"Betrayal?"
Jin'er flashed aside, evading Xiao Beixuan's heavy, forceful sword strike. With a backhand blow, she sent a streak of golden light toward the ghost-faced masked man trying to ambush her from the side, blasting him into the air as he coughed up blood!
Her voice was icy, filled with bone-deep hatred and mockery.
"Xiao Beixuan, you're nothing more than a pitiful worm raised by that madman! What do you think you are? A chess piece! A tool! Just like my mother, whom he personally sacrificed to the Nether River merely to forge an evil artifact! You are both stepping stones on his path to the pinnacle of power!"
Her words were like the sharpest daggers, viciously piercing Xiao Beixuan's heart!
His body suddenly stiffened, his eyes filled with incredulous horror and... hesitation?
He vaguely knew something about Jin'er's mother, but he had never imagined the truth could be this cruel!
"Shut up!!"
Xiao Beixuan roared, his attacks growing even more frenzied, yet his aura became increasingly chaotic!
The conflict between the two inherited powers within him intensified!
"Die!"
Seizing the opportunity, the other burly man wielding a massive axe roared and swung his door-sized axe down at Jin'er's head with enough force to split mountains and crack the earth!
The violent gust from the axe carved a deep trench through the ground!
Jin'er's gaze turned cold. She neither dodged nor retreated, merely pressing her delicate hand forward as if casually!
A massive shield of light formed from countless golden runes instantly appeared before her!
Clang—!!!
A deafening metallic crash rang through the skies! Violent shockwaves swept outward!
The axe-wielding man felt an irresistible force surge through the handle. The web between his thumb and forefinger instantly split open, blood streaming down!
He grunted, man and axe alike sent flying.