"We won!" Zhou Mo Yao was positively elated. The Bloodfire Inferno Race warrior's strength had increased so dramatically after transforming that merely watching him was terrifying, yet they had actually won!
"Thank you, Tide!" Bai Qiu Li looked at the Judgment Sword in her hand. The Sword Spirit, Tide, had now merged into the blade. "If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't have been able to deal with him."
Sword Spirit Chao's slightly youthful voice came from the blade. "You're hardly the one who should be thanking me..."
"Without you, the Bloodfire Inferno Race would probably have tortured me to death!"
"But I still have a question."
Sword Spirit Chao's tone suddenly grew somewhat aggrieved:
"I already let you use my ultimate technique. If you'd used it, even if you couldn't kill Yu Jiu, you could at least have seriously wounded him. Why didn't you use it then? Didn't you trust me?"
Seeing Sword Spirit Chao sulking like a child, even the usually cool and stern Bai Qiu Li couldn't help breaking into a smile.
She stroked the blade of the Judgment Sword as though soothing Sword Spirit Tide. "Of course I trusted you."
"I'm a swordswoman, and you're a Sword Spirit. From the moment we fought side by side, you became one of my most trusted comrades."
Sword Spirit Chao's tone softened a little. "Then why did you..."
Bai Qiu Li explained, "The Bloodfire Inferno Race warrior's attacks had already badly injured your soul. If I'd used your ultimate technique, it would have put an even greater burden on your soul, making it harder for you to recover."
"Besides, even if I'd used it then, it definitely wouldn't have killed Yu Jiu. I would only have exposed a trump card for nothing. It wasn't worth it."
Bai Qiu