"Younger Sister Lu, are you alright?!"
Deng Lun, barely able to support himself, went to Lu Jie's side to help her, but she shoved him away.
"You're so useless! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have ended up in this mess."
Lu Jie's eyes were still full of hatred. She despised Ling Chen for humiliating her and Deng Lun for his incompetence, which had led to her suffering.
"Ling Chen is an exceptional genius. His swordsmanship is superior, and he has now mastered Sword Intent. Someone like him is not someone we can afford to provoke. Fortunately, he's a righteous person. It's a blessing that we managed to keep our lives."
Deng Lun summoned his remaining strength to speak, then collapsed from exhaustion.
Performing that secret technique had drained too much of his True Qi and Essence Blood.
"Useless bum! Just rot here for all I care!"
