"Guh...! Cough...!"
The most painful and heavy muffled groan yet resounded from Ikki's throat.
Attila's merciless slash viciously cut into Ikki's body before he could dodge.
A hideous wound stretched from Ikki's shoulder all the way to his flank, sending a massive amount of blood gushing out.
Without a doubt, it was a fatal wound.
"Clang..."
The Azure Flame-like radiance around Ikki instantly vanished.
"Thud..."
Amid a muffled impact, Ikki's body finally lost the strength to hold itself up and slowly collapsed.
Blood dyed the ground beneath Ikki red, spreading outward from his body like a pool.
"Brother!"
Seeing this, Shizuku finally could not hold back any longer and rushed straight over.
This time, Luo Zhen did not stop her. He let Shizuku and the others pass by him and run toward Ikki.
As for Luo Zhen, he calmly caused a talisman to appear in his hand.
"By imperial decree..."
Amid the low chant, Luo Zhen quietly cast the talisman. The instant it shot out, it vanished as if it had become invisible.
Yet a faint green radiance slowly flickered over Ikki's fallen body.
Using the Invisibility Technique, Luo Zhen concealed the Healing Talisman's presence, allowing it to secretly attach itself to Ikki and heal him.
Unaware of this, Shizuku anxiously rushed to Ikki's side as he lay before Attila.
"Brother...! Brother...!"
Shizuku forcibly suppressed her panic and pressed her small hands against Ikki's body, causing magic power to surge through them.
Generally speaking, water magi all knew how to release healing power. Since the human body was basically composed of water, freely manipulating the water within it made healing effects far from difficult. In theory, it could even produce miracles akin to bringing the dead back to life.
Shizuku had not reached that level yet, but with her magic