Grin

Ryu came to a stop. He was a hint surprised. Honestly, he had expected to truly slice her into three pieces with that strike, but he had actually failed. In fact…

Ryu's eyes narrowed, looking down at his great swordstaffs. Not only were his wrists trembling on the verge of fracturing, but there were some hair-thin cracks on his blade.

Ryu's great swordstaffs might have only been Heaven Grade treasures, but he had personally refined them and he knew that their durability was no less than some Mystical Grade treasures. Of course, this was by the standard of the True Martial World at all.

For a treasure that hadn't even been properly activated to crack his great swordstaffs like this could only mean that it was an exceptional treasure, likely only meant to activate when Mae was truly in danger. Considering it didn't activate just now, that meant that it was well aware that Ryu's strike couldn't penetrate it even in a dormant state.