In the several hours of bombardment just now, the Yuan Race's banished immortal had already gained a sufficient understanding of her opponent.
Although he possessed a deep understanding of electromagnetism, light, and heat, and could freely convert between those forces, his ability to construct spells was truly mediocre. Given equal power, her spells could easily smash apart his.
He had to expend twenty portions, even thirty portions, of mana to offset one portion of her primordial qi.
There was an essential gap between their strengths.
Therefore, in her view, the best way to fight was to close in instantly, then use her advantage in "technique" to deliver an instant killing blow!
The terror of Puppet Gu lay in their ever-changing transformations. But if one could raise protective true qi to keep that stuff from touching one's shell, then destroy the structure of those transformations the instant they changed, the threat posed by the Puppet Gu would be greatly reduced.
And during the initial close-quarters battle, Alu'er had also sensed that this fellow's martial arts were utterly ordinary, and his reaction speed was nothing remarkable. He was already like this when controlling his own flesh—how much worse would he be at controlling these Puppet Gu?
One had to know that Puppet Gu had always been famous for being "difficult to control"!
As long as she entered close combat, her advantage would be overwhelming. Break the structure of that Puppet Gu swarm, crush his ability to resist, kill his true body, then take the time to refine this swarm of Puppet Gu...
That was how it should have gone.
But the Sword Qi tearing through the air left her somewhat stunned.
"How is that possible..."
She appeared to be slowly rising, but anyone with even a little common sense knew that she