CHAPTER 834
The crushing pressure suddenly reduced.
The barrier was nowhere to be seen or felt anymore, causing everyone to pause for a momentary heartbeat as they stared at Noelle's battered back.
The girl was huffing and panting in ragged, shallow breaths while blood rolled down her body as freely as sweat.
Her clothes were barely hanging on at this point, shredded by the invisible blades.
Her face was now so thoroughly covered with crimson that the fluid was dripping into her eyes… or rather, her eye.
Through the red haze, it became clear that one of Noelle's eye sockets was now missing its orb, leaving her with a singular, bloodshot eye—a horrific injury that had likely occurred during the barrier incident.
She was barely standing, appearing like someone who had been sliced in a hundred places by a master's katana.
Her knees buckled, and with a final, weary sway, she landed on them before collapsing face-first onto her abdomen.
