From his earlier clash with her and the near-fatal scenario produced by Heart Simulation, Xu Ye knew this sneak attack probably would not be enough to kill her.
So his objectives were clear.
Disrupt the energy in her Taboo Object.
Kill her within ten minutes.
Retreat.
As for anything else, he would do his best and leave the rest to fate.
"Xu Ye, I found it. Her second Sequence Talent should be 8-649 [Corpse Ghoul]. It lets her control a corpse and merge herself into it. It isn't a combat talent," Alice said, searching through the memories in Xu Ye's mind.
Xu Ye had read the Sequence Talent chart.
Although he could not memorize it all at once, simply reading it left an image in his mind. Most people could not recall it because they could not retrieve that image at will.
But Alice could.
Xu Ye's memories were like a library. Alice only needed to find the Sequence Talent chart and check it.
Xu Ye understood.
He loosened his grip on the Black Blade.
Turned.
And faced his enemy head-on.
Before she could recover, he pressed his palm against the hilt and thrust it forward.
Whoosh!
The blade flashed like flowing water.
Opposite him, Kikuko Shenchuan recoiled in horror and desperately dodged. By the narrowest margin, the blade merely grazed her ear.
A sharp sting. A drop of blood.
Crimson bloomed in an instant.
"Boy, you..."
Xu Ye gave her no chance to speak, much less catch her breath.
He gripped the blade and turned, bringing it down from the night sky along the moonlight.
A surge of black-and-red energy tore through everything.
With Alice attached to him, Xu Ye's physical abilities had received another substantial boost.
Clearly, she had held something back during their previous clash-but so had