126: Is that all you've got?

The next moment, a thick purple light beam shot straight towards Phoenix Dance.

The color drained from Phoenix Dance's face instantly.

She shrieked, desperately recalling the Blazing Silk to guard her front.

At the same time, she crushed all the life-saving jade talismans on her person, and several rays of light formed a barrier in front of her.

The light beam crashed into her hastily erected defenses.

Those light barriers couldn't even last for a breath before shattering like glass.

The spiritual light of the Blazing Silk, which was blocking her front, instantly dimmed and was directly sent flying by the violent energy.

The light beam, its momentum undiminished, slammed squarely into Phoenix Dance's chest.

With a dull thud, Phoenix Dance's body bent backward into an unnatural posture.

She flew backward, tracing a parabola in the air, finally smashing into the rock wall dozens of feet away.

Her fiery red battle attire on her chest had already turned to ashes, revealing a charred, sunken wound, with even fractured bones visible at the edges.

A mouthful of fresh blood gushed out, staining the ground beneath her.

She lay on the ground, her body twitching twice, her life unknown.

The pride on Yun Che's face completely vanished, replaced by utter astonishment.

Even the always indifferent Ice Lotus's pupils contracted at this moment.

Her gaze shifted from Phoenix Dance's tragic body, fixing intently on the light net that had returned to calm.

Ice Lotus was the first to react.

Her figure flickered, transforming into a blue afterimage, instantly appearing beside Phoenix Dance.

She crouched down and channeled a pure cold Qi into Phoenix Dance's body; the latter let out a faint groan before slowly regaining consciousness.

Ice Lotus said nothing more, helped Phoenix Dance up, and returned to the original spot.

Yun Che finally recovered his senses; he looked at Phoenix Dance, who had been helped back, and the charred wound still radiated a destructive Aura, making his heart turn cold.

"She... how is she?"

Yun Che's voice was dry.

Ice Lotus didn't look at him, simply released her hand expressionlessly, allowing the weakened Phoenix Dance to slump to the ground.

"Her Origin is damaged."

"Her cultivation... has already fallen to the Soul Transformation Stage."

These few words struck Yun Che's heart.

He looked at Phoenix Dance's miserable state, then at the light net that had returned to calm, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

The three of them, working together, had always run rampant among their peers; when had they ever suffered such a great loss?

With just one probe, a Body Integration Middle Stage expert was crippled.

"You... who exactly are you?"

Luo Ximei didn't even look at him, merely reinforced the protective shield in front of Su Lin a few times, and then turned her head.

"You have disturbed the Revered Master and Disciple's leisure, so, all of you must die here today."

"Arrogant!" Yun Che roared, forcefully suppressing the fear in his heart.

He glanced at Phoenix Dance, who was slumped on the ground, and instead of sympathy, a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.

"A useless piece of trash, dragging me down."

He spat softly, "Don't think that just because you have this strange Formation here, I won't attack!

If you have the guts, get out here and fight me fair and square!"

"Oh?" Luo Ximei finally looked at him properly, her gaze like a cat scrutinizing a mouse.

She turned her head to look at Su Lin, the icy killing intent on her face instantly melting, replaced by a sweet smile, and she asked softly.

"Revered Master, leaving you here alone, this Disciple cannot be at ease."

Before her words finished, she had already extended her jade arm, embracing Su Lin's waist without question, pulling him into her embrace.

"You stay by this Disciple's side and watch with your own eyes how I crush these noisy flies, one by one."

No sooner had she spoken than her figure, embracing Su Lin, transformed into a dark red afterimage, instantly sweeping towards the open ground in the distance.

"Trying to run? Before me, can you escape?!"

Seeing this, Yun Che assumed she was afraid of him and trying to flee, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

He roared, unhesitatingly transforming into a cyan Sword Qi, chasing after her.

Ice Lotus glanced at the dying Phoenix Dance on the ground, without a moment's hesitation, helped Phoenix Dance up, and followed as an ice-blue stream of light.

In just an instant, several people had already moved far away from the mysterious light net.

Luo Ximei settled Su Lin behind her and casually set up a barrier.

Yun Che and Ice Lotus, meanwhile, positioned themselves on her left and right, subtly encircling her once more.

Yun Che gripped the Azure Cloud Sword in his hand tightly; the sword body emitted a clear, resonant hum, and he believed he had already moved beyond the influence of the strange grand Formation, his courage growing with it.

"You are truly courting death!"

He roared, unleashing the full Aura of his Body Integration Late Stage, twirling his long sword into a sword flower, and cyan spiritual power surged skyward.

Raging Wave Slash!

Sword light flashed.

A majestic Sword Qi converged in the air into a cyan torrent, sweeping towards Luo Ximei.

That torrent of cyan Sword Qi, powerful enough to cleave mountains, suddenly stagnated when it was still three feet away from Luo Ximei.

The surging Sword Qi just froze in mid-air, maintaining its rushing posture, yet unable to advance a single inch further.

The sinister smile on Yun Che's face froze.

He could feel that the connection between him and the Sword Qi had not been severed.

But no matter how he urged his spiritual power, the Sword Qi remained motionless, completely suppressed by an invisible force.

"Is that all you've got?"

Luo Ximei gently waved her sleeve, and the majestic cyan Sword Qi began to slowly disintegrate from the front, turning into countless flying cyan light specks.

Yun Che's body trembled violently; the backlash of spiritual power made his chest feel stuffy, and he staggered back three steps before barely steadying himself.

How could this be?

That was his Raging Wave Slash, unleashed with full power; Cultivators of the same rank would never dare to take it head-on.

She dispelled it without even moving?

Beside her, Ice Lotus's arm, holding her long sword, stiffened.

She had judged the terror of the woman before them even earlier than Yun Che.

This was not a contest on the same level.

The opponent's strength was unfathomable; that wave of her sleeve just now was not a spell at all, but pure use of her own power to crush Yun Che's Sword Qi.

Escape?

The thought had just arisen when she extinguished it.

The opponent's speed and strength were both superior to theirs; fleeing would only lead to a quicker death.

The only chance of survival was to combine their strengths and fight to the death.

"Yun Che, let's join forces!"

Ice Lotus's voice was cold and urgent.

Yun Che's chest still ached from the spiritual power backlash.

Hearing Ice Lotus's words, humiliation and anger twisted his features.

When had he ever needed to join forces with someone to deal with a peer?

But the disparity in reality was before his eyes, and he had to admit that he alone was definitely no match for this woman.

"This demoness... I will tear her to shreds!"

He growled through gritted teeth, signifying his agreement.

Ice Lotus didn't waste any more words; she held her long sword level, and a stark white frost quickly condensed on the blade.

Countless ice cones, flashing with cold light, appeared out of thin air, densely packed, blocking all possible evasion routes for Luo Ximei, and shot towards her simultaneously.

At the same time, Yun Che also moved.

He poured all of his spiritual power into the Azure Cloud Sword without reservation; the sword body glowed brightly, growing several feet long.

This sword strike cleaved down towards Luo Ximei's head.