Yang Liuqing gripped her sword with both hands, wary of Luosi’s attacks while dealing with Zuozhi’s charges.
Just as she had predicted earlier, the Tixianren, Luosi, would not engage in close combat.
The only one coming at her was the Zhanzhengjiqi, Zuozhi.
Even though her prediction was spot on, her situation hadn’t improved one bit.
If anything, it was worse.
The Zhanzhengjiqi’s explosive power was terrifying.
Before he even arrived, the force of his wind was already rushing at her face.
Behind her, Luosi’s eyes flickered with a cold gleam, ready to strike at any moment.
The pressure here suddenly intensified.
The scenes she had imagined were ultimately far from reality.
Facing two professional killers head-on, the overwhelming sense of oppression made it hard to even breathe.
Keling and Keli stood on either side.
The former watched the battle with a calm expression.
The latter had her arms crossed, her expression different from usual—so serious it looked like she was about to join the party.
The Zhanzhengjiqi had just reached her when his cold Iron Fist, carrying a killing intent as cold as ice, slammed toward Yang Liuqing’s head.
His murderous intent was completely unconcealed, blatant enough to send chills down one’s spine.
How could Yang Liuqing dare to be careless?
She immediately retreated.
However, the Zhanzhengjiqi was faster.
No sooner had one punch been thrown than the next was already coming.
One single hit from that truly deserving Iron Fist would shatter her body.
Forced into a corner, she had no choice but to raise her sword to block.
Bang!
The next moment, it felt like being struck by a 107 Cannon Shell.
Yang Liuqing was blasted backward, her chest feeling tight and her hands numb.
“Such incredible strength…”
She barely managed to steady herself when her pupils contracted.
Hound Body Movement activated.
At the same time, five deep slashes appeared on the ground where she had just been standing.
The Tixianren, Luosi, had launched her attack.
So fast it was almost impossible to perceive.
“Oh my, Little Sweetheart managed to dodge it~”
Luosi remained where she was, only raising her right hand with her fingers spread wide.
This one didn’t seem to be a Manipulation-Type Power at all!
If she had been even half a beat slower, Yang Liuqing’s body would have been chopped to pieces.
Those so-called threads were even sharper than blades!
What was worse, those threads were nearly impossible to see with the naked eye.
“Xiao Qingqing, those are Mind Threads. You need to use your Magic Eye to catch them!”
Keli promptly reminded her.
Hearing this, Yang Liuqing focused her mind, and two faint purple rings appeared in her eyes.
This wasn’t a technique taught by anyone—it was purely a change brought about by the Magic Potion.
Now, in her vision, the Spirit Particles in the air were clearly visible.
The Zhanzhengjiqi’sç‹‚æš´ aura, the Mind Threads in the Tixianren’s hands that were nearly transparent to the limit—she could see it all clearly.
She was given no time to catch her breath.
The Zhanzhengjiqi surged forward, his thick leg whipping out like a lash.
On the other side, the Tixianren’s fingers danced, her Mind Threads flying through the air, sealing off any space for Yang Liuqing to dodge.
“No good. At this rate, I’ll be killed.”
Yang Liuqing’s eyes sharpened, and the surrounding Spirit Particles instantly converged, forming a small Light Sword about an inch long.
Seeing this, the Tixianren showed a flicker of surprise on her face.
Almost simultaneously, the Light Sword shot out, severing the Mind Threads in the air.
The Zhanzhengjiqi’s whip-leg swept across, cleaving Yang Liuqing into two.
But strangely, both halves of her body vanished in an instant.
“An afterimage?”
He paused for a moment, then felt a chill on his back.
A flash of sword light struck down.
It was Yang Liuqing, who had used Hound Body Movement to circle around behind him.
“Let’s take out one first!”
Her sword showed no mercy, aiming to split the Zhanzhengjiqi in two.
However, the Zhanzhengjiqi had fought countless battles—he wouldn’t be so easily defeated.
He let out a roar, and hisç‹‚æš´ aura expanded outward from him in a circular wave.
Yang Liuqing’s sword struck it but was deflected.
“So you can actually cut through my threads. You’ve got something, no wonder they couldn’t catch you.”
At the Tixianren’s side, both hands were now dancing.
Ten nearly invisible Mind Threads shot forward.
Yang Liuqing barely steadied herself, her peripheral vision trying to track the attack trajectories of the Mind Threads.
But she found that, just like Keling’s Light Swords, they interweaved and changed course mid-air.
Clearly, the battle-hardened Tixianren already knew that Yang Liuqing could see the Mind Threads.
Going up against ten Mind Threads that changed course and came from different directions with a single Light Sword was no easy feat.
Even so, Yang Liuqing didn’t intend to create more Light Swords.
External aids required a lot of mental energy to maintain.
She had experienced this firsthand the first time she formed a Spirit Particle Shield.
At her current stage, maintaining multiple Light Swords at once was unrealistic.
This battle couldn’t be won within two minutes.
“Sister, when do we step in?”
Keli, seeing things going wrong, quickly looked at Keling.
The latter gently shook her head.
“No rush.”
“So confident?”
Keli blinked her big, bright eyes.
“Master hasn’t been pushed to the brink yet. There’s no need for us to intervene.”
Keling’s protection of Yang Liuqing was limited to genuine crises.
As long as she felt stepping in would hinder Master’s growth, she wouldn’t act.
“Poor Xiao Qingqing, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, it’s that Sister is too cold-hearted… Ouch!”
Keli got a beautiful Flash Knuckle to the head and clutched it in pain.
It seemed Sister’s authority was not to be challenged.
Yang Liuqing was struggling to fight and naturally had no idea the two little ones still had the mood to mess around.
Even if she did, it wouldn’t help.
Keling had her own principles.
Keli listened to her sister.
At this stage, she couldn’t exactly say she was completely without support—just that the help she’d get wouldn’t be much.
The Zhanzhengjiqi’s fists came down like a violent storm.
Each swing of the Tixianren’s threads was little different from ten precious blades slashing down.
Under the two’s assault, the ground was torn to pieces, as if it had been repeatedly cut and brutally hammered.
With her footing destroyed, her Hound Body Movement was directly affected—the distance became shorter, and her dodge space shrank drastically.
One moment she’d barely avoid the threads’ attack, the next she’d be facing the Iron Fist.
Yang Liuqing had lost count of how many times she had danced on the edge of death.
And yet, the more this happened, the better she felt.
It was as if the crisis was a switch, gradually releasing the monster imprisoned deep within her heart.
Thump, thump!
The beating of her Magic Heart grew ever more intense.
Under this high-pressure state, she was close to entering the Realm of Selflessness.
After a sustained period of fierce assault without taking down Yang Liuqing, the Tixianren grew both anxious and shocked.
This one was far more formidable than imagined.
How could the Magic Potion be this heaven-defying?!
After the shock came greed.
Regardless, this Magic Potion had to be obtained.
“Finish her off quickly!”
“Understood.”
The Zhanzhanjiqi’s eyes flashed, his thick hands grabbing the Exoskeleton Armor’s chest, tearing it open by force to reveal the Black Crystal within.
A low hum sounded as high energy converged.
Yang Liuqing didn’t know what he was planning, but a dangerous warning flared in her heart.
At this moment, energy rapidly gathered at the Zhanzhanjiqi’s chest.
A chilling sense of danger surged into her mind.
Yang Liuqing didn’t hesitate, activating Hound Body Movement, intending to escape.
But the Tixianren cast a net that sealed off all avenues of escape.
A crisis was about to explode.
“Now, no one will stop me, right?”
Outside Xiaoya Bay, Lu Xueyuan glanced at her waterproof, freeze-resistant wristwatch and murmured to herself.
There wasn’t much time left before the Mini Game ended.