At some point, Yun Huanling had darted over to Su Jiu's side. Looking rather pleased with himself, he said, "Well? Our Heavenly Secret Sect's Strange Gates and Hidden Armor is pretty impressive, isn't it?"
Su Jiu nodded. It was indeed impressive, though not without ways to break it. Still, seeing her friend so happy, she could not bear to burst his bubble. She considered her wording and tried to say something pleasing.
"Strange Gates and Hidden Armor aims to win through surprise. Your victories must often come in ways your opponents never expect."
The instant Su Jiu finished speaking, the Heavenly Secret Sect disciple had already pressed his sword against the Elysium Valley disciple's back, right behind her heart.
The female cultivator heard a calm voice from behind her. "You've lost."
Those who had only just begun studying Elysium Valley's seduction arts could generally use them only through their eyes. Now that a sword was pressed against her back, she had no room even to counterattack.
Su Jiu smiled meaningfully. "It seems your Heavenly Secret Sect did quite a bit of homework behind the scenes."
To avoid being restrained by her seduction arts and seeing all his efforts come to ruin at the last moment, Yun Huanling's senior brother had secretly laid an Illusion Array while firing the silver light. The figure the female cultivator had seen relentlessly attacking her was actually an illusory image created by the Heavenly Secret Sect disciple. An Illusion Array earned its name because it could make everything false appear real. While she concentrated on resisting that phantom, his real body had already circled behind her.
That was the unexpected method the Heavenly Secret Sect had used to win this battle.
Several more matches passed, and the sun gradually sank, but Lin Yue still had