The red card, as if enchanted, was drawn into Boon Fong's pocket by some kind of magnetic force.
Xin Hui gripped her sword with both hands, assuming an offensive stance. Zi Qian stepped forward, holding his sword horizontally in front of him, forming a coordinated offensive and defensive formation with Xin Hui.
With a shout, Boon Fong charged at Zi Qian, raising his long sword. Zi Qian swung his sword to block Boon Fong's first attack, then lowered his body to evade the second strike, before quickly retreating two steps to avoid a direct vertical slash.
As Boon Fong was still recovering from the slash, Xin Hui and Zi Qian switched positions. Xin Hui swung her sword and launched an assault on Boon Fong.
Xin Hui brandished her lightsaber, unleashing a series of attacks. Then, holding the sword at her waist, she gathered blue light on her blade. After a few seconds, she spun her body, sweeping the lightsaber outwards with her movement. A powerful, light blue tornado shot forward, striking Boon Fong hard.
Boon Fong, unable to withstand it, staggered back several steps. At that moment, Zi Qian struck three or four times from behind him. After taking this continuous assault from Xin Hui and Zi Qian, Boon Fong hastily jumped to the right, putting distance between them.
Their coordination, alternating offense and defense, was seamless. I wanted to go and support them, but didn't know where to start.
After they repeated this sequence of attacks three times, Boon Fong's health bar decreased by one-third. The original green bar above his head had turned orange.
At this point, Boon Fong changed his combat mode. He gripped his lightsaber in a reverse hold and stabbed it forcefully into the ground. A transparent defensive ice wall instantly appeared in front of him. Zi Qian and Xin Hui stepped forward, both fiercely attacking the ice wall. Before long, a series of ping-pang clashing sounds could be heard.
With a crack, the defensive ice wall shattered!
Zi Qian stood with feet slightly apart, rooted firmly to the ground like a rock. He held his sword with both hands in front of him, adopting a defensive posture, and stood his ground to block a direct vertical slash from Boon Fong. Then, Xin Hui immediately attacked from the side. After several consecutive strikes, she used the light blue tornado move again, forcing Boon Fong backwards.
Boon Fong once again stabbed his lightsaber into the ground, summoning another defensive ice wall. Xin Hui and Zi Qian, just like before, went forward and attacked the wall fiercely.
"Can you stop just standing there watching the show?"said Zi Qian, while attacking the ice wall, glanced back and glared at me. "You're not contributing at all!"
Only after Zi Qian said that did I realize I was still standing in the same spot, hadn't moved a single step.
I rushed forward, but before I could even strike, the defensive ice wall shattered with a crack.
So now, should I stay at the front like Zi Qian, or attack from the side like Xin Hui?
I glanced at Zi Qian and thought, I'll go on the offensive!
I swung my sword at Boon Fong. Before my lightsaber even touched him, I was pushed back several steps by a transparent force. Unwilling to give up, I swung at Boon Fong several more times, but each attack was repelled.
"Wu Yi, direct attacks are ineffective. Defend for now!"
Xin Hui pushed me, who didn't know how to assume a proper defensive stance, aside with one hand, while using her other hand to adopt a defensive posture, blocking an attack from Boon Fong meant for me.
However, because Xin Hui didn't have enough time to set up a complete defense, Boon Fong's fierce slash forced her to retreat quite a distance. Boon Fong pressed his attack, rushing towards Xin Hui's direction. I immediately swung my lightsaber, striking at Boon Fong's back to stop him from attacking Xin Hui.
I had only managed one swing when Xin Hui shouted, "Wu Yi, his health bar has turned red! Get away quickly!"
I ran to Xin Hui's side and looked at the health bar above Boon Fong. The orange bar had now turned red, with only the final third remaining.
Just then, Zi Qian stormed over to where Xin Hui and I were. Pointing at a red mark on Xin Hui's arm, he angrily scolded me: "It's because of you that Xin Hui got hurt! Why did you charge in and attack Boon Fong recklessly, disrupting our formation? Did you deliberately come to make us fail?"
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