Perhaps it was to preserve a final ounce of dignity for Mokaka, the leader. Although the Immeasurable Calamity slashed through the girl's body, it did not split her in half on the spot.
However, everyone present was acutely aware that this girl was beyond saving.
The cruelty of the "Kasaya Slash" is akin to bisection; although it doesn't kill immediately, once the cut is made, the die is cast, with no chance of redemption.
Her spine, heart, half a lung... and half her abdominal cavity were severed, and crimson blood kept gushing from her mouth, making even breathing increasingly difficult.
The diagonal scar across her chest bloomed like a crimson flower in the dusk—from the right shoulder to the left rib, the unique wound of the Kasaya Slash appeared like lightning tearing through the twilight.
Tian En's pupils shrank to the size of a needle's tip.
