The enemy general let out a cackling laugh.
Bai Su spared a sliver of her attention to think, That laugh really fits the stereotypical villain in Five Elements Lack Virtue. Not only does he laugh like one, he looks the part too.
"Since you refuse the wine and insist on drinking a forfeit, then—General Bai, don't blame me for showing no mercy to a beauty!" The enemy general's voice suddenly turned shrill, like a sharp blade boring into their eardrums. It sent their minds pitching into chaos, leaving them dazed and muddled. In the instant they lost focus, gloom came crashing down over them from every direction. Looking closely, they saw the enemy general's pair of bat wings surging like a sea of clouds, winds racing and clouds billowing.
At the instant the sword edges clashed, Bai Su twisted her wrist.
Her gleaming blades rang out with a double cry.
The sharp blades slashed diagonally up along the bat wings, sending a string of sparks dancing through the air. The enemy general seemed not to feel the pain, pressing closer with a wild laugh. His pupils turned stiffly, their strange, eerie stillness tinged with Death Qi. He bared his fangs and spat out a reeking cloud of thick fog. "What a shame to ruin General Bai's fine, well-built body. I fell for you at first sight—what a pity, what a pity."
He expected the highly corrosive fog to eat away at Bai Su's face, drawing a shrill, anguished scream from her. But things did not unfold as he had anticipated. The enemy general's vision blurred; countless sword flashes exploded at close range, and invisible wind swept through them.
In the blink of an eye, the fog was shredded.
The enemy general instinctively shut his eyes and folded his wings to