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

The Feng Sheng in her hand bloomed with a dense array of sword moves, instantly sealing off all openings around her opponent.

In that instant, Ji Xuanzong was shocked to discover that he didn't even have room to counterattack… Even after countless battles, he had never encountered such a situation.

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

"Preposterous…" Ji Xuanzong silently channeled his Sacred Essence, defending himself airtightly, and thought to himself, "How could she know where my weak points are… based on that exchange just now? No… that's impossible… how could such a person exist in this world…"

Distracted thoughts naturally affect one's concentration during battle. At this point, Ji Xuanzong's mind was in chaos, so it was no surprise that he revealed an opening…

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

Seizing this opportunity, she used "Restriction Burst," freeing her feet and making an incredibly fast move…

In a flash, the tip of her sword was a mere inch from Ji Xuanzong's chest.

"Crap…" Ji Xuanzong knew he had revealed an opening and was terrified.

Fortunately… with the Heavenly Book Bamboo Slips in hand, he still had the ability to maneuver even in the face of this deadly attack.

Chi Ying—

The next second, a sharp sound rang out, followed by a burst of cold light.

A surge of powerful energy gushed out from the bamboo slips in Ji Xuanzong's hand, filling the gaps in his defense and suddenly surging back… meeting the incoming sword energy.

Seeing that the situation was bad, Ruo Yu frowned slightly and suddenly withdrew her sword and turned around.

This action of turning defense into retreat and changing moves in the midst of battle is a major taboo in fighting. Usually, this kind of action is only taken out of desperation… 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, almost flawless…

[Name: Bright Jade Skill (Fourth Layer)]

[Skill Card Attribute: Special Skill, Permanently Mastered, Ability Improves with Cultivation]

[Skill Category: ???]

[Effect One: Divine Skill Initialized, Inner Breath Stabilized]

[Effect Two: Qi Circulates Through Ren and Du Meridians, Reborn]

[Effect Three: Mind Like Clear Ice, Unfazed by Collapse of the Heavens]

[Effect Four: Treading the Wind and Waves, Moving Like a Shadow]

[Learning Conditions: Female Player, Level 35 or Above, Martial Arts Specialization A, Unlock Spirit Arts Specialization]

[Note: Peerless martial art of the Yihua Palace, orthodox and supreme inner cultivation method. Those who achieve great success in this divine skill will have inexhaustible power, ice-like profound force, eternal youth, and invincibility.]

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, let's not talk about them for now and first discuss 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 dodging action."

At that critical moment, Ruo Yu activated this skill.

And then…

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

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

"Such a thing actually exists…" Ji Xuanzong originally thought that his opponent had nowhere to avoid, but he didn't expect… that she would just float and sway, turning lightly, and make his attack vanish into nothingness. "Truly, there is always someone better… it seems that I really underestimated the role of 'external cultivation' (generally refers to training targeting the body and techniques. In the Sacred Essence World, conventional "martial arts" are not valued, because the effect of techniques is very limited in the difference in cultivation realm) in actual combat… Today, I have learned something…"

"He is a Boss-level character after all… he's really not easy to deal with…" At this moment, Ruo Yu was also pondering in her heart, "If I hadn't activated the skill in time… things would have been difficult…"

…………

Meanwhile, while Ruo Yu and Ji Xuanzong were dueling, the battle between Xu Huai Shang and the Four Heavenly Kings of Gangshan was also underway.

Zhi Zheng's death shocked and frightened the other three Heavenly Kings. In their lives, they had never seen anything like it… a person without even Sacred Essence Force actually killed a Sacred Essence Limitless Realm expert in an instant (they didn't see how many moves the opponent used, only how long it took); and that expert was their sworn brother.

"What's wrong? Didn't you want to capture me alive?" Xu Huai Shang faced the remaining three and said with a fierce expression, "Why aren't you moving?" She snorted coldly, turning her anger into sarcasm in her tone. "Are you scared now?"

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

"Two younger brothers, don't be careless… this girl is definitely not ordinary…" Dao Zheng calmed himself and analyzed self-righteously, "Fourth brother was careless and was ambushed by her…"

"Yes… Big 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 its peak… Fourth brother was careless for a moment, so he…"

"What did you call me?" Xu Huai Shang interrupted De Zheng. "Say it again if you dare!"

At this moment, Goddess Xu's pretty face was flushed red because she 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 ignorantly, "Feng Bujue's fourth concubine?"

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

[Name: Scarlet Blade Style - True. Rainflow Raging Slash]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Combat]

[Effect: Unleashes a charged two-stage slash on a single enemy (Cooldown Time: 1 hour)]

[Consumption: Stamina 2000, Spiritual Power 100]

[Learning Conditions: Combat Specialization s, Spirit Art Specialization d]

[Note: An ultimate killing move hiding some extremely secret usage methods.]

You didn't read that wrong, Xu Huai Shang's move is an S-level skill. And the secret hidden in this move is—"Five-Stage Charge", which means "you can start secretly charging before activating the skill, every twenty seconds is considered one stage, and every stage of charge doubles the power of the skill."

Similar to the Bright Jade Skill, many skills with "ambiguous skill 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…

Although Xu Huai Shang has not yet understood the hidden usage of this skill, but… to kill a De Zheng, the uncharged version of [Scarlet Blade Style - True. Rainflow Raging Slash]… is already enough.