Chapter 120 : Master and Student

Black knives sliced through the air toward Xie Mu's meditation form. Her face remained serene, locked in concentration as she wrestled with the Clarity Mirror's power.

"No interruption!" Yuan Xia screamed. Black Heaven unfurled like a striking serpent, its segmented blade wrapping protectively around Xie Mu. The knives clattered harmlessly against the whip-sword's defense.

Yuan Xia lashed Black Heaven toward the knives' origin point, but found only empty shadows. The blade retracted, coiling back into position.

"I thought you'll keep running, Master Gao." Yuan Xia's laugh echoed off the chamber walls. "It seems your master had ordered you to protect this place."

"I have no master." The man's voice boomed through the darkness.

A fresh volley of knives - dozens more than before - rained down from multiple angles. Yuan Xia's whip-sword danced, deflecting each blade with precise movements.