Old but Unyielding

Pfft! Blood sprayed out.

"Ah!" Qiekafu let out a muffled grunt.

"Hmph." The Lich Old Man snorted disdainfully. "Are you sure you're actually good at close combat? With skills like yours, you're not even as good as a child." The Lich Old Man meant it. In his eyes, Qiekafu's close-combat skills truly were inferior to a child's—Pandora's.

Qiekafu did not respond. He controlled energy to flow into his wound, keeping it from worsening, and silently continued fighting the Lich Old Man.

The Lich Old Man showed no mercy, swiftly swinging his dagger. A few seconds later, he found an opening and stabbed again, leaving a second wound on Qiekafu's body.

Qiekafu grunted and remained silent, stubbornly continuing to fight the Lich Old Man.

Just like that, several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

More than a dozen wounds of varying sizes had appeared across Qiekafu's body. His clothes were tattered, and he looked utterly wretched.

The Lich Old Man, meanwhile, was completely unscathed, fighting Qiekafu with calm composure.

A few seconds later, he caught an opening Qiekafu had exposed and stabbed down without hesitation.

But at the instant the dagger descended, the Lich Old Man suddenly discovered in surprise that Qiekafu's speed had increased by half out of nowhere, allowing him to narrowly evade the attack.

Then something even more surprising happened. Qiekafu swung his arm, and a Bone Blade sprang from the back of his hand, stabbing into the Lich Old Man's lower abdomen like lightning. It twisted inside before being withdrawn.

*This! * The Lich Old Man's eyes widened. He fiercely swung his dagger, forcing Qiekafu back with all his strength. Then he retreated several meters, clutching his wound with a puzzled expression, unable to understand why this had happened.

How... how is this possible?

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