-How could she make a dignified escape in front of another version of herself?
The thought flashed through Yu Xunge's mind, but she snuffed it out the moment she met Mountains Xunge's gaze.
She could indeed leave using [Absolute Freedom], but not now.
She could lose to anyone but her.
Against Mountains Xunge, she wanted absolute dominance even more.
But even though she had no intention of running, the Mountain Players were guarding against her escape. The two slender, shimeji-like antennae atop Maji's head lit up. Waves surged into the sky and finally converged overhead, sealing off the entire area like an inverted hemisphere.
The atmosphere froze. Tulan and Mountains Queque had already stopped fighting. More precisely, the latter had kicked the former toward Star Sea Xunge.
At that moment, an invisible line seemed to divide the area within the waves into two halves: Star Sea and Quiet Mountains.
On the left stood one human and one dragon; on the right, six Mountain Players.
Having long since returned to her original size, Tulan stood behind Yu Xunge, who stood quietly with a white Flower Sword and a golden lightning sword in her hands.
The flowers within the Flower Sword kept withering and dying, then growing anew. It was not just the Flower Sword; her body's agility was affected too. Her stats had not changed, but she felt like a piece of rotten wood, her movements growing sluggish. This was Mountains Maple Sugar's ability.
Her mental quickness and combat instincts had not escaped Mountains Mistblade's ability either.
With a casual wave, she dismissed both her childhood self and the Zhuri Sprite.
Opposite her, from left to right, stood the Quiet Mountains versions of Queque, Maple Sugar, Xunge, Mistblade, Shark Leng, and Maji.
Shark Leng's and Maji's astonished gazes darted back and