Forest Ambush, Part V
Zhou Lihua was no longer a fighter. She spent her days refining pills, memorizing recipes, and learning about ingredients. Her days pushing her physical limits were behind her. That did not mean, however, that she did not keep up with her training. Alchemists might not belong on the battlefield, but they did occasionally find themselves in trouble. Plenty of people would love to have an alchemist like her in their pocket. Many of those people wouldn’t mind using nefarius acts to acquire her. Even if she no longer focused purely on combat, she still made sure to keep up with her training.
Blonde came at her with purely physical combat. She was fast, as expected of someone at the peak of the Human Limit Realm, and she was even faster because she was using the lightning element to increase her reflexes. Her linear movement might not have changed. However, her ability to launch attacks and counter her attacks far exceeded what Zhou Lihua could do.