Although these Golden Core Great Perfection cultivators possessed formidable spiritual qi, their speed fell far short of Su Jiu's.
And now, Su Jiu's sword qi carried a biting sword intent.
Almost every stroke of her sword wounded someone.
Su Jiu wielded ice spiritual qi. Those wounded by it were even more unfortunate, as the cold invaded their bodies and slowed their movements.
With a single Thousand-Mile Ice Seal, Su Jiu instantly froze them where they stood. Even the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees were encased in ice, not a single blossom or blade of grass escaping the calamity.
Immediately after Thousand-Mile Ice Seal came Swaying Sword.
It pierced through the ice encasing them, straight into their bodies.
A few breaths later, the ice thawed. Many spat out mouthfuls of blood, while some of the hired fighters forced themselves to swallow it down.
But even though the ice had thawed, their movements had grown slower still.
As the fighters charged at her again, Su Jiu struck them down, one with each stroke. In the blink of an eye, more than half were dead or wounded.
Watching it all, Lu Chuchu grew increasingly terrified. What kind of monster was she? Wasn't she only at the late Golden Core Stage? How could she defeat so many fellow Golden Core cultivators? Born into the Lu Household, yet abandoned by it, she naturally had no way of knowing that cultivators were inherently different from one another. Even at the same cultivation level, differences in the purity of their spiritual qi affected the strength of the techniques they wielded.
Watching Su Jiu dart through the air, Lu Chuchu's gaze hardened. Having made an enemy of someone like this, only one of them could survive. Since that was the case...
She raised her trembling wrist. A Wrist