Space-Time

Brando likewise used Flash Sword to circle around Kouhua's side first. A cold snort reached his ears. Kouhua seemed to have already seen through his intentions. Her slender arm shifted sideways within the cocoon of lightning, turning toward him. She spread her five fingers, and blazing white lines came from all directions, weaving together into a round shield. Only then did she turn her head, her silvery-white eyes filled with icy contempt as she looked at Brando with pity.

Brando only smiled faintly.

Dark Kouhua froze for a moment and frowned.

In Brando's hands, the edge of the Sword of Earth continued forward. The black blade should have been blocked by the round shield woven from lightning—and it was. As space trembled violently, the sword could advance no further. Yet at the same time, everyone saw another scene: the black blade continued forward and struck Kouhua heavily in the shoulder. She let out a miserable cry and crashed into the platform like a falling meteor.

It was as if events had occurred independently in two parallel worlds, then suddenly intertwined again.

Throughout the entire barrel-shaped canyon, the sky full of lightning vanished in an instant. The white rays moving through the air seemed never to have existed in this world. The platform returned to tranquility, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Dark Kouhua climbed to her feet and stared at Brando in shock and fury. Her left hand pressed against her snow-white shoulder, while blood seeped continuously between her fingers. Seeing this, Brando understood that she was not a pure energy body. Her condition was somewhat similar to Qian's; both were semi-energy bodies. However, Qian's semi-elementalization came from the power of Elements, while the power of this eldest daughter of Echisis came from Milos's power.

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