Startled, King Libra looked up and discovered that the Buddha statue he had taken refuge in had been smashed, leaving a large hole. A brilliant golden light streamed in, dazzling his eyes.
Instinctively, King Libra raised his hand to shield his eyes, but before he could react, he was struck on the head by a solid object. Grimacing in pain, he knelt down and saw a shiny golden bun lying at his feet.
"Who did this?" King Libra seethed with anger.
A small figure appeared at the entrance of the brightly lit hole, poking her head out and giggling. In one moment, her expression was incredibly gentle and cute, her eyes forming charming crescents. But in the next moment, her face hardened, and she turned cold. Raising her hand, she drew her bow and released a chilling hidden arrow aimed at him.
Lilly's eyes were cold and determined as she spoke in a low voice, "It's payback time!"
King Libra, filled with fury, felt his anger intensify. He had been hiding, but it did not mean he was afraid. He was merely biding his time, and it certainly did not mean he lacked strength.
Furthermore, the current Ruler of Hell was not that powerful. At best, he was a more powerful mortal child. How arrogant of Lilly to come to his doorstep alone!
King Libra was doubting himself.
Then, he drew a colossal long sword from his back and swung it viciously at Lilly.
This little pest will meet her demise today!
With a resounding boom, the golden Buddha statue was cleaved into fragments, leaving only half of the Buddha's body in the blink of an eye.
The once-smiling face of the Buddha was now split in half, his hand held out in a gesture of compassion and pity towards all beings.
Lilly stood on the statue's shoulder, her black cap long gone, her tousled bangs swaying in the gusting wind. Her eyes revealed a hint of coldness, a mix of lingering childlike innocence and an emerging stern resolve.
King Libra stood beneath the Buddha statue, forced to look up at her, which unsettled him greatly. Three hundred years ago, he had been defeated by a woman, compelled to bow and look up. And now, facing this woman transformed into a little girl, he still felt overpowered? Why was that?
She's just a child. Who gave her such courage?
"Die!" King Libra bellowed, raising his long sword and launching an attack on Lilly.
The massive black sword seemed to rend the heavens and split the earth. The surrounding air trembled, as if collapsing, and a violent gust swept up, drawing all the nearby Buddha statues into its vortex.
Lilly gripped the Buddha statue's ears with one hand while wielding her purple sledgehammer with the other. She stood firm, resembling a resolute tree in the fierce wind.
She knew well that she was far from being King Libra's opponent at the moment. But that would not stop her from honing her skills.
Before smashing the Buddha statue, she had already prepared her escape route...
The black sword tore through the sky and the earth, emanating a chilling aura of dread. In response, Lilly leaped from her perch, wielding the purple sledgehammer with all her might, and brought it crashing down upon King Libra's head.
"Eighty!" she exclaimed loudly, and in an instant, the purple sledgehammer shrank to half the size of a house, enveloping King Libra and his enormous sword beneath its weight.
A resounding clash erupted, sparks flying like lightning and thunder. The purple sledgehammer thwarted the bloodthirsty black sword, blocking its advance.
While she could not mount a counterattack, Lilly managed to hammer her opponent into the ground, as if playing a game of whack-a-mole.
Lilly felt a sense of accomplishment. Her father always taught her to find contentment in life and to progress one step at a time in her training.
Today's training objective is to block King Libra's attack and survive and the punching bag will be King Libra.
King Libra was momentarily stunned when Lilly successfully blocked his attack. He quickly grabbed the large sword that had been thrown back and thought to himself with satisfaction, "That's right, she's gotten a bit stronger, but that's nothing to me!"
He had been testing her and had only used five percent of his strength. He planned to save the remaining strength in case he needed to make a quick escape.
Little did he know that Lilly's strike made him realize the truth!
Lilly was seen lying on the table, half-kneeling, panting heavily while gripping the table for support.
She had used her full strength to defend his attack, while he had only used a fraction!
Hahaha, it seems that luck is on my side. Perhaps even the heavens had turned a blind eye and sent this foolish little girl to my doorstep.
King Libra momentarily dismissed the thought of running away and grinned, calmly saying, "Where's your master? Isn't he protecting you anymore? Hoho… You're nothing but a child. In my next life, you should learn from your master's caution and wisdom."
Back when he was fleeing underground, Pablo had prevented Lilly from pursuing and killing him. Perhaps, he knew they would not be able to harm him even if they tried their best.
Unfortunately for Lilly, Pablo was not here now. Did she really believe she could kill him by herself?
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