Blinding white light filled Su Xiao's vision. He instinctively raised his left arm in front of him, but in the next moment, excruciating pain surged from every part of his body, as if the intense light were about to disintegrate him.
Su Xiao leaped backward. With Morisha's defensive abilities, unless he cut off her head in one strike, it was impossible to kill her instantly. Besides, before he could even make that strike, he might already have died beneath the surrounding light.
As Su Xiao retreated, the stabbing pain throughout his body gradually faded. Even so, his skin still felt as though it had been scorched.
There were no external wounds, yet Su Xiao's health had dropped by more than 60% in just 0.4 seconds. That brief moment had cost him most of his life. If it lasted more than a second, the white light would disintegrate him into atoms.
An Energy Shield appeared in front of Su Xiao. After observing the white light with Morisha as its center, he discovered that its nature was actually somewhat similar to Dust Release from the Naruto World. However, its area of effect was far greater than Dust Release, and it activated without the slightest warning.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Morisha covered her throat with one hand and coughed dryly. A foreign energy rampaged through her body, making her experience in an instant what it meant to wish for death.
The pain came quickly and receded just as quickly. Morisha rose to her feet with one hand still covering her throat, blood seeping between her fingers.
If she had been a normal human, having her throat slashed open by Su Xiao's blade would have left her crippled even if she survived. Unfortunately, Morisha was not a normal human. Light elements gathered in her hand,