The price of mastering Beast Instinct was somewhat high, but Su Xiao felt it was worth it. When he had slashed at Sha earlier, her evasion had been far too precise.
However, mastering Beast Instinct was no easy task.
Whoosh~
The sound of something cutting through the air rushed toward him. Su Xiao instinctively wanted to use Counter Shield to defend, but immediately restrained the impulse and instead relied on Heart Eye to evade Sha's attack.
Sha rushed to Su Xiao's side and drove her knee toward his waist. In Su Xiao's perception, a knee-shaped object was crashing toward him. It seemed to be aimed at his waist, yet it also seemed to be aimed at his thigh.
That momentary misjudgment caused Sha's knee to slam into Su Xiao's side.
A dull pain radiated from the organs in his side. Sha's attack method was far too unusual. Her attacks seemed to ignore defense. His muscles and ribs were not badly injured, but his internal organs had suffered.
The dull pain in his organs would have made an ordinary person curl up immediately. But Su Xiao had endured countless trials of blood and fire. He did not bend over. Instead, he bent his right leg and arm to shield the right side of his body, even as the knee strike sent him flying sideways.
"Too slow!"
Sha's voice came from his left. At the same time, Su Xiao's mind buzzed as if he had been hit by a train, and the direction in which his body was flying changed.
While suspended in midair, Su Xiao's mind rang. His hand rested on his sword hilt, and he was just about to draw when he stopped. This was not a battle; drawing his sword was meaningless.
"Unexpectedly ferocious, but... I admire that kind