But at that moment, Mu Long suddenly lifted his leg and kicked his back, withdrawing the sword from his body. Simultaneously, he disappeared once more into the boundless darkness.
With a "puh chi" sound, a fountain of blood gushed out from the wound in Blue Arc's body, but it was quickly swallowed by the infinite darkness.
Blue Arc curled up on the ground, hands covering the wound on his abdomen, as he had wished... blood stained his hands red.
He had given up thinking; his body seemed like a marionette, moving almost solely on the reflexes honed from years of training.
Instinct told him that there was no hope of victory in Mu Long's domain. So instinctively, he stood up, instinctively bent his knees slightly, as deep blue lightning enveloped his entire body, and he started to dash in a fixed direction.
