Liam purposefully struck the dagger in her hand loudly, thereby ending the fight. If he sent even one more attack, then the girl would be dead.
So he knew when to stop and backed away. "That's enough."
Shen Yue was confused for a second and then realized what had happened. The next instant, tiredness overtook her, and she slumped down on the ground.
"Sis Yue!" Mei Mei quickly healed Shen Yue, and Liam picked her up off of the ground, gently placing her down on a nearby rock.
He helped her sit up and drink some health potions and eat some recovery berries. Soon she felt a lot better, and the wounds on her body also healed up.
Nevertheless, Shen Yue looked a bit down, so Liam awkwardly cleared his throat and mumbled. "About before, I was just saying things to get you worked up. Don't take it to heart."
"Umm. I understand." Shen Yue nodded. Clearly, she was still upset.
Liam ruffled his head and then planted a small kiss on her forehead before heading over to the group.
He pulled aside Derek and started sparring with him while Shen Yue dazedly touched her forehead, blushing bright red.
"Sis Yue! You cannot be this easy!" Mei Mei did not know whether to cry or laugh.
"Ah… Don't say that. Everything he is doing is for us. He is working very hard." Shen Yue mumbled, still rubbing her forehead.
Mei Mei shook her head helplessly. Her brother really had it too easy, and yet he was single! What a masochist!
The two of them continued watching Liam and Derek spar, which surprisingly did not go that differently from when Liam and Shen Yue had sparred.
Although in the beginning, Derek fared much better compared to Shen Yue, as time progressed, he as well suffered under the effects of the technique.
Illusionary Sword technique was simply too good, and since Liam's sword techniques were already above average, he was able to bring out the effects masterfully.
After Derek, a few other melee players as well took turns and sparred with Liam.
Derek went in for seconds, thirds, and several more helpings, and Shen Yue as well gripped her sword and went back a couple more times.
After some time, even some of the long-range players wanted to try and fight Liam. This was a rare opportunity to learn combat, and no one wanted to miss it.
And when they were not sparring with Liam, the rest of the group did not stand around and waste time and continued to clear the mobs near them.
In this manner, things continued for a while when the sky above them started to darken.
Liam let out a small sigh of tiredness and then stopped. "Hmmm. Time went by quite quickly. Alright, we can start moving to another location, and you guys can train with a different mob."
"And I will go back to… Hmmm…" He stopped packing up and suddenly looked up again.
Something was not right.
The sky was not darkening like it was supposed to, and more importantly… only the sky right above them had darkened… everywhere else was still bright.
Before Liam could realize what was happening, a loud shrill voice resounded amidst them. "GIVE ME BACK MY CROWN, YOU BITCH!"