The last time Lind had faced the Bastard directly had been across the expanse of the holds. They had been far apart and both had been pushed to their limits.
The Fiend had been consuming one hold or Eternal Realm cultivator after another from outside their boundary while Lind had laced every hold with his harmonic Qi, poisoning the well for the Fiend.
It had bought him time as the Fiend had to pull back and expunge his harmonic Qi from the Bastard's dantian.
While Lind had driven him back, it was mostly a draw. Further, he had lost so many to get to the Fiend that he could not call his current progress a victory.
Now, he saw the impossible in a cage. An Eternal Realm version of Cyntilla and he knew she was real! He could feel it as well as the clear connection to his Tapestry. The Bastard could not manipulate that but there was more.
