He moved fast, like a streak of silver lightning slicing through the silver seawater. He was on the verge of breaking out of the encirclement.
The warriors who reacted a little too slowly never even had a chance to strike. They could only watch helplessly as that flash of blade light flew farther and farther away.
Bzz—!
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared before the prodigy.
A black robe concealed her face, but it could not hide her graceful curves. She was clearly a woman.
Terrifying Darkness Force radiated from her, like a black abyss slowly unfolding behind her.
Darkness Force surged and spread, staining the seawater around her a deep, inky black.
The woman merely raised a finger, her movement elegant and unhurried.
A speck of darkness gathered on her long, pale finger. Like a condensed drop of night, it spun at her fingertip.
Small as it was, that speck of darkness radiated a pressure that made hearts tremble.
Bzz—!
A dark ray shot straight toward the Ten Thousand Blade Mountain prodigy.
Fine as a strand of hair yet swift as lightning, it traced a straight black line through the silver seawater.
Seawater parted in its path, and faint ripples spread through space. It made no sound, yet carried deadly force.
At the sight, a fierce glint flashed through the Ten Thousand Blade Mountain prodigy's eyes!
Light flashed in his hand, and a Spirit Blade appeared in his grasp. A thousand patterns along its blade lit up at once, radiating a razor-sharp blade intent.
"Ten Thousand Mountain Slash!"
He slashed, sending yellow Blade Qi sweeping forth. Around it appeared the faint mirage of ten thousand layers of mountains—ridge upon ridge rising in the void like a real mountain range.
The strike was both sharp and crushingly heavy, as though