“Do you know this barrier?” Jiang Ke’er asked in a deep voice.
“I don’t know, but…” Qiao Xiaoxian closed her eyes and sensed for a moment. “It feels familiar, like… the northern part of the Realm of No Regret.”
The northern part of the Realm of No Regret.
Jiang Ke’er immediately visualized the scene frozen in time, where all life had become cold and rigid.
The true reason for that phenomenon remained a mystery to this day.
“I think I found the eye of the formation,” Qiao Xiaoxian suddenly said. “I’m going to go check it out. Wait for me here.”
“…”
“By the way,” Qiao Xiaoxian turned back and met Jiang Ke’er’s gaze solemnly. “Promise me, no matter what happens, never reveal the power of the Heavenly Demon.”
“I won’t promise.”
Qiao Xiaoxian was a bit annoyed.
“Fine, don’t promise then… As long as you don’t reveal it for my sake. Good thing you dislike me so much.”
Jiang Ke’er was momentarily speechless.
“I’m leaving.”
Qiao Xiaoxian reluctantly turned and flew toward the central area of the barrier.
Ring ring ring~
The communicator rang again. This time it was Lord Li.
[What’s going on?]
“Did you turn off the Celestial Monitoring Instrument?”
[I shut it down as fast as I could after the problem occurred. Only you and Qiao Xiaoxian went through… Where are you now? What’s the situation? Do you need help?]
“I do,” Jiang Ke’er said decisively. But just a moment later she changed her mind.
She paused and added, “Never mind, don’t come over. Have your people evacuate Beiju Luzhou as soon as possible.”
[What exactly happened?]
“Don’t ask. Just do it.”
No one could command General Li. Even Jiang Ke’er wouldn’t normally speak to him in such a rude tone.
But now, she had no mood for pleasantries.
Surely, by doing so, the other party would understand her resolute attitude and obediently listen.
After hanging up the communication, Jiang Ke’er stood anxiously by the barrier.
Qiao Xiaoxian, Qiao Xiaoxian, Qiao Xiaoxian…
“Shut up!”
Her head was buzzing with that name.
—
Qiao Xiaoxian could clearly feel her life force draining away.
The vaguely dispersing life force was converging toward the same direction. This was why she believed she had found the formation eye.
From afar, through the raging snowstorm, she spotted a figure in luxurious robes floating in midair, along with a square-shaped object in front of him.
Obviously, she wasn’t the only one who had found this place. Some fast cultivators had arrived earlier and were now dried-up corpses.
‘So cold…’
The closer she got to where the man was, the lower the surrounding temperature became.
Even with her Yang Attribute cultivation method, Qiao Xiaoxian found it difficult to resist this terrifying cold.
Moreover, after approaching this spot, the rate at which her life force was draining had noticeably increased.
The problem clearly lay with this man.
Qiao Xiaoxian did not underestimate the situation. All ten of her artifacts shot out, each pushed to their limits, and she launched a full-force attack at the man!
“Why are you alone?”
The man was unhurried, actually ignoring the ten artifacts as if they didn’t exist.
With a casual wave of his hand, the ten Grade 8 Artifacts, which had the power to shatter mountains and split the earth, instantly lost their radiance! Their connection to Qiao Xiaoxian was forcibly severed!
“Immortal Grade.”
Qiao Xiaoxian despairingly stated the true level of his cultivation base.
She hadn’t expected that the Tribulation Immortal Hall still had an Immortal Grade force remaining in Shenzhou, watching from the sidelines for so long, only now making a move.
“Strange, where’s Jiang Ke’er?”
The man sensed around in surprise. “She actually ended up outside the barrier. Miscalculation… No, this is even better!”
The man suddenly laughed. “I thought Jiang Ke’er was doomed to a dead end, but I never expected a chance to bring back an unbound fox demon. Ha, an unexpected blessing!”
‘Trouble.’
Qiao Xiaoxian gritted her teeth and suddenly launched herself into the air.
Using the surrounding cold, she condensed two massive ice blades and smashed them down at the man with all her might!
The man couldn’t even be bothered to dodge. The ice blades disintegrated into powder around his body.
However, that spectacular ice blade was just a decoy.
Qiao Xiaoxian’s figure suddenly appeared right in front of the man. Even the man was caught off guard by her explosive speed!
In his shock, Qiao Xiaoxian punched him in the chest. His entire left chest caved in deeply, and sharp ribs burst out through his back!
“Pfft—Your speed is actually no weaker than Jiang Ke’er?!”
The man spat blood. He had never imagined that he would be injured by a mortal cultivator at the Seven Luminaries Realm!
It was always him fighting above his level against others; when did it become someone else’s turn to fight above their level against him?
After landing that hit, Qiao Xiaoxian gave her opponent no chance to catch his breath.
Even though her connection with the ten Grade 8 Artifacts had been severed, she still launched a storm of attacks.
Chang Shifu had said that no matter what enemy, as long as you achieve severe damage with the first strike and then accumulate injuries without giving the opponent a chance to breathe, that is a battle of certain victory!
The enemy grows weaker, while I grow stronger!
And Ya Shifu had taught her that every move of a killer must aim for the simplest and clearest kill.
Even if you can’t kill the opponent, every move must target vital points, making the opponent scramble to respond and feel an unbreathable pressure!
After many years of training, she could skillfully apply the techniques taught by her two masters to every battle, no matter the opponent.
Even if it was an immortal, she would not panic in the slightest and would go all out!
The man was dumbfounded by this sudden ferocious assault. He never imagined Qiao Xiaoxian would be so decisive and fearless.
Who, upon knowing the opponent was at the Immortal Grade, would unhesitatingly rush in and unleash a flurry of blows? You’re only at the Seven Luminaries Realm! Don’t you know what fear is?
What was even more terrifying was that her speed actually approached the Immortal Grade!
Although her attack power was pitifully small, under the enhancement of a wondrous battle technique, each strike used minimal force to cause maximum threat, completely trapping him in her rhythm!
Ice blades formed with a wave, fists, palms, fingernails, even her hair—every part of her body could become a weapon at any moment.
Every single one of her movements brought the threat of death!
He had no chance to counterattack at all, forced to defend and defend again.
Moreover, her movements became increasingly fluid and powerful!
The space around them crackled and shattered, but those were not cracks caused by high-speed compression of space.
The man focused his eyes and saw… were those actually frictions between Daos?!
Her battle technique seemed to have given birth to her own Dao domain! Within this mysterious domain, her original power was rising without limit!
Her overbearing Dao intent even began to invade and tear apart the surrounding Dao rules, making herself the supreme Dao sovereign of this territory!
What kind of freak is this? He had always considered himself gifted, but now he felt utterly inferior in front of her!
He actually, from a mere mortal little cultivator at the Seven Luminaries Realm, felt the threat of death?!
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