"Bang!"
The fiercely descending blade once again broke and sank into the sand before Li Xian's flesh-and-blood body.
Li Xian held two fingers together like a sword and, almost relying on those two fingers alone, easily blocked and swept aside Mo Qingyu's cold, slashing strike.
"You don't even have the strength to kill someone. How dare you act so arrogant?"
He spoke softly, then...
Reached out, seizing at Mo Qingyu's curved saber again.
Yet in the face of Li Xian's words, Mo Qingyu was calmer than ever.
She had recognized the gulf between them.
She had even recognized the reality that if Li Xian caught her, he might kill her with a single punch!
Under this mortal peril, like dancing on a tightrope, her mental acuity was stimulated to its utmost.
When her strike missed, she unleashed her True Qi without hesitation, whirling sharply and shifting her steps, but...
She did not retreat.
Instead, she moved aside to open an angle!
Almost as soon as she did, Ning Qingshu thrust forward with her sword, invisible Sword Qi shooting toward him once again.
At this moment, the Mysterious Radiance Society's two experts on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking displayed astonishing coordination.
Maintaining a staggered rhythm, the two tenaciously and precisely intercepted Li Xian's counterattacks despite being at a disadvantage.
Whichever of them came under attack and could not disengage, the other's attack would invariably follow, interrupting Li Xian's offensive and preventing him from building his counterattacks into a decisive, lethal advantage.
Of course, of the two, Mo Qingyu was nothing special. The truly formidable one was Ning Qingshu.
This sixth-ranked expert on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking displayed unparalleled movement. Every turn, every attack was elusive and traceless, leaving no discernible pattern or trajectory.
This...
Was a level of movement mastery at least