Chapter 679: The True Heartbeat
Qin Ran frowned the moment he sensed that peculiar power.
But he did not hesitate in the slightest as the knife-hand strike came slicing toward him.
Whoosh!
A crescent-shaped wave of force swept out with his leg and collided with Meyer's knife-hand strike.
Crack!
With a sound like shattering glass, the level -1 [Foot Blade] was shattered by Meyer's hand. After a slight pause, Meyer's knife-hand struck Qin Ran's right leg.
Pain!
The long-unfelt sensation of pain shot from the point of impact into Qin Ran's brain.
Qin Ran pulled back his leg and staggered backward.
Meyer pursued relentlessly, raising his right hand again.
This time, Meyer's presence grew even more imposing.
The phantom of a long blade flickered into view along the edge of his palm.
Qin Ran's pupils contracted.
He had seen this before. In fact, he was familiar with it.
In [the Queen's Shield], when he faced the Steppe King, something similar had happened when he used [Sword Technique: Tiger Form].
Although Qin Ran still had not figured out what caused it, he knew perfectly well that when this happened, a skill would unleash power far beyond its normal limits.
So Qin Ran instinctively retreated.
But the pain in his right leg hampered his movements, leaving him no choice but to roll backward.
But...
Even then, the knife-hand strike grazed him.
Shhk!
A clean slit opened across the waist of his shirt, exposing the sliced muscle beneath.
The cut was perfectly even and about an inch deep.
Blood sprayed from the smooth-edged wound.
Qin Ran tore off his T-shirt and bound the wound with it.
Though it was no bandage, his level -1 [Medical Treatment: Bandaging] was still at the beginner level, allowing him to treat the wound as he retreated.
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