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This Zhan Hong Building's contemporary true successor, ranked eighth on the "Ask the True List" and an exceptional powerhouse of the major sect in the Heavenly Sect, now appeared utterly devoid of any combat will, even her tone brimming with an intense sense of defeat.
This left Bai Qing'er and the others from Wandan City utterly astonished, unable to fathom why this was the case.
Only Xue An understood that all this was because the confidence and belief of this favored daughter of heaven had completely collapsed.
The path of the Sword Dao was always thus.
This sword cultivator, who had been enveloped by the halo of genius since childhood, found her path too smooth. Thus, after witnessing that earth-shattering sword strike just now, she began to harbor deep doubts about herself.
For a sword cultivator, such doubt is extremely fatal.
What's more, Xue Liuli's foundation was not very sturdy to begin with.
