Dodging Puppet's fatal attack with Shunyu was certainly cause for relief. It really did show signs of changing the battle ahead, however slightly.
At least she was no longer as passive as before.
At least she would no longer be beaten without any chance to fight back.
"Flame Prison Great Serpent."
Riding the Flame Serpent, Chi Xiao flew toward Puppet. As she moved, she had actually already finished forming the seals for the Spell Formula she had been preparing for so long.
She needed an opening, a moment when Puppet used spatial transfer.
"Heh, Grip of the Void." Puppet abruptly clenched its fist.
Without warning, a sense of danger rose in Chi Xiao's heart. That intense feeling... she would die.
"Shunyu!"
Without another word, Chi Xiao abandoned the Flame Prison Great Serpent she had spent so long building up and rapidly shifted some distance away in Shunyu Form again.
Then the Flame Serpent's condition proved her judgment correct.
The Flame Prison Great Serpent, formed from magma and a metal torrent, actually had its head crushed in an instant by an invisible hand.
Soundless and imperceptible, without even a lead-up to the attack.
This was far more terrifying than Chi Xiao's Flame Emperor.
If its attacks were at this level, Chi Xiao felt that Puppet's destructive power was no less than hers. It was absurd.
But she still did not lose heart. After that transfer, she was a little closer to Puppet again.
"Under normal circumstances, I can still use Shunyu three more times..."
Since beginning her battle with Puppet, Chi Xiao had consumed an enormous amount of Spirit Energy.
To respond to every move, attack, and defense from Puppet, she needed to expend dozens of times the Spirit Energy she would in normal combat.
Even with her immense Spirit Energy,