The City Lord's Daughter

Victor's eyes glinted. "You shouldn't have gotten in my way."

Qi flooded his arm as he dashed forward and unleashed his strongest sword technique—Shadow Crescent Strike.

The sword arced through the air, releasing a crescent-shaped wave of blackened energy that glistened like dusk itself.

It emitted a strange ethereal resonance that warped the air around it.

The Nascent Soul cultivator laughed while spinning his own curved blade before activating a technique—Jade Vortex Shell—

A spinning disc of green energy encased his upper body like a spiral shield.

The cultivator's smug grin didn't waver—until the shadow crescent passed through his Jade Vortex Shell as if the technique wasn't even there.

"What—?"

He tried to dodge at the last moment but it was too late.

The shadowy arc cleaved across him with a slicing buzz.