Chapter 781: Whoever Wins Is Big Sister
Bai Bing's words echoed in Wu Shenyun's mind, a sharp and obvious truth. Wu Shenyun's red lips parted slightly as she gazed at Bai Bing, wanting to retort but finding no words, unsure how to even begin to argue.
"Alright, so what if it's true? Bai Bing, what can you possibly do about it?" Wu Shenyun finally managed, a soft snort escaping her lips. Realizing she had lost the verbal sparring match, a hint of desperation and exasperation colored her tone. She threw caution to the wind and declared angrily, "Shen Anyu is my man, Wu Shenyun's man. Are you happy now?"
Having said it, it was as if a great weight had been lifted from her, as if shackles had been shattered. Wu Shenyun's entire demeanor shifted, the imposing aura of the Southern Border's Overlord returning in full force. She announced proudly, her voice ringing with conviction, "In all of creation, between heaven and earth, only Shen Anyu is worthy of me, and only I am worthy of him. We are a match made in heaven. What could possibly be wrong with that?"
"It's good that you finally admit it," Bai Bing said, her voice a blade of ice. "Now, kneel and apologize to your big sister."
"Kneel and call you big sister?" Wu Shenyun's slender neck arched back, her phoenix eyes looking down at Bai Bing with regal arrogance. "If I'm not mistaken, nothing has actually happened between you and Shen Anyu yet, has it? By rights, you should be the one calling me big sister."
'I was first…' The thought was a bitter pill.
Bai Bing gritted her silver teeth, her voice dropping to a dangerous chill. "Then let's fight for it. Whoever wins is the big sister. The loser will bow her head."
"That's exactly what I was thinking," Wu Shenyun agreed without a flicker of hesitation, a slight nod her only affirmation.
'Heh.' A scornful thought crossed her mind. 'Does Bai Bing truly believe that breaking through to the Land Immortal realm makes her my equal?'
Wu Shenyun cultivated both the martial and shamanic arts, a dual path that gave her absolute confidence in her power.
She raised a hand of flawless jade, and a vibrant red umbrella materialized in the sky above, hanging upside down like a crimson moon. With a single step from her, the lake for miles around erupted, its surface surging into monstrous waves. The torrential rain, the rolling thunder, and the flashing lightning all faded into a mere backdrop for her power.
In that moment, only that single, defiant splash of red seemed to exist between heaven and earth. To fight Wu Shenyun was to fight the world itself.
Bai Bing, however, remained utterly undaunted. A sharp light glinted in her beautiful eyes, and a gleaming soft sword had appeared in her hand at some point.
A dazzling beam of sword light tore through the sky-spanning curtain of water. It moved like a flood dragon bursting from the depths of the sea, riding the wind and waves with an invincible momentum.
The dozens of meters separating them vanished in an instant as the brilliant sword light slashed fiercely toward Wu Shenyun.
The sheer power contained within that single strike was so immense that even Lin Xuanyan, the legendary Sword God and Lord of the Sword Palace from centuries ago, would have been forced to treat it with the utmost solemnity.
A flicker of surprise crossed Wu Shenyun's phoenix eyes. She was astonished that Bai Bing had not only broken through to the Land Immortal realm in such a short time but also possessed such deep strength. This was not the unstable foundation of a novice; it was sharp, formidable, and terrifyingly potent.
But she was just as fearless.
Wu Shenyun remained floating in mid-air, her jade-like hands coming together in a complex seal.
Rumble!
In an instant, the lake water responded to a vast, unseen power. It gathered and compressed, forming two enormous palms, each thirty meters in circumference. They resembled the colossal hands of an ancient shaman god, not only massive but condensed to an impossible degree, possessing enough force to crush a skyscraper with ease.
The two giant palms, one from the left and one from the right, clapped shut on Bai Bing with astonishing speed.
Yet Bai Bing, clutching her soft sword, did not slow in the slightest. Her body and sword became one, a singular streak of dazzling light that continued its unmatched, ferocious assault on Wu Shenyun.
The thick, condensed water palm slammed shut, trapping Bai Bing within its grasp. But in the very next moment, the dazzling sword light erupted from its watery prison. A graceful figure emerged just below Wu Shenyun, sweeping upward in a deadly arc.
At this, a faint smile graced Wu Shenyun's delicate lips. Her slender, perfectly proportioned hand beckoned. From behind the shattered curtains of splashing water, chains shot through the air. They rattled and clanked as they wrapped around Bai Bing's hands, feet, and neck, binding her completely.
These were no ordinary chains. Forged from condensed lake and rainwater, they were inscribed with countless, microscopic shamanic runes from the inheritance Wu Shenyun had obtained. These runes granted them properties of solidity and sealing that far surpassed even tungsten steel alloys. Even a Land Immortal would find it nearly impossible to break free.
She had already prepared for this. The moment Bai Bing broke through the water palms, she had been condensing these chains, launching a surprise attack under the cover of the chaos. Wu Shenyun was not merely a master of martial arts but also a practitioner of shamanic arts—a warrior and a mage in one, blessed with exceptional combat intelligence.
"Bai Bing, you are not my match. Be a good girl and call me big sister," Wu Shenyun said, her voice laced with the casual arrogance of a victor. The red umbrella, which had been hanging in the sky, floated gently down into her delicate hand.
"Hmph. You vixen, you underestimate me." Trapped by the water chains, her hands, feet, and slender neck bound, Bai Bing showed no sign of panic. On the contrary, a hint of mockery danced in her eyes.
Wu Shenyun's delicate brows furrowed. In the next instant, her expression changed dramatically. "Not good!"
A dazzling sword light suddenly shot out from beside Bai Bing's hand, transforming into a long rainbow that pierced through heaven and earth as it struck fiercely toward Wu Shenyun.
Wu Shenyun's figure swayed, and she crossed more than ten meters in a single, impossible blur, attempting to evade the strike.
But to her utter astonishment, the dazzling sword light pursued her. It twisted and turned in mid-air like a living dragon, not only incredibly sharp but also impossibly agile.
"Little sister, what do you think of your big sister's sword control technique?" Bai Bing's proud voice called out. This was her trump card, an ability she had exchanged for in the Main God Reincarnation Game, a purchase that had cost her nearly all the rewards from her last two excursions.
"Heh, not good enough." Wu Shenyun's brows, which had furrowed in alarm, relaxed as she let out a cold laugh. She continued to parry and dodge the dazzling sword light, but Bai Bing's sudden gambit had cost her the initiative. As the razor-sharp blade pressed closer, even Wu Shenyun was forced to treat it as a formidable threat.
And that was not all.
In that same moment, Bai Bing had already torn the water chains asunder. With a soft cry, her jade-like fist smashed down toward Wu Shenyun.
The punch was devastating. It fell with a deafening crash that caused the very rain to explode away from her, carving a massive indentation in the lake's surface and killing an untold number of fish and shrimp at the bottom with the sheer concussive force.
The red umbrella in Wu Shenyun's hand had already been shattered by the force of the blow. Seeing Bai Bing's world-breaking punch before her and the sharp, dazzling sword light attacking from behind, the last trace of a smile vanished from her face.
Careless. She had been too careless.
Her umbrella was gone.
She had underestimated Bai Bing far too much.
Wu Shenyun could never have predicted this. Just a few days ago, Bai Bing was a mere Heaven-Human realm cultivator. Now, in what felt like the blink of an eye, she had broken through to become a Land Immortal—and not a newly advanced one with an unstable foundation, but one with solid footing and immense power.
Of course, Wu Shenyun could never have imagined the existence of something like the Main God Reincarnation Game, which had allowed Bai Bing to exchange for a full eight months of cultivation time.
But Wu Shenyun was Wu Shenyun. She refused to lose again. The last time, she had lost herself to Shen Anyu. If she lost this time, she would have to bow her head and call Bai Bing 'big sister.' How could someone as proud as her ever accept such a thing?
A rare, fervent battle lust ignited in the depths of Wu Shenyun's clear, aloof phoenix eyes. Her long, fair legs, faintly visible beneath her red dress, stomped on the air itself. A surging wave of force erupted from the motion, creating an indentation on the lake's surface that reached all the way to the bottom, more than ten meters deep.
Her speed, already exceeding the sound barrier, continued to accelerate. Her tall, elegant leg swung down from the sky like a Tomahawk missile, slashing toward Bai Bing.
She was actually ignoring the flying sword attacking from behind, intending to trade blow for blow with Bai Bing in a mutually destructive clash.
Bai Bing's pupils constricted, then turned to ice. Her fair, jade-like fist continued its path, breaking through the curtain of rain without the slightest pause, meeting the attack with unstoppable force.
RUMBLE!
A muffled roar, like thunder rolling directly on the water, echoed from the lake's surface, spreading for more than ten miles in every direction.
The owner of a lakeside breakfast shop peered out from her stall. She couldn't see the fight happening in the middle of the lake, but a deep, primal fear made her tremble. Just then, she thought she caught a glimpse of a handsome young man, as refined as polished jade, walking leisurely by. But when she blinked and turned to look again, she found no one there, dismissing it as a trick of the light.
At that very moment, back on the lake's surface, Wu Shenyun and Bai Bing separated after their single, cataclysmic clash.
Bai Bing's sleeves had been completely disintegrated. Her protective aura was shattered, revealing two arms like sculpted jade, their icy skin and bone now flushed a violent red. Her qi and blood churned violently within her, and she could not help but let out a few ragged coughs as she stared across at Wu Shenyun.
The hem of Wu Shenyun's long, red-bottomed dress, embroidered with gold, had been instantly obliterated, revealing two long, beautiful legs that resembled pillars of pure jade. Her clear, aloof, and stunningly beautiful face was a shade paler than usual, giving her a delicate and pitiable appearance.
And the dazzling flying sword was now less than half a meter from her body, with no time left to dodge.
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