In Lin Yu's eyes, Qiu Xinli was indeed very strong. As a Violence Machine raised with the full resources of City That Never Sleeps' Royal Nobles, her strength was beyond doubt.
At the very least, if he wanted to defeat her alone, he would have to reveal far too many trump cards that did not belong to "Arthur" or "Director" in front of Nightless Sky Huo Ming and Fu Luo.
Even without using [Guest Appearance Invitation] or [Limit Breaking Jade Cleaver], and without using the one-time consumable trump card [Item] known as [Copy Art Painting · Part Three · Life and Death Bloom], he would at least have to hand over [Sweet Words and Flattering Looks]. Using the [Repaired Mist Pocket Watch] would be unavoidable, and he might even have to resort to transforming into "Moro" or releasing Hannah to assist him.
Even then, Lin Yu would not dare claim that he could reliably defeat Qiu Xinli.
Even escaping from her would cost him dearly.
But fortunately...
Lin Yu was not alone now.
He could still hide his strength.
Because he was not the only one hiding his strength.
Before forcing Nightless Sky Fire Apricot to reveal all her strength, Lin Yu had already made preparations—within the range of attacks from Qiu Xinli that he could withstand, he would deliberately leave openings.
And Qiu Xinli's move just now could not have been better for Lin Yu.
Draining vitality might be a fatal killing move against ordinary people.
But the one thing Lin Yu lacked least was vitality.
He did not even need to borrow the vitality within [Life or Death] to withstand it. With [Empty Bottle] and [Sage's Emblem], Lin Yu was almost fearless of any attack that used "draining energy" as its method.
If you wanted to drain him,