Li Wei and Zhang Xi, both harbored a mutual fear of each other.
Stricken by the injuries from the Light Engraving Shot, the vampire's powers were greatly affected. Although he could still outclass Li Wei in agility and strength, he still had to pay attention to the wind power slashed by Li Wei's short knife.
And Li Wei, in turn, was concerned about the other's formidable strength and speed.
There were only two ways to win.
Or to delay, waiting for the wounded vampire to inevitably fail to suppress his injuries. But Li Wei highly doubted whether he could really last until that time.
The other path hinged on the knife in his hand. He still had an ace up his sleeve.
Steel Slash could not be cast infinitely; with Li Wei's ability, he needed to take a break after using it once.
Thus, during the interim, his life was not easy.
When the vampire charged at him again, after two short sword strikes, Li Wei was completely suppressed, narrowly avoiding his chest being torn apart by his sharp claws.
However, he managed to hold on until the arrival of the next steel slashing.
At this critical moment, the blade carrying the wind's power struck again.
This time, Zhang Xi was prepared.
A misty blood-red suddenly rose from the vampire's body, his speed increased by threefold. His ghostly body technique allowed him to glide to the side for a moment as the steel slashing approached.
According to Zhang Xi's estimation, he must be able to dodge this blow and launch a counterattack at the same time. A young man who had not yet completed the extreme tempering could never adjust his body in time and would inevitably be pierced through the chest by his sharp claws.
Even the vampire had already thought about sparing the kid and turning him into a blood servant. In this way, he could continuously torment him afterwards as revenge for that slash, and at the same time his followers would gain a powerful blood servant, killing two birds with one stone.
However, as soon as this thought just rose, Li Wei's knife followed.
Zhang Xi saw Li Wei's scarlet left eye, which had a magatama-like shape. In that brief moment just now, the magatama in Li Wei's eye spun rapidly, and that was also the moment when he urgently jerked his wrist, the sword in his hand slicing to follow Zhang Xi's movement.
What the vampire found most inconceivable was that Li Wei adjusted the direction of his sword slashes, seemingly even before he started to dodge!
Startled, Zhang Xi could no longer evade. He only had time to swing his arm to block.
The sharp short knife hacked down, and the vampire's arm was severed right there!
Having suffered a great loss, Zhang Xi abruptly retreated. His arm dangled to one side of his body, and his right forearm was left with only a layer of skin connecting the upper and lower parts.
With the help of the Sharingan and the Steel Slash technique, Li Wei overcame a difficult challenge. At this moment, he was a bit panting.
Under normal circumstances, Li Wei wouldn't get so tired after just a few rounds of combat. However, using the Steel Slash and maintaining the Sharingan required sufficient physical strength to support them.
These abilities obtained from the Book of Ten Thousand Techniques did not require him to possess the special energy necessary to support that ability, which wasn't realistic either. After all, he couldn't accumulate "Sword Intent" like the original Yasser from the Summoner's Rift, nor could he possess the special power called "chakra."
However, he could still use these special abilities as long as he paid the corresponding physical toll.
His physical strength is still too weak. It is estimated that if he completes the extreme tempering, he would be able to rely on his own abilities to fight for a long time. But for now, he can only gasp like an ox, physically and mentally exhausted.
Moreover, there is a very disgusting aspect when fighting against vampires.
Li Wei could clearly feel that the wounds on his body caused by sharp claws had a very special kind of numb sensation, painless but unable to exert strength, which made him feel very anxious inside.
"I can hardly imagine that someone like you could reach this level." Zhang Xi's hoarse voice rang out, as he clutched his broken arm and continued: "But this is it, too much time has been wasted."
Hearing this, Li Wei felt a sudden lurch in his heart: Why does this line sound so much like what a villain would say before going on a rampage?
As expected, that's the case.
Suddenly, large patches of blood mist emerged from various parts of Chang Xi's body, enveloping his entire body.
Immediately after, this bloodied figure charged towards Li Wei at a speed three times faster than before!
Li Wei's eyes could still clearly discern the opponent's movements, but his reflexes could hardly keep up.
He could only passively rely on his senses to block the vital spots with his dagger, again and again.
This move was effective, after all, he was still able to clearly see the opponent's actions. Although he couldn't respond to the vampire's attacks in time, he could temporarily block the important parts.
In no time, several wounds had appeared on his body.
At the moment when blood gushed out of the wounds, it would turn into a blood mist and merge into the blood-red surrounding Chang Xi.
Obviously, this was an evil spell from the vampire.
The loss of blood accelerated Li Wei's physical exhaustion.
The reason he hasn't fallen yet is greatly related to his previous action of seizing the opportunity to cut off Chang Xi's hand. If the vampire had both his hands and claws, he would likely have already died here.
Despite this, the onlookers present now couldn't see any chance of victory for Li Wei anymore.
Originally, the workers who felt hope because of Li Wei's appearance also had their eyes dimmed right now. Among them, a few clever guys had already stealthily walked to the back of the crowd, preparing to slip away as early as possible when no one was paying attention to them.
Sudden upheaval!
When Li Wei was covered in bruises all over, when the vampire took two steps back, preparing to charge again for a decisive blow, he suddenly struck out with a sword.
This sword strike, delivered from several body lengths away, seemed inexplicable. It was neither a greatsword nor a long-handled weapon; this distance would definitely not be sufficient for the short blade to hit Zhang Xi.
Is it that Li Wei is striking randomly?
Of course not!
Suddenly, at the tip of Li Wei's blade, the power of gale forces emerged from nothing, swelling from tiny to large, and in the blink of an eye it became a whirlwind that blew onto Zhang Xi!
This whirlwind, composed as if of countless small wind blades, directly lifted Zhang Xi's body off the ground, slicing open his body with one fine wound after another, and also made him unable to control his body in the air for the moment.
This is the second characteristic of Steel Slashing, Gale Blade.
Li Wei remembers that in the original version of the game in the previous life, the skill was: when Steel Slashing hits the opponent continuously twice, the accumulated power allows the next Steel Slashing to become Gale Blade, forming a knockback effect.
And when this skill was transferred to the real world, the effect of the skill had a slight change. The power of the gale could still lift people up, but the damage that the wind blades could cause was obviously higher than usual.
This is the chance for a turnaround that Li Wei has been looking forward to for a long time!