Ruo Yu's figure moved again, her movements as graceful as a startled swan.

The Feng Sheng in her hand bloomed with dense sword techniques, instantly sealing all the gaps around her opponent.

In that instant, Ji Xunzong was surprised to find that he didn't even have room to counterattack... Even though he had experienced countless battles, he had never encountered such a situation.

But in Ruo Yu's eyes, all of this was natural... She had merely activated her Soul Intent and was simply cutting at the "lines" she saw.

"Unreasonable..." Ji Xunzong silently gathered his Saint Yuan, defending himself impenetrably. He thought to himself, "How could she know the location of my weaknesses... just based on that exchange just now? No... that's impossible... how could such a person exist in this world..."

When one's thoughts are in disarray, it will naturally affect their concentration during battle. At this time, Ji Xunzong's mind was already disturbed, so it was not surprising that he revealed an opening...

"Opportunity!" Sure enough, after a few seconds, a "line of death" flashed in Ruo Yu's vision.

Seeing this opportunity, she took advantage of the situation to use "Restriction Burst," freeing her feet and making an incredibly fast movement...

Suddenly, the tip of her sword was less than an inch away from Ji Xunzong's chest.

"Crap..." Ji Xunzong knew that his weakness had been exposed and was shocked.

Fortunately... with the Heavenly Book Bamboo Scroll in hand, he still had the ability to maneuver in the face of this fatal attack.

Chi Ying—

The next second, a piercing sound rang out, bringing with it a burst of cold light.

A surge of immense energy涌自涌自 surged from the bamboo scroll in Ji Xunzong's hand, filling the gaps in his defense and suddenly rebounding... meeting the incoming sword energy.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ruo Yu frowned slightly and suddenly drew her sword back.

This act of retreating and changing moves on the spot is a major taboo in combat. Generally speaking, this kind of action is only taken as a last resort... because it not only disrupts one's own stance but also provides the opponent with an excellent opportunity to counterattack.

However, Ruo Yu's retreat was extraordinary and could be described as flawless...

【Name: Bright Jade Skill (Fourth Layer)】

【Skill Card Attribute: Special Skill, Permanently Mastered, Ability Increases with Cultivation】

【Skill Category: ???】

【Effect 1: Divine Skill Initialized, Internal Breath Stabilized】

【Effect 2: Qi Circulates Through Ren and Du Meridians, Reborn】

【Effect 3: Mind Like Clear Ice, Unfazed by the Collapse of the Sky】

【Effect 4: Treading the Wind and Waves, Moving Like a Shadow】

【Learning Conditions: Female Player, Level 35 or Above, Melee Specialization A, Activate Spirit Art Specialization】

【Note: The peerless martial art of Yi Hua Palace, the authentic and supreme inner cultivation method. Those who achieve great success in this divine skill will have inexhaustible power, mysterious energy like ice, eternal youth, and be invincible in the world.】

After this month (since the *Terror Nursery Rhymes* script), Ruo Yu's Bright Jade Skill had reached the fourth layer. Regarding the effects of the second and third layers, we will not discuss them here for the time being, but will first talk about the fourth layer, "Treading the Wind and Waves, Moving Like a Shadow"—this is an effect that can be actively activated, and its actual effect is: "Allows the player to make a theoretically feasible extreme dodge."

At that critical moment, Ruo Yu activated this skill.

But see...

Her beautiful figure fluttered, like a reflection of the moon in the water; her jade feet lightly touched down, as if stepping on snow and kicking up dust.

With a twist and a retraction, Ruo Yu avoided the opponent's dangerous counterattack and gracefully stood still.

"Such a thing actually exists..." Ji Xunzong originally thought that his opponent had no way to avoid it, but he did not expect that... she simply swayed and lightly turned, rendering his attack useless. "Truly, there is always someone better... it seems that I have indeed underestimated the role of 'external cultivation' (generally refers to training focused on the body and techniques. In the Saint Yuan world, the conventional meaning of "martial arts" is not valued, because the effect of techniques is very limited under the disparity in cultivation realms) in actual combat... Today, I have truly learned something..."

"He is a Boss-level character after all... he is indeed not easy to deal with..." At this moment, Ruo Yu was also thinking to herself, "If I hadn't activated the skill in time... things would have been difficult to say..."

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On another front, while Ruo Yu was dueling with Ji Xunzong, Xu Huai Shang and the Four Heavenly Kings of Gangshan were also engaged in battle.

The death of Zhi Zheng shocked and frightened the other three Heavenly Kings. In their lifetime, they had never seen anything like this... a person who didn't even have Saint Yuan power actually killed a master of the Saint Yuan Limitless Realm in an instant (they didn't see how many moves the opponent used, they only knew the length of time); moreover, that master was their sworn brother.

"What's wrong? Didn't you want to capture me alive?" Xu Huai Shang faced the remaining three people, a fierce look on her face, "Why aren't you moving?" She snorted coldly, turning her anger into sarcasm in her tone, "Are you scared already?"

Provoked by her words, Dao Zheng, De Zheng, and Fa Zheng came back to their senses.

"Two virtuous brothers, don't be careless... this girl is definitely not an ordinary person..." Dao Zheng calmed himself and analyzed pretentiously, "Fourth Brother was careless, which is why he was ambushed..."

"Yes... Eldest Brother is right." De Zheng continued, "It seems... Feng Bujue's fourth concubine... is a master of external martial arts, and her speed has reached the pinnacle... Fourth Brother was careless for a moment, so..."

"What did you call me?" Xu Huai Shang interrupted De Zheng's words, "Say it again if you have the guts!"

At this moment, the goddess Xu's pretty face was flushed red, because she had heard a title that made her extremely unhappy.

De Zheng was also stunned for a moment. He didn't realize why the other party was angry, so he repeated without knowing death was near, "Feng Bujue's fourth concubine?"

"Courting death!" Xu Huai Shang shouted sharply and used her strongest killing move without mercy on this guy who was courting death.

【Name: Scarlet Blade Style - True. Rain Stream Frenzied Falling Slash】

【Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered】

【Skill Category: Melee】

【Effect: Launches a charged two-stage slash against a single enemy (cooldown time is one hour)】

【Cost: Stamina 2000, Spiritual Power 100】

【Learning Conditions: Melee Specialization s, Spirit Art Specialization d】

【Note: An ultimate killing move that hides some extremely secret usage methods.】

You read that right, Xu Huai Shang's move is an s-level skill. And the secret hidden in this move is—"Five-stage Charge," that is, "You can start charging secretly before activating the skill, and every twenty seconds is considered one stage. Every time you charge one stage, the power of the skill will double."

Similar to the Bright Jade Skill, many "skills with ambiguous descriptions" appeared in the later stages of the game. These types of skills often have extremely amazing hidden effects, waiting for players to comprehend and discover them themselves...

Although Xu Huai Shang has not yet comprehended the hidden usage of this skill, but... to kill a De Zheng, the non-charged version of [Scarlet Blade Style - True. Rain Stream Frenzied Falling Slash]... is already enough.