come back tomorrow. Comrade Lin Yu has been continuously fighting for several days. If you challenge her now, even if you win, it wouldn’t be an honorable victory."

The Snow Maiden nodded, finding his reasoning sensible.

"Fine, then tomorrow."

Having said that, she added, "During the previous battle, you captured our people from the Great Desert. Please release them. Grassland Warriors should die on the battlefield, not endure your humiliation."

Yuquan was filled with question marks. Was there something wrong with this Snow Maiden’s head?

We release our captives just because you say so?

Just as he was about to speak, Dongfang Hongyue’s voice came from atop the city wall, "Releasing them is possible, but you must also return all the people you have taken from the Central Plains. Otherwise, I will ensure that your so-called Grassland Warriors hang from this city wall one by one."

Lin Yun, in the enemy camp, couldn’t help but applaud Dongfang Hongyue.

Well done, that’s my wife!

This is exactly the right approach! If the Grassland People can raid villages and kill, couldn’t they kill Grassland People too?

There’s no reason they couldn’t.

Yuquan was also taken aback, not expecting Dongfang Hongyue, the Demon Lord, to care so much about civilians.

Even Lin Yu had started to see Dongfang Hongyue in a new light.

In truth, from her interactions with Dongfang Hongyue up to now, Lin Yu had admired many of her actions. The only reason for any hostility was because of Lin Yun.

Now it seemed that Dongfang Hongyue, a member of the Demon Sect, was not so bad after all.

"Fine, I agree to this condition!"

Exchanging captives for captives, that seemed fair.

The Snow Maiden still didn’t know there was a difference between the captives on both sides.

The Central Plains People who were taken captive were all women, intended to be used by the Grassland People as breeding tools.

Whereas Lin Yu and her group had captured Grassland Men, warriors.

To vent their rage, those captives were currently being hung up and beaten. If the Snow Maiden didn’t come to trade, Dongfang Hongyue really would hang the bodies of the Grassland People on the city wall.

In the midst of the enemy camp, Lin Yun’s spirits lifted upon hearing about the exchange of captives.

Wasn’t this the opportunity he was looking for!