Ye Buyu inwardly ranted like mad, but she was secretly relieved, too. Luckily, she had kept a few tricks up her sleeve herself.
Rather than retreating, she advanced. Beneath the sword light that severed everything, Ye Buyu leaped up, her five fingers spread without a weapon in hand, seemingly mad enough to meet the attack head-on with her bare flesh.
But there was no panic in her expression, enough to show that this decision had not been some momentary lapse of reason.
A flicker of admiration crossed Mu Bingge's eyes.
"So you did develop something new."
Then she would attack with everything she had!
She unleashed another Cut Clouds and Sever Water, overlapping it with the previous sword light to form a cross-shaped sword beam that descended from the sky, attacking her opponent without mercy.
The blast of air swept up the hair over Ye Buyu's forehead, and every inch of her skin could feel that chilling sharpness.
A slightly crazed smile tugged at her lips. She charged toward the razor-sharp sword light and, before countless horrified eyes, spread her fingers and caught the descending cross-shaped sword beam.
For an instant, the surging air and water vapor briefly stalled.
At that moment, everything-the red flowers swaying on the platform, the gravity-defying waves flying through the air, and even the lethally dangerous sword light-rapidly distorted in front of Ye Buyu.
It was as though a vortex had been installed in her body, absorbing every last one of those attacks.
Ye Buyu gritted her teeth, a sheen of cold sweat seeping from her temples. This attack really did carry some weight. If she had not learned the Shield Skill, she truly could not have handled it.
She abruptly raised her eyes to Mu Bingge, then, as though tearing out her own heart,