I tried not to roll my eyes at the usual "villain declares how everything is over even before he won" cliché. No, seriously. I get that they love to underestimate the protagonists, which always gave a chance to turn the tables on them, but you'd think that at least one of them would learn from his or her mistake by now.
Thankfully, Wei Lai didn't waste too much time trash-talking. He was already hurtling toward me. No, that was a mistake on my part. He disappeared and reappeared right beside me, his spear slicing toward my neck. Using the same trick to fast-forward him into a place where he would be in the future.
I deflected his spear to the side, sparks flying as my sword clashed against his weapon. Metal shrieked and I staggered back, somehow able to block his kick. Swinging my sword, I tried to counterattack, but he slipped away, using his temporal abilities to displace himself from the present and retreat elsewhere.
