(P.S.: Helping my child with homework took a lot of time. Okay, third update.)
Neither the giant nor the young man had expected Wu Pifu to be hostile toward them.
The two exchanged a swift, furtive glance. The young man immediately said, "We are admirals of the Lance Republic Navy. Everyone in the Order faction is grateful to this gentleman..."
"Grateful my ass!"
Wu Pifu slashed out. His blade shifted through countless variations, enveloping both the young man and the giant. In an instant, they felt an icy chill run through their entire bodies, and a deadly premonition arose in both their hearts. Without even thinking, all kinds of bones emerged from the young man's body. In less than 0.01 seconds, he had transformed into a massive ball of bone, while layers of spatial distortion appeared around the giant's body, making his enormous form seem to blur.
But when the Deathbound Saber swept through, the bone ball was sliced apart as easily as tofu. No matter how tough those layers of bone were, within five steps of Wu Pifu, they all became like air. In a flash, Wu Pifu had cleaved through the bone ball and burst out from the other side. Then, with lightning speed, he flashed before the giant, whose blurred body had become thin as a sheet, and followed with his blade. Once again, he cut into him from within five steps.
The spatial distortion could deflect and block almost every attack, yet within five steps of Wu Pifu, beneath that blade's edge, even the distorted space was like physical paper. It was cut through in a single stroke, unable to impede him in the slightest. Just before the giant's flattened form vanished, Wu Pifu's saber fell, shearing off half his shoulder and one arm.
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