What keen observation...
His wounds had already been healed with spring water, and his qi and blood had been replenished considerably. The only issue was that his broken bones had not yet recovered. He had done his best to conceal it while moving just now, but she had still seen through him.
Maya glanced at this junior who had not even lived through an age cycle and narrowed her eyes cautiously. He had exceptional talent without being the least bit impetuous, and his observations were meticulous. He was completely different from the demons she had encountered before who were obsessed with their talents. He possessed the qualities of an assassin from one of the Federation's Great Clans.
"Since you're so confident..." Maya took a light step forward and slowly returned to her original form. Looking at Nefar, she said, "Then let's give it a try..."
Nefar warily took a step back and moved into a shadow, finding a good angle. He drew the dagger at his waist and began spinning it around his fingertips.
The dagger was small and short, a classic assassin's dagger. Its entire body was suffused with the distinctive shadowy hue of the Shadow Demon Clan. Clearly, it was a Rune Weapon imbued with Shadow Power.
Maya narrowed her eyes slightly as she glanced at the dagger. The Shadow Demon Clan's shadow weapons were classic energy weapons in the assassin world. They possessed terrifying penetration and could almost completely ignore elemental defenses. Non-light-element heavy armor was no different from paper in front of them. Yet when defending against other weapons, they could imitate the temporary attributes of weapons of equal strength and clash with them head-on.
In other words, they could pierce through your defenses, but when you attacked them, they could withstand your physical attacks and