Sparkle had originally not planned to reveal her Sword Skill so soon. She had intended to save it for when she faced Orochimaru in the Chunin Exam.
But she no longer had that luxury.
Being able to fight Master Jingliu like this, even if she possessed only a fraction of her original body's power, was enough to make Sparkle go all out.
Almost at the same moment, Jingliu's figure flashed and suddenly vanished from the cave.
"Byakugan!"
Sparkle activated her Byakugan once more.
She immediately saw a sharp surge of Chakra attacking from behind her.
Behind Sparkle, Jingliu's ice sword stabbed toward her like a bolt of lightning.
Sparkle instantly raised her twin swords in a cross to block the incoming ice blade. Their sword tips collided, and immense force crashed into Sparkle.
But unlike before, when she had taken the blow head-on, this time Sparkle used her twin swords to smoothly deflect the force of the Jingliu puppet. She spun around and kicked the puppet, but another ice sword suddenly appeared in Jingliu's hand. Caught off guard, Sparkle could only turn back to block it, yet Jingliu seized the previous sword and directly swept Sparkle aside.
Master, you never said you could wield two swords!
"It's been... a long time since I've been in such a sorry state."
The cave was filled with biting cold, and the air seemed frozen solid by the chill radiating from the ice swords.
The hastily formed ice sword had already turned into ice crystals. Holding the original ice sword, the Jingliu puppet looked down at Sparkle, her gaze carrying endless sharpness and ferocity.
Yet her movements were incomparably precise, without the slightest opening.
Her opponent was stronger than her, but not so strong that she could not fight back.
But that Sword Skill