The blood-red sword light swept across the vine's giant hand, leaving no trace. The vines scattered across the ground. With her short legs, Theresa was certainly no faster at dodging them than Feng Chen. And Feng Chen knew better than anyone what it felt like to be poisoned by the vines.
Even though Xiao Yun was controlling Feng Chen's body at that moment, she would not stand by and watch him die.
After picking up Theresa and dodging away, "Feng Chen" chose not to let go. The Simulated Herrscher seemed far more cunning than they had imagined. If he put Theresa down now, there was no guarantee the Simulated Herrscher would not attack her later.
"Rip!"
A vine slashed across Feng Chen's back, leaving a bloody mark.
"You..."
Theresa could not get the words out. Why had he done that? Was it merely because she looked like a little girl? Or was there some other reason?
"This idiot..." Xiao Yun had already flown into a rage inside Stigmata Space. Feng Chen could have dodged that vine just now, but the only way to do so would have been to turn around and let it slash Theresa instead.
Xiao Yun had originally intended to do just that, but Feng Chen had not only opposed her—he had even seized back control of the body.
"If you want to die, then go ahead and die."
Thinking, I already died once anyway. Dying again won't make much difference, Xiao Yun returned control of the body to Feng Chen.
Sword Qi severed the vines blocking the way. Using [Wind of Serenity], Feng Chen reached the Simulated Herrscher in the blink of an eye.
"Dimensional Slash."
At such close range, dodging Dimensional Slash was impossible unless the opponent possessed some special ability.
One vine overlapped another,