The clash that broke out from the Sword Sea left the woman with an internal injury, a finger-length laceration in her organs.
This time, the Sword Sea drained even more of her energy, and the enemy she faced was no longer just the elderly man with the dark golden theatrical mask. In the triple bout of swordsmanship, Ming Qi Tian managed to push back Sima but was too late to catch Yi Duanzhi's spear thrust. Thus, she exchanged a move with him, once again driving her sword into the man's chest.
And that was precisely the direction she had wanted.
Alone with her sword, the woman traversed the mountainside, realizing that her true enemies were not the two formidable Ye Que that were hard to find in the world, but rather the mythical Mirror Dragon made of ten thousand swords.
It felt no pain, no sensation, had no meridians, and could not be injured; it executed perfect sword strikes endlessly, as if competing with her to see who would make the first mistake.