The moment the woman saw Zhang Yu emerge, she had intended to strike at once. But then she saw the layer of Heartlight Seal rising around him, and she couldn't help hesitating for an instant.
Just then, her vision suddenly blurred. A snow-bright sword light seemed to leap out of the void and thrust straight before her.
She had been hidden within the mist and had never imagined her tracks had already been exposed. She hurriedly dodged aside, but the sword light seemed guided by some unseen pull. It bent slightly midway, then abruptly slashed down at an angle. This blow caught her even more off guard, and she twisted aside again, barely escaping the sword light's reach.
The instant Zhang Yu flung out the Xia Sword, he followed after it. Now he reached out, caught the hilt, and swept the blade sideways!
This time, the woman could retreat no farther. A half-arc of sword light cut through nearly half her waist.
Zhang Yu noticed that where the blade struck, it didn't seem to be cutting flesh and blood. It was more like slicing into a layer of empty, drifting mist. Though she had a wound, not a drop of blood emerged from it.
The woman retreated several steps and wiped a hand across herself. The wound immediately vanished.
Zhang Yu wasn't surprised by this. He had already noticed that the woman's aura was exceptionally chaotic. She absolutely couldn't be regarded as human anymore.
Moreover, he found that the strike hadn't been entirely without effect. When she recovered, her aura weakened slightly. That showed her body's fundamental essence had been depleted.
In truth, he believed that since she no longer possessed a purely human body, such an action was utterly superfluous in battle so long as it didn't hinder her