Watching the dagger draw closer and closer, Leina tried to dodge, but at that critical moment, she suddenly discovered that she could not move at all!!
This was naturally not because fear had made her body lose control. After all, she had been personally trained by Pan Zhen, the Regent of Lieyang. She possessed both strength and beauty; she was not that much of a mere pretty face.
The real reason she could not move was exactly what it sounded like. She felt as though an invisible chain had bound her. Forget dodging the incoming dagger—she could not even move a single finger.
The dagger arrived in the blink of an eye, its chilling edge already slicing through the tips of Leina's hair.
Damn it, this guy...
She had no idea why Hua Zhen had attacked without a word, and he had gone straight for her life at that. She did not even know this blond bastard, okay?!
Yet no matter how frantic she was inside, it could not change the situation before her. Staring wide-eyed at the dagger now right in front of her, threads of despair appeared in Leina's beautiful eyes.
"Clang—!"
At the critical moment, a flash of silver appeared. Seeing Leina standing there in a daze, Qiangwei promptly threw a flying knife. The Dark Alloy-forged knife struck the dagger and shattered into pieces, but it also knocked the dagger off its original trajectory, resolving Leina's crisis.
Qiangwei had changed into another outfit. A pitch-black Dark Alloy suit of armor had replaced her previous low-cut shirt and red jacket. The armor tightly hugged every curve of her body, fully displaying her willow-slim figure.
As a soldier, her combat instincts were exceptionally sharp. The instant Hua Zhen attacked Leina, she had finished equipping herself and saved Leina at