Pei Ye now knew what that dragon pupil had given his opponent.
Observation of the finest details, and the flow of True Qi within his own body.
Pei Ye watched him with quiet eyes, forcing himself to calm down.
Yi Nandai had already thrust his spear, its momentum bearing down like mountains and seas.
Before encountering him, Pei Ye would never have thought he could defeat such an opponent. But once they met here, once he knew he had to kill this man, he had never doubted himself.
A sword flashed beneath the spear.
[Snowy Night, Fallen Life, Soul-Shattering Terror]
Since it worked, he would use it again.
Yi Nandai's body stiffened, but the spear sweeping toward Pei Ye remained deadly. Pei Ye twisted his wrist, pressing another [Jade Elder] onto the shaft, then immediately thrust out a [Soil-Breaking].
Having sounded out his enemy's hidden cards, the boy moved cleanly and decisively: first restrain, then kill.
Yet the instant Yi Nandai recovered, his fingers reached straight for his neck.
Two fingers clamped firmly around the boy's sword.
The extraordinary talent to adapt precisely in combat was not the boy's alone. In the man's eyes, this combination of new life amid withering was not appearing for the first time either.
When Pei Ye's first strike seized his mind, he already knew the next two strikes would be these most fitting ones.
Pei Ye wrenched his wrist with all his strength. The Sword Body rang sharply, struggling free of the man's grip like a leaping fish. But the next instant, Yi Nandai turned his paired fingers, sending forceful, surging True Qi through the blade. A shock of injury tore through the boy's wrist.
The sword flew from his hand.
When a Fifth Growth fought a Seventh Growth, sufficient room to maneuver was