The image of the red fox's claws reflected in Li Chen's serene eyes.
Sliding his right leg backward, he leaned to the left, unsheathing his sword with impeccable familiarity.
Shing—!
The sword light flashed but the fox phased through the radiance!
Its claws clashing against Li Chen's scabbard and his foot sinking into the weak floorboards all happened in a split second.
Somersaulting backwards, his foot shot out of the hole, sending splinters in different directions. One of the splinters sliced through the air and lodged into the fox's eye!
Before it could scream, Sovereign flew out of Li Chen's grap. The sword flashed past the beast and returned to his grasp.
Flicking away the last bit of fox blood, Li Chen sheathed his sword. A glowing red core flew out of the fox's chest wound and he wrapped his fingers around it.
'fire element.'