Timaria had assumed that Li had deliberately hidden this weapon until now, only bringing it out at the final moment. She could hardly be blamed for thinking so. In Timaria's eyes, there was no such thing as fighting to the death in this world. If you could win, you could win; if you could not, you could not. There was no such thing as breaking past one's limits.
How could she have known that Li had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood? Exploding at the brink of death was as commonplace to him as eating. In that regard, even if Timaria was somewhat stronger than Li, she would absolutely not be his match in a life-or-death battle.
Li's expression shifted slightly when he heard Timaria say that. How could such a thing be possible? Condensing his eye power into an energy weapon was already his limit. No matter how powerful the energy weapon was, it should have shattered in that last strike. How could it have lasted until now?
At that thought, Li's heart stirred. If that weapon had been condensed from his eye power, then he could absorb it now to replenish his eye power.
Li said softly, "Help me pull it out."
Timaria nodded lightly. The giant serpent looked to be at its limit now, so she was not particularly afraid of it. She stepped forward, grabbed the purple blade directly, and pulled hard. But her expression immediately changed. By all rights, Timaria was also a close-combat mage, yet she simply could not pull the weapon from the Gaia Giant Serpent's body.
Seeing Timaria's expression, Li asked, "Is it stuck?"
Timaria nodded. At first, she had wanted to try and pull it out herself, but realizing that this was not the time to force the