Mission Failed

The Mysterious Woman did not care whether a melon twisted off by force was sweet or not. Seeing that Lu Ye would not obey, she immediately gave a cold snort, and the longsword in her hand trembled, turning into sword light that filled the sky and came shrouding down toward Lu Ye.

The pressure on Lu Ye was mountainous. In that instant, the Heart's Eye Secret Technique was pushed to its limit, and the Crag Mountain Saber in his hand kept slashing, lifting, cleaving, and hacking. The crisp sounds of saber and sword colliding rang out in an unbroken chain.

His heart shook with horror.

This woman's strength was outrageously powerful.

He had killed a Cloud River Tier Eight before. Although Yiyi had helped him at the time, even without Yiyi, relying solely on his own foundation, he could have managed it—he would merely have needed to spend more time and use more methods.

In other words, the current him was actually qualified to exchange blows with a Cloud River Tier Nine. Even if he could not win, he could still hold on for a while.

But before this Mysterious Woman, Lu Ye discovered that all his efforts were futile. Facing her storm-like offensive, in less than a short ten breaths, his defenses were dismantled layer by layer.

The other party had clearly not used her full strength. This woman was a Sword Cultivator, and a Sword Cultivator's strongest method was the Flying Sword, not this kind of close-quarters fighting.

The piercing saber light shattered completely. Lu Ye froze in place, the sharp longsword pressed against his forehead. An icy touch came through, and there was even a faint damp, sticky sensation flowing down from his forehead.

He could not see the woman's expression beneath the mask, but Lu Ye