Chapter 48: Lin Kai vs. Yan Wuji [II] [ PS Bonus]

The first clash had not ended yet. The two blades held the high middle line of the polished stone, edge against edge, and Lin Kai felt the difference inside the steel before his head had time to process it. He was leaning into the engagement with every kilo (pound) he had. The blade across from his was leaning into nothing. It was a wall.

Yan Wuji broke the contact himself. The hilt rotated half a turn at his wrist, the steel grated downward through Lin Kai’s guard, and the heirloom blade dropped a hand’s width off its high line. Lin Kai’s posture sagged with it. He had lost the position without taking a cut.

The Arena breathed in.

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