"Captain-take this!"
She cried out, slashing down with her crossed swords!
Qi Wu did not move.
He did not even raise his head.
Just as the twin swords were about to touch his neck-
Hum.
An invisible field of repulsive force unfolded.
"Laws can counter other laws, sure."
"But yours are still nowhere near mine~"
Qi Wu smirked, effortlessly blocking Lilith's slash.
Lilith's twin swords stopped a meter away from Qi Wu, unable to advance another inch.
"Huh?"
Lilith froze for a moment, then flashed a sly smile.
"Captain, I've already seen right through that move!"
She abruptly released her swords and flipped backward.
At the same time, she formed hand signs.
"Blood Manipulation: [Blood Blade Barrage]!"
This was a move she had developed herself.
Blood Manipulation allowed her to control blood in combat, with countless variations.
This was one of them.
The two blood swords she had released did not fall to the ground. Instead, they abruptly changed direction in midair!
They transformed into dozens of streaks of blood-red light, shooting toward Qi Wu from every direction at once!
As the blood-red streaks approached,
Qi Wu raised an eyebrow.
"Interesting."
He raised his right hand and spread his fingers.
"Blue, modified: [Spiral Vortex]!"
Hum!
A powerful gravitational vortex instantly formed around his palm!
As though seized by an invisible hand, all the blood blades were dragged into the center of the vortex, where its high-speed rotation ground them into a cloud of blood mist!
"Whoa!"
Lilith's eyes widened, but she was not discouraged in the slightest.
If anything, she grew even more excited.
"Ordinary attacks really don't work on you, Captain!"
She landed on the pointed roof of a tower, rapidly forming hand signs.
The blood mist did not disperse.
Instead, under the moonlight, it condensed into an even