Selena’s arms trembled as she steadied herself and her lances vibrated from the sheer force of Zhao Tian’s strike.
But she had no time to reflect because Zhao Tian was already upon her again.
SWOOSH!
His blade slashed downward with blistering speed as a golden arc of destruction cut through the space between them.
Selena twisted her body, narrowly avoiding the strike as the blade carved deep into the stone floor behind her.
The ground erupted from the impact as jagged debris flew in all directions.
She countered instantly.
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THRUST!
Her left lance shot forward like a viper, aiming straight for his heart.
Zhao Tian’s sword snapped upward—
CLANG!
The two weapons met, but in the very next instant, Selena twisted her wrist, rotating her lance at an impossible angle.
The sharp edge scraped along his blade, bypassing his defense as she redirected the thrust toward his throat.
But Zhao Tian teleported from there.
His body shifted at the last possible moment and the lance’s tip brushed past his blindfolded face, slicing a single strand of hair as it missed by a fraction of an inch.
And before Selena could react—
BOOM!
Zhao Tian’s elbow smashed into her chest.
A shockwave burst from the impact, sending her skidding backward as her boots scraped against the cracked stone floor.
Blood dripped from the corner of her mouth, but instead of anger, a twisted grin spread across her lips.
She slammed her foot onto the ground and the blood that had pooled from the corpses of the dead vampires trembled violently.
Hundreds of blood-red spikes erupted from the ground, spearing toward Zhao Tian from all directions.
Zhao Tian’s aura surged and his grip on his sword tightened.
BOOM!
With a single motion, he swung.
A golden-black wave of energy exploded outward, obliterating the incoming spikes in a single, devastating sweep.
*THOOM* The sheer force of the attack tore through the battlefield, carving a deep trench into the ground and sending the remains of the blood constructs scattering into the night air.
Selena leapt back, landing gracefully atop a broken pillar, but Zhao Tian was already in front of her before she could react.
SLASH!
His sword came down in a vertical arc.
Selena crossed her lances just in time-
CLANG!
The impact nearly sent her crashing to the ground.
But before she could recover, Zhao Tian twisted midair as his leg sweeped out in a brutal spinning kick.
THWACK!
Her body lurched sideways, crashing into the rubble below.
Zhao Tian descended and his sword slashed downward once more-
However, at the last moment, the blood beneath Selena exploded.
A massive, pulsating hand of blood burst from the ground, catching his sword mid-strike.
Selena laughed upon seeing this "Got you."
The hand clenched.
Zhao Tian’s body was yanked downward, pulled into the crimson abyss beneath them.
The blood twisted, forming chains, tendrils, and claws, like a monstrous, shifting mass that threatened to swallow him whole.
FWOOM!
A golden-black aura erupted from his body, disintegrating the blood restraints instantly. In the next moment—
He reappeared right in front of her.
Selena’s pupils shrank ’Shit, he is fast...’
She barely had time to raise her lances before-
BOOM!
Zhao Tian’s fist crashed into her stomach and her entire body convulsed.
The force of the impact sent shockwaves and the ground beneath them shattered.
Stone fragments shot into the air as Selena was blasted backward like a ragdoll, slamming into a distant wall with an earth-shaking CRASH!
The entire structure trembled from the impact as cracks spread like spiderwebs along its surface before—
BOOOOM!
The wall collapsed on top of her.
Dust and debris filled the air, obscuring the surroundings in a thick, suffocating cloud.
Zhao Tian stood in the aftermath and his sword, still humming with residual energy, was lowered at his side.
At this time, he felt the energy around her shifting and his gaze narrowed ’Is she entering the Plurret form?’
He teleported and reappeared in front of her as his hand lashed out, grabbing her face.
*shreek* Zhao Tian’s grip tightened around Selena’s face, his fingers digging into her flesh with brutal force.
"Urghh..." A sharp gasp escaped her lips, but before she could even react, she felt her entire world tilt violently.
The next thing she knew, the ground rushed up to meet her as he hurled her downward with monstrous strength.
*THOOM*
Selena’s body crashed into the battlefield like a meteor, stone and dirt exploding in every direction as the sheer force of her collision sent shockwaves through the ground.
A crater formed beneath her and the vampires around her staggered back.
But before any of them could even process what had happened—
BOOM!
Zhao Tian reappeared in an instant, his figure materializing in a blur of black and golden light.
His presence alone sent a suffocating wave of pressure rippling outward, causing the lesser vampires to tremble.
Selena barely had time to understand what was happening before his foot smashed into her face with earth-shattering force.
*CRACK* A sickening crack echoed through the air as her skull was driven deep into the crater and the stone beneath her shattered further, turning into fine dust under the sheer magnitude of his attack.
"Guaarrghhhh." Her body spasmed involuntarily and her limbs twitched as pain flooded her entire being.
Yet Zhao Tian didn’t stop.
His foot pressed harder, grinding her face further into the shattered ground.
Along with this new energy, Zhao Tian used his space domain to crush her further.
"Urgh…" Selena choked out, her voice muffled by the dirt and stone that filled her mouth.
Her once-proud body, now lay pinned beneath his heel like a mere insect.
She struggled, clawing at the ground, trying to push herself up, but her strength was being drained at an alarming rate.
And then she felt it.
Her eyes widened in horror as she sensed the cracks spreading inside her body.
He wasn’t just crushing her into submission.
He was breaking her.
Her meridians, the intricate network of energy pathways that allowed her to harness her blood techniques, were fracturing.
Tiny, hairline fissures at first, but they spread like wildfire, growing and shattering under the relentless force of his power.
’M-My cultivation?’
The core of her existence, the foundation of all her strength, was crumbling before her very eyes, and there was nothing she could do to stop it.
"No… no, no, NO—!"
And then—
CRACK.
A sharp, splintering sound tore through her body and Selena’s entire body arched violently as a wretched, guttural scream ripped from her throat.
"ARGHHHHHHHHH!!! AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHH!"
A searing pain flooded her senses and drowned her in waves of torment so excruciating that she could barely breathe.
The power she had spent centuries cultivating was gone.
Her body trembled violently as she gasped for air.
She was empty.
Zhao Tian finally lifted his foot, allowing her broken body to collapse completely onto the shattered ground.
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She lay there motionless and her green eyes stared blankly into the night sky.
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