Gao Yanskaya's intelligence was indeed outdated.
She didn't know much about Ryuga to begin with. All she knew was that he had single-handedly killed Ivan The Terrible in Russia. Later, she accepted a commission to send Cadoc and Yan Fengqi to the Atlantic Anomaly. After that, she didn't encounter Ryuga again.
But in less than two days, before she even left the Atlantic Anomaly, she heard that the Nordic Anomaly had been destroyed.
When the hidden ones learned that Chaldea had taken down two Anomaly Zones in succession, they couldn't help but be alarmed. They used a special communication device that could communicate across the Anomaly Zones to hold an impromptu meeting.
Even at that meeting, no one knew how strong Ryuga was. The only thing they knew about Ryuga was that he was very strong and had the Hero King's treasure vault in his hands. Even the Guai Li Sword was in his hands. After that, they didn't know anything else.
Following that, she received a commission to assassinate Tachika Fujimaru from the person in charge of the British Anomaly — Beryl.
In everyone's eyes, Tachika Fujimaru was the key to Chaldea. As long as she eliminated the only master, Chaldea would collapse.
The hidden ones shared the same thoughts.
Clearly, they didn't have a correct understanding of Ryuga.
It was no wonder. After all, be it Russia or Northern Europe, he had swiftly and decisively cut them off. It wasn't surprising that they didn't understand Ryuga's personality and goals.
Gao Yanskaya also clearly lacked understanding of Ryuga. To be safe, she didn't choose a poison that killed at first sight. Instead, she used a latent poison.
This was because there was a chance that the poison could be neutralized by alchemy. However, the latent poison she chose couldn't be saved by magic. She could only use the antidote in her hands to detoxify it. In other words, death was certain.
In the end, she did not expect that just as the two of them consumed the poison, she would be cut down by Ryuga.
No matter what kind of poison it was, even if it was the poison of a divine beast or a god, Ryuga's Demon Eye of Death Perception could kill it with a single slash. No matter how strong the poison used by Goyanskaya was, it could not surpass that kind of poison.
After witnessing that scene, with her experience, how could she not understand what was going on? Her face immediately turned gloomy, and resentment appeared in her eyes.
Her first commission ended in failure.
"Since you're already here, don't even think about escaping so easily, vixen."
After these words entered her ears, Gao Yanskaya felt a bone-chilling killing intent from Liu Xia's body, causing her to tense up involuntarily. All the hairs on her body stood up, and she was like a fox whose hair stood on end.
His identity had been exposed!
Moreover, the difference in their strength was too great. She was no match for that fellow no matter what. Escaping was more important!
She almost did not hesitate to escape from here.
Where there's life, there's hope. It was impossible for her to win now, but it did not mean that it would be the same in the future. Her current strength was rapidly increasing, or rather, recovering. As long as she waited for a while more, she would naturally be able to avenge the humiliation of escaping in defeat today.
"— Form of Nine — Wind and Cloud Mist."
But just as she was about to move, a storm of sword aura suddenly covered her head.
The storm of sword aura enveloped all aspects of her body from all angles without any blind spots. The endless sword aura was like thousands of blades whistling toward her. She was caught off guard and suddenly bombarded her body.
"Ugh! Ahhhh —! "
Goyanskaya's eyes widened. Before she could retreat, she was entangled by the sword aura. When the endless sword aura approached her body, it was as if she was being sliced into pieces, causing her face to instantly distort as she let out a shrill scream.
With the rise of Ryuga's swordsmanship level, his swordsmanship became more and more skillful and brilliant.
Although there was no deeper breakthrough in the realm, after learning the swordsmanship of Yagyuu Munetsugu, Sasaki Kojiro, Okita Soki, and others, his swordsmanship level had reached a higher level.
For example, now, the original sword aura field could only appear around his blade. But with the improvement of his swordsmanship, he could already cut out a sword aura field, so that the sword aura field could be released at a fixed point, no longer limited to the whole body.
Under the raging sword aura storm, Gao Yanskaya's body was cut into countless bloody marks. Even her clothes were torn into strips of cloth, and her skin was dyed red with blood.
Even the tables and stools around her suffered because of this. They were poked with holes one after another, and even the ground became bumpy and uneven.
After the Sword Qi Domain dissipated, the only thing that appeared in the ruins was a man covered in blood.
"You … How dare you —?!"
As if moving would cause severe pain all over her body, Gao Yanskaya gritted her teeth and glared at Ryuga. Her eyes were full of resentment, and she wanted to eat his flesh.
If she hadn't been so focused on escaping, she might have been able to resist for a while. Unfortunately, her spirit had been crushed by Liu Xia. She didn't have the slightest intention to fight back. Instead, she couldn't even take a single blow.
But on the other hand, this woman could take Ryuga's blow head-on without dying. It could be said that she was very tenacious.
She was indeed a vixen.
"I couldn't cut through the death line?"
Ryuga ignored Gao Yanskaya's resentful eyes and just secretly guessed in his heart.
Gao Yanskaya's state was very strange. Her strength was obviously not very strong, but for some reason, the death line on her body was extremely rare and thin. Moreover, it was scattered everywhere, so the messy sword aura couldn't accurately cut through her death line.
"Activate the demon eye!"
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the middle of everyone. She appeared in the cafeteria from another direction and took off the eye mask on her face, revealing the scarlet right demon eye.
"— Ich willesniemalsgränzensehen (I can't see its shining brilliance)!"
The target was Gao Yanskaya!
The long brown hair and eye mask had already proved her identity. It was Ophelia who had been imprisoned in the detention room by Chaldea.
"Weng —!"
As the miraculous light flowed, the wounds on Gao Yanskaya's body were quickly healed. The blood that flowed out also disappeared as if time was reversed. Even the clothes that had turned into strips of cloth returned to their original clean and tidy appearance.
No, that wasn't a phenomenon that could be explained by recovery at all. That was simply a miracle that was close to time reversal!
"This demon eye … Could it be that it can control time?"
Ryuga couldn't help but cast a surprised look at Ophelia.
Her appearance was not expected. It should be her actions that caused the change in the future.
In the future that Ryuga saw with Future Vision, Gao Yanskaya's act of poisoning Tachika Fujimaru and Gower quickly alarmed Chaldea, but before the servants arrived, she took the initiative to escape.
But because he rushed over in advance, it led to a subtle change in the future, and Ophelia appeared here.
No, it should be said that Gao Yanskaya actually released Ophelia early, but she wouldn't appear in the original future. But now that Gao Yanskaya was seriously injured by Ryuga, Ophelia had to take the initiative to appear and heal her with the demon eye.
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