A one-handed shield paired with a one-handed blade was all about combining offense and defense. With proficient use, it was enough to handle most situations.
Now, facing Kara's low stance and her aggressive attacks aimed exclusively at his lower body, Lin Youshu's lack of practical combat experience left him in a rather sorry state.
Fortunately, she couldn't keep up such high-intensity attacks forever.
Seizing an opening, Lin Youshu swiftly slashed out, instantly turning the tables between offense and defense!
Between two Hundred Refinements Realm martial artists, even if there was a difference in physical ability, it was absolutely nowhere near absurd.
Thus, victories and defeats at this level often came down to technique and equipment.
Technique aside, compared to Kara, who was dressed in crude primitive equipment from head to toe, Lin Youshu had an overwhelming advantage in equipment.
The two weapons collided only once. Faced with the enchanted battle blade in Lin Youshu's hand, the beast-bone dagger in Kara's hand snapped cleanly in two.
With no weapon left in hand, Kara immediately lost the capital to contend with Lin Youshu head-on.
Kara realized this and reacted decisively. After using a great tree to evade Lin Youshu's pursuit, she turned and ran without the slightest intention of staying to fight.
The moment he saw her flee, Lin Youshu instinctively gave chase.
He immediately saw that the woman was so nimble in the jungle that she was practically a monkey.
Clinging to the trunk of a great tree, she rapidly climbed a towering tree in just a few moves, then moved swiftly and nimbly between one towering tree and another, just as she had before.
"Damn it!"
After confirming that Kara was indeed a Hundred Refinements Realm martial artist, he didn't think he could climb into the trees and stand a