Mana-Sensing Earrings

Elsewhere, Chen Piaopiao had leaped high into the air again.

The image of Juliet in her final moments filled her mind. Her eyes were red, and she no longer cared how much Magic Energy she burned. She switched repeatedly between Light as a Swallow and Thousand-Weight Drop, crashing down toward Ling Chu again and again.

Smiley twitched his fingers.

Transparent threads stretched across the forest, anchored to trees, rocks, and broken branches. They closed in rapidly from both sides of Ling Chu, leaving only one route overhead that seemed safe.

Ling Chu had barely looked up when Chen Piaopiao canceled Light as a Swallow.

Thousand-Weight Drop!

Her weight surged, and she plunged from above with a dull roar.

Ling Chu had escaped twice. Smiley had already calculated the range of Ghostly Steps and laid a mass of threads within ten meters of her.

Wherever Ling Chu chose to land, she might run straight into the web.

This time, Ling Chu did the opposite. She did not use Ghostly Steps.

Instead, she rolled on the spot and let her Bone Armor take the hit. Long, thin cuts appeared across the armor covering her shoulder.

She swung the Blade of White Bones backhanded. Its edge struck the threads with a faint hum.

Several threads snapped and quickly recoiled into the shadows of the trees.

Chen Piaopiao had already leaped out of the crater. She did not even pause to catch her breath. Lightening herself again, she rushed into the treetops, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Ling Chu.

"You dodged me once, but you won't dodge me twice!"

Maintaining Bone Armor consumed Magic Energy every minute. Smiley had clearly noticed. Rather than clash with Ling Chu head-on, he used his threads to keep shrinking her room to move, forcing her to rely on