The edge of the sword sliced into the corpse king's body at three different locations, though none of the wounds were fatal.

The monster lost its right arm, but it just strengthened its grip on the sword with its left hand in response. It looked up at the girl, and its eyes changed colors from grey to green, indicating that its physical strength had just increased tenfold.

The girl was shocked. "Corpse King Transformation?"

The sword shattered with a loud bang, and the corpse king thrust the broken blade back at the girl. Blue energy formed a shield in front of her, and she used more energy to propel herself away from the corpse king.

The Corpse King Transformation had increased the corpse king’s strength to the point where it was able to withstand the girl's sword, but it was still unable to endure the attacks that she released with her blue energy converter. These attacks were equal to a fourth or fifth-tribulation Envoy.

As the corpse king was forced to retreat, the girl clenched the hilt of her broken sword. She took a step forward and vanished. The broken blade stabbed into the corpse king from an odd angle, and while the corpse king reached out to grab the sword, it failed. Instantly, the blade pierced through the monster’s forehead.

When the blade was removed from...