Jingliu paid no heed to Fu Zhu's warning, once again tightening her grip on her ice sword and aiming its tip at him.
Fu Zhu sighed. He had lost the desire to continue this fight with Jingliu. He had only attacked her earlier because she had initiated the fight, and he also wanted to confirm his current damage output.
However, the fact that his last attack hadn't killed Jingliu in one hit was a bit of a letdown for Fu Zhu. He wasn't sure if his damage was too low, or if Jingliu was simply that skilled.
But regardless, Fu Zhu wanted to end this battle quickly. Dragging this out with these two served no purpose. It was better to just take them down or capture them and hand them over to Jing Yuan. Since they were able to utter the word "Stellaron," they might very well be loose ends from the Phantylia incident.
While Fu Zhu was still contemplating, Jingliu had already raised her sword. Twisting her hips, she drew the tip of her sword across the ground, sending a wave of pale blue sword energy straight at Fu Zhu. It was immediately followed by a second, and a third... Several waves of sword energy rushed towards Fu Zhu one after another, sealing off all his escape routes.
With swift hands, Fu Zhu tossed two Ender Pearls to his sides, then swung the Demon Blade "Hiruko" in his hand to parry each wave of sword energy.
Just as Fu Zhu blocked the final wave, Jingliu's cold, beautiful face was already right in front of him, the ice sword in her hand about to touch his chest.
Just when Jingliu thought her attack was about to succeed, Fu Zhu actually grinned at her, and even swapped the Demon Blade "Hiruko" in his hand for a Fishing Rod.
This act of abandoning his weapon surprised Jingliu, but she had no time to dwell on it. She thrust her ice sword directly at Fu Zhu's chest, but in the next second, she struck empty air. Fu Zhu's figure had vanished from before her.
Jingliu glanced left and right but couldn't find any sign of Fu Zhu. Just as she was about to look behind her, something suddenly hooked the back of her clothes. In the next moment, an irresistible force pulled her, yanking her entire body into the air and backwards.
Stunned, Jingliu turned her head mid-air and saw that Fu Zhu had somehow appeared behind her. She was being reeled in because the fishing rod in his hand had hooked her clothes and he was now reeling in the line.
Seeing his trick succeed, Fu Zhu unhurriedly placed a wooden boat at Jingliu's landing spot. When Jingliu was reeled over, the moment her feet touched the boat, she was immediately seated and found herself unable to move.
Jingliu sat in the boat, trying to move, but her lower body wouldn't obey her commands at all. Only her upper body was still mobile. Jingliu had never seen or even heard of such a bizarre combat style.
Fu Zhu looked at the astonished Jingliu sitting in the boat and clapped his hands with a smile.
"All set. Just sit there obediently. I'm going to call the Cloud Knights now."
When Jingliu heard Fu Zhu was going to call the Cloud Knights, her heart sank. She absolutely could not be captured by the Cloud Knights right now.
If she were caught now, she would almost certainly be imprisoned in the Shackling Prison or exiled to some other place, with absolutely no chance of meeting the Marshal of the Xianzhou Alliance.
In that case...
Just as Fu Zhu took out his phone, Jingliu, who was sitting 'quietly' in the boat, suddenly raised the ice sword in her hand.
Seeing this, Fu Zhu frowned. Although he didn't know what she was planning, it was definitely nothing good. He immediately put his phone away and instead took out a Potion of Weakness he had brewed earlier and hadn't used.
In the next moment, Jingliu swung a wave of sword energy directly at the wooden boat beneath her, completely disregarding the fact that she was still sitting in it and would be caught in the blast.
Boom!
A white mist exploded outwards and was dispersed by the wind a moment later, revealing Jingliu's figure within.
Jingliu stood there, looking somewhat disheveled. At her feet lay the wooden boat, now a dropped item after being destroyed.
Fu Zhu took a closer look. Jingliu's exposed skin was flushed an unhealthy red from frostbite, and even her clothes were somewhat tattered, but she had successfully broken the boat's seal on her.
"Tsk, what a madwoman."
Even Fu Zhu couldn't help but exclaim at the sight. He recalled that even Phantylia, when trapped in the minecart, hadn't dared to try and destroy it to break free.
Like the wooden boat, the minecart would be destroyed and turned into a dropped item if it suffered an explosive attack. Phantylia had chosen a different method to escape because she was worried about getting caught in the blast.
Jingliu, on the other hand, had chosen to destroy the boat directly. Even though her own attack wounded her, she still went through with it.
After his exclamation, Fu Zhu casually tossed the Potion of Weakness in his hand towards Jingliu.
It was no problem that the Wooden Boat Sealing Technique had been broken. Steve had far more methods of control than just boats and minecarts.
Seeing Fu Zhu throw something that looked like a bottle at her, Jingliu immediately recalled how he had thrown two unidentifiable objects to his sides when she attacked him with sword energy earlier. Although she couldn't see what they were at the time, Fu Zhu's subsequent teleportation was clearly related to the objects he had thrown.
The same trick won't work twice!
Jingliu immediately swung a wave of sword energy at the Potion of Weakness, shattering it mid-flight.
The moment the Potion of Weakness shattered, the potion splashed everywhere. A good amount of it splattered onto Jingliu. In just a single breath, Jingliu felt her body go soft, a feeling of weakness rising from within.
But it wasn't a big deal. She could still fight!
The moment he threw the Potion of Weakness, Fu Zhu had also tossed another Ender Pearl towards Jingliu. This time, Jingliu got a clear look at the Ender Pearl Fu Zhu threw. Confirming it wasn't some strange potion but a round bead, she once again unleashed a wave of sword energy to intercept it, but this time, it was because of the Potion of Weakness.
Jingliu's reaction speed and strength were much weaker than before, and even the sword energy she unleashed was several sizes smaller.
The moment the sword energy made contact with the Ender Pearl, Fu Zhu's figure appeared in front of the sword energy, taking the full brunt of the blow. However, Jingliu's weakened state meant the attack didn't cause him much harm.
Besides, he hadn't thrown the Ender Pearl to dodge the attack, but to close the distance between him and Jingliu, even if it meant trading injuries.
Fu Zhu once again cast his fishing rod at Jingliu. After hooking her, he yanked back hard, and Jingliu was uncontrollably launched into the air, falling towards him.
Having learned her lesson, this time Jingliu adjusted her posture mid-air, raising the ice sword in her hand and stabbing straight down at Fu Zhu's chest.
The tip of the ice sword pierced through Fu Zhu from behind. Jingliu couldn't help but say coldly to him, "You're too confident. Did you think the same trick would work on me a second time?"
But Fu Zhu, with his chest pierced, revealed a smile.
"How could you think I would use the same trick? You've fallen into my trap!"
Fu Zhu stretched out his left arm, wrapped it around Jingliu's slender waist, and held her tight. Then, his right hand produced a Golden Apple and forcefully shoved it into Jingliu's mouth.
"Eat this!"
MC's control methods weren't limited to just boats and minecarts. When using a Potion of Weakness and a Golden Apple to cure a Zombie Villager, you could also hard-control the Zombie Villager.
And, this works on the Mara-Struck as well!