"Damn it!" Almost the moment the environment changed, Feng Xue realized something was wrong, or rather, it was a bad sign.
Despite having seemed to have the upper hand before, in the end, it was only because she used the Feminization Filter to interfere with the opponent's killing moves while pulling them into her own domain to fight.
Even so, she only managed to stall the opponent in that melee environment, never causing actual damage; a moment's relaxation had allowed her opponent to seize the opportunity and break free from her power.
"Or perhaps, this situation also stemmed from the lack of a compulsory effect in Iron-blooded tough guy," Feng Xue mused. If one got carried away in battle, it indeed could end in a melee where one party couldn't rise again. But if you grabbed the opportunity to admit defeat, you could exit that close combat drain."
