Chapter 478: Moondance
Chapter 478: Moondance
“Get up Natasha and try one more time, don’t behave like a spoiled child we are just getting started, you are getting lazy day by day,” diya approached Natasha who is laying on the ground and she pointed her wooden sword toward her direction, Natasha’s body is drenching with sweat and she is panting heavily while one more figure could be seen standing few meters away and she looking at these two as they are sparring, but Natasha is not looking pleased, even after trying too many times she couldn’t able to touch diya, it used to be different when they first started sparring together but now things completely changed as diya adopted Natasha’s fighting style, even without using a cultivation base she is dominating in sparring.
“its hurt, I don’t want to practice anymore, I am done for today, you are getting better and better as passing time and here I am barely improving, it’s frustrating,” Natasha exclaimed as she looked at diya, hearing Natasha’s words diya took a deep sigh,afterall she was right,diya could easily predict Natasha’s every single move pretty easily and with passing time it becomes a piece of cake for her to beat Natasha.
“Let her be, she is already at her limit and I don’t think she is able to fight with her full capability, it’s been a while since I held a sword in my hand, why don’t you spar with me for today? ” a voice resounded in diya’s ear and she tilted her head towards the direction of the voice, Natasha also tilted her head and looked in the direction of the jasmine.
“Jasmine are you sure you want to spar, I mean you are pregnant and you should take a rest, I dont think its a good idea to spar in this kind of condition”diya responded as she looked at jasmine with a concerned gaze, hearing diya’s words jasmine and Natasha exchange glances and the next moment both of them break into the laugh, seeing these two like that diya become slightly confused.
“Did I say something funny, why are you both laughing, I am concerned about your safety,”diya asked in a confused manner, hearing diya’s words jasmine shook her head.
“I am just one week pregnant, you don’t have to worry about anything at least for five months until my belly started growing in size, and moreover it will be a good thing for my child if I do something productive, I am fed up laying on the bed” jasmine chuckled as she approached diya and she picked Natasha’s wooden sword that is laying on the ground.
“Are you sure jasmine, I am still concerned about your safety,”diya asked again as she looked at jasmine in a hesitant manner, Afterall she still dont want to hurt jasmine accidentally.
“It’s ok, it’s just a spar, everything is fine until you won’t use your cultivation base milady” jasmine pointed her sword towards the direction of diya and said those words in a sarcastic way, hearing jasmine’s words a smile appeared on diya’s face and she shook her head.
“Very well then if that’s what you want,we are not going to use our cultivation base, whoever loses the weapons or gets touched by the sword will lose the spar, this is your first time and I will try to go easy on you”diya clenched her fist and she tightens the grasp around the wooden sword and took an offensive stance that she learned from grandpa lin, jasmine smiled as she saw diya’s offensive stance, Natasha get up from the ground and she moved few meters away from both of them as she didn’t wanted to get caught between their spar.
“Don’t go easy on me, I don’t have any problem fighting you with my capability, but before we began a piece of advice lady diya, I am not like Natasha, her fighting style is entirely different she relies on her brute force, in my case things are different, and if you look down on me you are not going to win this spar, you won’t win if you depend solely on strength or brute force,” jasmine said and she took a defensive stance, she is carrying the sword in her right hand while she moved her left hand behind her back,diya felt different vibes from jasmine as she did that, this is the first time she is sparring with jasmine and her stance was entirely different, it was not like Natasha and her, both Natasha and diya has the same stance as they learn from the old man lin.
“I am not going to lose,”diya said as she looked at jasmine with a smile.
“So do I,” jasmine responded with a smile, seeing these two like that Natasha gulped, she can feel the different aura as both of them facing each other, both of them looking serious about this, this is the rare occasion when jasmine insisted to spar with anyone, even though she refused Natasha too many times when she asked her to spar, most of the time jasmine only come to the training hall to watch them.
Both diya and jasmine looked in each other eyes one last time before starting the spar, and a moment later without wasting any moment diya and jasmine dashed toward each other holding their swords in their hands,diya is wielding the sword with both of her hands as she wanted to use her Maximum strength from the start, while jasmine remains holding the sword in her single hand.
*clang*
In instant both their swords collided with each other with very fast speed, a small shock wave took place when their sword met with each other and the dust on the ground swept through, Natasha felt goosebufor in her body, for a moment both diya and jasmine looked into each other eyes and then took a step back.
*clang*clang* clang*
Both diya and jasmine dashed again and this time one after another diya started attacking jasmine, as proposed she is not using her cultivation base as she knows that if she use her cultivation against jasmine, she might hurt her badly, but to diya’s surprise jasmine evaded every single attack pretty easily before they reached to her body,diya’s facial expressions changed as her sword is nearly missing jasmine’s body, she felt like jasmine intentionally letting her go that far while she could easily stop her more earlier before her sword reached to that close to her,diya felt frustrated and she started attacking jasmine with the more faster pace, jasmine kept evading diya’s every single attack, at first glance it looked like that diya is dominating jasmine but the picture was completely different,diya is struggling against jasmine and she is getting impatient.
“Brute force is not the answer, you need to focus on learning proper techniques, if you learn the proper techniques you are not going to be unstoppable but right now you are too open…” jasmine said as she looked diya with a smile and the next moment with swift leg movement she covers her distance and reaches right next to diya and placed the hilt of the sword over diya’s neck,diya was taken aback as she wasn’t able to comprehend jasmine’s move, a moment ago she was just running away from her but right now she was right next to her pointing her sword over her neck, Natasha dropped her jaw on the ground as she saw jasmine next to diya.
“I lost”diya whispered as she looked at jasmine with a bitter smile.
“This is called the Moondance technique, if you want I can teach you, my father used to tell me that sometimes the best defense is the best offense, I am sure you will achieve great things if you learn how to defend yourself, the same goes for Natasha,” jasmine said to diya and next moment she tilted her head looked towards the direction of Natasha.
Hearing Jasmine’s words Natasha came to her senses and the next moment she approached jasmine” I didn’t know that you were that good with a sword, your movement was unpredictable,” Natasha said.
“Yes, I am also surprised seeing how good you are with sword, at first I thought you were too exposed and I could easily beat you, but as the passing time I felt frustrated and lost my composer and end up losing my guard against you, I don’t mind learning from you, if that’s okay with you, “diya asked as she looked at jasmine with a smile.
“Yes I also want to learn from you, teach us that Moondance technique so I can beat lady diya, i don’t want to get behind” Natasha exclaimed.
“Well I don’t mind teaching you this technique, it might come in handy for you guys, starting tomorrow I will teach you the basics, right now we need to get back to our living quarters, it’s almost evening”
“Yes you are right mother is waiting for us, she insisted on having dinner together, grandpa lin and grandpa Leon both of them are going to join,”diya said as she looked at jasmine and Natasha.
“What about xiao feng, she is also going to join,” Natasha said in an annoyed manner, hearing her diya take a deep sigh.
“Let’s go we are getting late”diya ignored Natasha’s Remark as she started walking in the direction of the clan, jasmine chopped Natasha’s head after diya left their sight.
“Idiot why did you bring her into our conversation, don’t you know she doesn’t like talking about her ”Jasmine said as she looked at Natasha.
“Sorry my tongue slipped but you don’t have to hit me that hard, both of you bully me because I am younger than you,” Natasha said as she caressed her head where Jasmine hit her.
“I hate when you emotionally blackmail me and make this kind of face,” Jasmine said as she looked at Natasha, hearing her Natasha smile and a moment later both of them left the training hall to catch diya.