Bai Yuan sheathed his sword and turned to look at Gu Yuena.
"Come on, Junior Sister. One more Thousand-Year Soul Beast should be enough."
Gu Yuena rose to her feet, her silver hair drifting gently in the cold wind. She glanced at him with purple eyes, said nothing, and merely nodded.
The two left the ice field that had been cleaved in half and continued deeper into the forest.
Bai Yuan walked in front, Dawnmaker hanging at his waist, both hands tucked into his pockets.
Gu Yuena followed behind him, her gaze occasionally sweeping over his back. The two ink-black Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings had already vanished.
Yet she was still thinking about that sword strike.
Fifty percent power, and he had killed a three-thousand-year Snow Soul Demon Bear with one slash.
Just how much was this person still hiding?
But surely he wasn't still holding back, was he?
After passing through a patch of low shrubs, they found a massive Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the clearing ahead, lowering its head to gnaw on something.
Gu Yuena stopped. Six streams of Elemental Light swirled around her fingertips as she prepared to attack,
Then she saw Bai Yuan retreat beneath a large tree, lean against its trunk, and watch her with his arms folded.
Gu Yuena froze.
No, wait. He had been so ridiculously strong earlier, killing a three-thousand-year Snow Soul Demon Bear with one strike. And now he wasn't going to help with this Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
Gu Yuena turned and glared at Bai Yuan, disbelief filling her purple eyes.
"Wait... you're just going to watch me fight?"
Bai Yuan leaned against the tree, looking utterly innocent.
"I'm tired. You handle this one first."
Gu Yuena's mouth twitched.
Tired?
Why hadn't he been tired when he was chasing her around