"Close-quarters combat, a hundred strikes in an instant? Just what I wanted!" Not only was Xu Caiyi unafraid, her fighting spirit burned even hotter.
Sparring with Hong Huo had tempered her ability to withstand overwhelming offensives and break finesse with brute force; the countless close-range battles with Shi Ye had honed precisely this kind of razor-thin combat instinct and extreme reaction speed amid constant peril!
"Flowing Cherry—Su Qin Carries the Sword on His Back!"
Without even turning around, Xu Caiyi's Flowing Cherry Blade seemed to possess a will of its own as she reversed it behind her back at an exquisitely precise angle.
With a crisp clang, the Wind Element Long Sword accurately blocked the sinister palm strike aimed at her heart from behind. The blade trembled slightly, deftly dispersing the wind force that had penetrated her body.
At the same time, she used the momentum to twist through the air like a hawk. Her left-hand Orchid Dew Blade swept up a blazing arc of fire and slashed back at the ambusher behind her!
The ambushing winged warrior was startled. He clearly had not expected Xu Caiyi to counterattack so swiftly and fiercely under such disadvantageous circumstances. His body immediately dissolved into a gust of wind, barely avoiding that backhand slash.
But this was only the beginning!
The battlefield then fully entered a suffocating rhythm of high-speed offense and defense.
Relying on the strange movement techniques and seamless coordination granted by their battle formation, the Eight Sons of Flowing Clouds attacked like a raging storm from every unimaginable angle. One moment, they pincered her from both sides; the next, they attacked from above and below. Before one move had even run its course, the next had already arrived!
Claws, palms, fingers, elbows, wing blades... every part of their bodies became