"In the end, you still broke. How fragile."
As he spoke, Li Xuan tossed Yao, who looked like a battered rag, onto the ground. He used the Evil Energy he had just replenished to create two bottles of Wine of Ecstasy and treat his wounds.
Then he turned toward the exit, intending to take a long, satisfying bath in one of the rooms aboveground.
However, just as he stepped onto the stairs and prepared to leave the dungeon, he suddenly heard the distinctive scrape of blades being drawn behind him.
Li Xuan turned around and saw Yao standing beside the weapon rack on trembling legs, still holding her long and short blades.
Although she remained in her Awakening form, Li Sijie's seal still bound her, leaving her unable to use even the slightest bit of magic.
Not knowing how the seal worked, she clearly had no idea how to break it. Besides, her mind was still hazy, and milky fluid continued to run down her legs. She could barely even stand steadily.
Even so, her hands still clenched the twin blades tightly. Her eyes were fixed firmly on Li Xuan, and her center of gravity leaned slightly forward, as though she had already prepared to strike.
"I'll... never forgive you!"
Yao bared two rows of sharklike teeth and forced out words filled with hatred through the gaps between them.
"I never expected you to forgive me," Li Xuan said with a smile.
"After doing something like that, you think you can just walk away?!" Yao suddenly raised her voice, the hatred in her eyes seeming almost tangible.
"What, you want another round?"
"You smooth-talking trash uncle, just die!"
Yao was completely enraged by Li Xuan's frivolous attitude. She seemed to stumble forward as if she could no longer stand, yet