Old Sword merely smiled.
"Look closely."
The young lady frowned, but she did as instructed. She circulated her Sword Sense, carefully examining the space around her. The fact that she was defeated without knowing how fueled her determination to understand what had happened and how.
Thus, she focused more on her surroundings as Old Sword had instructed.
And then she saw it.
Hundreds of almost invisible threads of Sword Energy had wrapped themselves around her body. They were so thin that even with her Sword Sense, she could barely detect them.
Some were wrapped around her wrists, while others hovered dangerously close to her neck, chest, and legs. If she moved, they would hurt her before she could even unleash her own attack.
The most terrifying part was that they weren't stationary.
They were moving like gentle currents of wind. They flowed around her body, following her every movement.
'When did he...'
Her expression turned pale.
