A pale and extremely long hand gripped the sword hilt, and the arm spun like a centrifuge, turning the great sword into a high-speed rotating drill.

"Buzzing!"

When Ma Baoli heard the noise caused by the rotation, the tip of the drill had already reached her face.

This sword strike was too sudden and too fast, even Liu Zheng and the Yaksha couldn’t react in time to help, only watching as the drill headed for Ma Baoli’s nose bridge.

It’s not hard to imagine that if this strike hit, Ma Baoli’s head would instantly become a bursting watermelon.

"You think you can kill me? You’re not qualified yet!"

Faced with the life-and-death crisis, Ma Baoli was not afraid but rather joyful.

She was inherently a legendary treasure sword, only needing a battle to sharpen the edge.

And in the face of this unprecedented formidable enemy, Ma Baoli’s fighting spirit rose layer by layer, reaching the peak.

Her entire aura surged like wolf smoke, causing the high-speed rotating great sword to hesitate for a moment.

Then, five-colored lightning transformed into a hilt in her hands, the crimson blood aura turned into the blade, and the invisible fist intent became the blade edge.

"Breaking Blade Infinite Thirteen Blades!"

Ma Baoli’s eyes widened in anger, striking out thirteen slashes in an instant.

Each strike of sword energy followed the previous one, overlaying with it.

Finally, all thirteen sword energies gathered together, transforming into a pure crimson sword energy.

This move was the true family heirloom of the Ma family, but from her great-grandfather onwards, no one had been able to master it; Ma Baoli only truly comprehended it after Inner Training Five Thunders.

The first emphasis of this sword technique is on momentum; not one strike more or one less than the thirteen should be executed. After the strike, it’s either the enemy dies or I perish.

Back then, Ma’s great-grandfather used the Breaking Blade Infinite Thirteen Blades to perish together with his opponent.

Therefore, Ma Fuguo was both delighted and worried when Ma Baoli mastered this sword technique—delighted that the family heirloom would have a successor, worried that Ma Baoli, being young and hot-headed, might imitate her ancestors after learning this technique.

This is one of the key reasons why he didn’t allow Ma Baoli to roam outside or fight with outsiders.

However, now that his own path of Dao was shattered, he could no longer restrain his genius daughter.

"High-speed Sword!"

Teresa, completely bare-skinned, grabbed the sword hilt with one hand, her pure white, slender arm bloating thick like an elephant’s leg, black aura entwined on the single arm, seeming like arm armor or a burial shroud.

She thrust forward, and both the arm and great sword vanished.

But this wasn’t a true disappearance; it was because the speed of her arm’s extension and contraction was too fast for the naked eye to capture.

No sword energy, no Wind Blades; she used demonic power to confine all strength onto the sword body, unleashing hundreds of sword strikes in an instant.

"Ding ding ding ding!!!!"

After a brief silence, a teeth-achingly dense sound of metal clashes erupted all at once, creating a shockwave that cleared the surrounding air and dust.

Yet beyond this, the expected scene of a massive energy explosion did not occur.

Because the moves on both sides were ultimate techniques with Unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, there was practically no energy leakage.

"Creak!"

Sword energy, like a blood moon, was the first to crack open, turning into wisps of blood aura that dissipated in the air.

"Clang clang clang clang clang!"

The great sword, which survived under the Nine Heavens Responding Element Universal Transformation Divine Thunder, also shattered, breaking into fragments smaller than a thumbnail scattered across the ground.

Teresa caressed her chest, a two-finger wide wound opening from her left shoulder to her right waist, almost splitting her into two diagonally.

"It’s been a long time since anyone pushed me this far, what’s your name?"

Growing two large and two small white wings on her back, with golden eyes that seem more beautiful than human, Teresa asked.

"This girl is called Ma Baoli, remember that, come find me for revenge if you become a resentful spirit later."

Ma Baoli replied loudly.

Compared to Teresa, she seemed in much better shape, at least without any injuries on her body.

Ma Baoli was still young, and didn’t have a true blood feud with Teresa, so her strikes weren’t harsh or decisive enough, as she still had thoughts and spare strength to preserve herself.

This meant she couldn’t slay Teresa with one strike, but also allowed her to avoid Teresa’s lethal counterattack.

"Such an injury isn’t enough to kill me, Little Pony."

Teresa spoke gently, as if they were merely an older sister and younger sister messing around.

"What Little Pony? Don’t arbitrarily change others’ names, hey."

Ma Baoli replied, exasperated.

Moreover, as if even her entire race had been changed.

"Besides, I can’t become a resentful spirit. Physical death is the end for us, in the Metropolis, this might be a kind of fortune."

Teresa continued speaking to herself, running a black hand over her wound.

The eerie black aura absorbed into the wound, which immediately aligned and closed, the skin smooth and unblemished as if it had never been injured.

"And unfortunately, my body is too hard to kill."

Teresa said softly.

"Oh, so you’re a fellow traveler too."

Liu Zheng raised an eyebrow.

Seeing that Ma Baoli was fine, he felt at ease. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"I’ve heard of your feats, too bad you changed bodies, otherwise I really want to see if the Black Mountain Goat Cub is truly unkillable."

Teresa said, looking at him.

"You should first see if you’re truly unkillable. Good luck, Little Pony, I have high hopes for you."

Liu Zheng gave Ma Baoli a thumbs up.

Tsk, indeed, without giving a thumbs-up with a large tentacle there’s no excitement.

"If you keep joking around, I’ll defect."

Ma Baoli glared at him and said.

"I was wrong, esteemed Master Ma Baoli, please proceed."

Liu Zheng immediately backed down.

"Hmph!"

Ma Baoli glanced at him but didn’t strike immediately.

Not because she wanted to go against Liu Zheng, but because she needed to recuperate a bit.

Unleashing two Big Moves consecutively, even with her profound skills, was somewhat exhausting.

Ma Baoli believed Teresa’s condition was similar to hers, otherwise when her sword energy was broken just now, Teresa should have taken the opportunity to finish her off.

"Hm?"

Liu Zheng also noticed her less than optimal state.

He didn’t know how fast Ma Baoli could recover, but following the principle of assuming the worst in enemies, he definitely wouldn’t let Teresa take the initiative.

Thus, he signaled to the Yaksha.

The Yaksha understood, and the Treasure Bead on the Magic Wand glowed faintly.

"If someone interferes with the battle between me and this lady, then that lion is dead for sure."

Teresa said.

"You’re threatening me."

Liu Zheng narrowed his eyes, boundless killing intent ignited by anger, even making the Yaksha beside take notice.

"That’s right."

Teresa calmly replied.

"Then you’ve threatened the right person."

He grinned, withdrawing all his killing intent.

Sometimes you have to interpret words in reverse.

If their interference meant the Sphinx would die for sure, it implied that without interference, they wouldn’t attack the Sphinx.

No matter if it was due to a mutual appreciation with Ma Baoli or another reason, since she offered goodwill, Liu Zheng wouldn’t forcefully insist.

He even leisurely pulled out his phone and called Niu Daji.

"Hey, Da Ji, how’s the clinic going?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Pretty good, boss. Just that Lady An Duo seems a bit uneasy, as if she’s sensed something unusual."

Niu Daji replied.

"Hm, someone’s trying to take Lin Pinru, we’ve already confronted them here; there should be an ambush near the clinic as well. Stay alert, and be ready to support An Duo at any moment."

He said.

"Yes, boss, I will definitely protect Lady An Duo."

Niu Daji expressed his determination.

"Hm, keep it up, young man, I have high hopes for you."

Liu Zheng thought about it and decided against dampening his enthusiasm.

"Whew!"

Ma Baoli let out a breath, the white mist like fog, thunder and lightning flashing within it.

"You’re slow."

She stared at Teresa and said.

"Yes."

Teresa admitted frankly.

Her recovery speed was naturally faster than Ma Baoli’s, but Ma Baoli’s loss was only of energies, while she had sustained real injuries, so ultimately Ma Baoli managed to seize the advantage.

"Hurry up; I don’t have all day to wait for you."

Ma Baoli said proudly.

"In that case, I won’t keep you waiting any longer."

Teresa smiled, then opened her four wings, wrapping herself entirely within them.