At that moment, the blue-robed sword cultivator sprang up from the bed and, ignoring his injuries, swiftly formed a hand seal.
Sword Qi appeared all over the room, densely packed. The strands drifted through the air like a school of fish, their countless glinting, icy blades all aimed at Pei Ling.
The sword cultivator's voice rang out, cold and hard: "Slash!"
All the Sword Qi vanished into the void in an instant.
A powerful sense of danger surged through Pei Ling. His heart churned and throbbed against his will, while premonitions stirred in the depths of his mind. It was as if, in the next instant, he would be hacked into a thousand pieces...
But just then, under the system's control, he opened his mouth again. No sound came out, but it seemed he had uttered a blurred, chilling word.
As before, a bizarre order enveloped the space.
Everything in the room began to run backward.
The Sword Qi that had vanished into the void reappeared, swimming like a school of fish beneath the sea. It flashed once, then all of it vanished without a trace.
Nearby, the blue-robed sword cultivator lowered the hand that had formed the Magic Seal, then lay back down on the bed.
Pei Ling raised his hand and formed the exact same Magic Seal the sword cultivator had just used. Sword Qi once again filled the room, dense as a school of fish—but this time, every razor-sharp strand pointed at the blue-robed sword cultivator.
Without a sound, all the Sword Qi vanished into the void.
Just like Pei Ling moments earlier, the sword cultivator made no attempt to defend himself.
Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft...
In the next instant, countless bloody holes appeared all over the blue-robed sword cultivator's body. Sword intent raged through his