Chapter 350: Over the Cliff
When she had first learned about the demons on Rosemount, Zae Zin Nim's greatest fear had been a demon stealing her cultivation. It was a terrible form of violation, stealing away everything she'd worked so hard for. When Lilaetiel howled and leapt at her, she very nearly quailed.
But she wasn't the cultivator she had been when she first set foot on the continent. Her opponent's wild strikes were chaotic and unpolished, with immense speed but little grace. Zae Zin Nim moved economically, deflecting them with the minimum of movements, staying ahead and preparing herself for the counter-strike. She would have one perfect moment...
Lilaetiel reached out, claws attempting to grasp her head - Zae Zin Nim activated her Coldfire Corona in full, enveloping the demon's hand in blue flames. The demoness screamed and reeled back, but Zae Zin Nim didn't let her.
Instead of a palm strike, which could be ineffective against someone with so much cultivation, Zae Zin Nim grabbed the demoness by the wrist. Then she drew up the full power of her Pure Yin Shroud and broke her arm at the elbow.
With a scream of pain, Lilaetiel lashed out wildly, managing to cut Zae Zin Nim's arm. She felt something leaking from the cut and forcibly closed off her meridians as she retreated. The demoness had been injured, but as she cradled her broken arm, there was a new light in her eyes. No more recklessness, just hunger. Slowly the demoness raised her good hand and her claws flickered with blue flame.
"I figured out that mana ability," Lilaetiel said with a chuckle. "It's not cultivation, but I'm happy to take it all too. Anything else for me?"
"Just this." As she spoke, Zae Zin Nim flipped Omilaena's syringe from her spatial bracelet and injected herself in the side. Power flooded through her body and her vision went black.
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