Consort Ying glanced at Huang Xiao and sneered. "You brat, this is what you get for meddling. This place will be your grave today."
With that, her sharp sword slid from its sheath with a swish. At the same time, her figure flashed as she charged at Huang Xiao.
When Consort Ying attacked, the Black-Robed Envoy also charged at the four experts from First Rank Hall.
Faced with Consort Ying's sword thrust, Huang Xiao naturally would not meet it head-on. This woman's cultivation already surpassed his, and now that she had a weapon in hand, he was at an even greater disadvantage.
Still, Huang Xiao was not afraid of her. He believed that with his cultivation, he could retreat unscathed even against a peerless expert, let alone someone who was also in the First-Class Realm. Even if her cultivation was deeper than his, he felt no fear.
Executing Snake-Traveling Tiny Steps, Huang Xiao flashed aside. Consort Ying's sword seemed to pierce his body, but the instant it touched him, she discovered that he had actually evaded her thrust. What was more, he had slipped behind her without a trace.
Sensing a fierce force coming from behind, she had no time to turn and slashed backward with her sword. A streak of Sword Qi immediately collided with Palm Force in midair. Amid a sizzling hiss, Huang Xiao retreated two steps, while Consort Ying took one step forward before swiftly steadying herself and turning around without the slightest pause.
Huang Xiao had not expected this woman to be so intent on killing him. But when she lunged at him, he evaded her again, then closed in and drove a fist toward her chest.
Consort Ying had not expected Huang Xiao's footwork to be so miraculous, and it was precisely that failure to