It truly was extremely fast and powerful. At that moment, Li Piaoqing confirmed that her opponent's true qi was indeed a realm above hers.
But.
Her sword had a fulcrum. The girl's figure turned gracefully once more in midair, and the dagger cut a red line across her waist.
Yet her sword's momentum was still advancing. Her eyes fixed fiercely on the person before her. The instant she felt a sudden tug on her sword and Green Shadow intended to retreat, she abruptly flipped upside down above her enemy's head. Her forward thrust swept into a diagonal draw, sending a stunning streak of emerald light drifting along the direction in which the gripping claw exerted its force.
Leading the sword with her body, she swept the blade, slippery as a darting fish, across the neck unprotected by scales.
Li Piaoqing landed behind him, leaving a fatal split of blood.
The girl flicked a finger, shaking the blood from the blade, then held her sword across herself and retreated two steps, watching the enemy before her warily.
Green Shadow slowly turned and opened his mouth twice. Only then did Li Piaoqing notice that his eye sockets were two pitch-black caverns, and she understood those miserly glimmers of light along the way.
But there was no further exchange. Green Shadow tilted sideways and fell face-first to the ground.
"..."
Li Piaoqing slowly relaxed her stance.
Deep cultivation, powerful strength, an unusual body... a sluggish sense of danger.
He had actually let Fire-Sweeping Through the Waterfall straight through his open guard.
Had Pei Ye faced that strike, his hair would already have stood on end the instant the girl twisted her waist in midair-a tiger escaping its cage was inherently a perilous turn in a fight.
Yet this green-clad man had still tried