Ning Shoukai almost choked on his drink after hearing such a nonchalant reaction from everyone around him.
"She fought both of us using only runes." Ning Shoukai emphasised dramatically, his voice rising an octave to command the table's attention. "Absolutely nothing else."
"What? Really?" Xie Yanlin asked in obvious disbelief, his calm demeanour slipping as he found himself entirely unable to imagine delicate inscriptions and runes being deployed so aggressively and effectively in direct, high-speed combat.
The others looked equally shocked, their chopsticks halting midway through the air as they processed the information. To most traditional cultivators, runes were universally viewed as supplementary support tools or passive barriers, rather than true primary weapons designed for direct, active battle.
