Zhao Tian steadied himself as the crimson haze surrounding them thickened, and the oppressive energy from the cloaked woman seemed to seep into his bones.
He tightened his grip on his sword, his muscles taut with tension.
The woman let out another chuckle, her voice dripping with mockery. "Light on your feet, aren’t you? Let’s see how long you can dance."
She flicked her wrist, and the blood haze spiraled around her, forming razor-sharp shards that hovered in the air like floating daggers.
*swoosh*
The first shard zipped toward Zhao Tian, followed by a dozen more one after another.
*sleesh* He ducked, twisted, and deflected as best as he could, his blade moving like a blur as it intercepted the relentless barrage.
*clang* *clang*
Yet, as he focused on one shard, another struck him from an unexpected angle, grazing his arm.
"Urgh..." The sting of pain barely registered in his mind before a larger shard slammed into his chest, sending him crashing into a ruined building.
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The force of the impact shattered stone and wood, burying Zhao Tian under a heap of debris.
Dust clouded the air as chunks of rubble tumbled down, and for a moment, all was silent.
The woman tilted her head, a smile playing on her lips. "Don’t tell me that’s all you’ve got? I haven’t even gotten serious yet..."
Breaking the rubble, Zhao Tian stepped out, blood dripping from a cut above his eyebrow.
His robe was torn and his body was bruised ’The impact behind her attack is too huge...’
Gripping the sword tightly, he spat a mouthful of blood and glanced at the cloaked figure.
With a flick of his wrist, he sent a pulse of space energy in his Arcane Enclave, the distortion rippling outward and forcing the blood shards in his vicinity to disintegrate.
And in the next instant, he dashed forward.
But the woman was ready.
As a red glint passed through her eyes, the blood haze around her condensed into a massive, writhing tendril that lashed out like a whip.
*THWACK*
Before he could react, the tendril struck him square in the side, sending him flying through the air.
*BOOOM* He crashed into another building, the walls crumbling under the force of his body.
Coughing, Zhao Tian struggled to his feet, gripping his side where the tendril had hit.
"Futile."
The serpent coiled around Zhao Tian, its massive body constricting him.
’Shit...’ He struggled against its crushing grip.
The woman let out a giggle "I told you, you are no match to-huh?"
But as she blinked her eyes, she was startled to see that Zhao Tian had disappeared from the snake’s grasp.
’Where di-’
*sleesh* In the next instant, her eyes widened in shock looking at the sharp blade plunging right to her face.
’Wha-?’
She hurriedly turned her head to the side but the blade grazed past her cheek, drawing a thin line of blood.
’Huh?’
Before she could even recover, Zhao Tian appeared in front of her and grabbed her head, smashing his knee right into her face.
*splash* Because of the powerful impact, her nose burst open as blood splashed around.
’What the hell?’
Zhao Tian spun mid air, delivering a kick to the side of her face sending her dashing into the debris.
*THOOM*
Wiping the blood from his eyebrow, his eyes squinted ’My short-distance teleportation really helps me to do surprise attacks...’
’But.. still, that woman is not going all out... and if she were serious, I might catch up with her, but to defeat her...’
’I need a powerful technique to deal a good amount of damage.’
From the debris, the cloaked woman rose, wiping blood from her split lip with a furious glint in her crimson eyes. "You..." she hissed.
"You’re full of surprises, aren’t you?"
Now that her cloak is removed, Zhao Tian can look at her face and his gaze furrowed looking at her crimson eyes and long black hair.
Elvoria tilted her head in amusement "What? You fell in love with me?"
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