644: Lu Xueqi and Biyao (27)

Simultaneously,

the other two Late Golden Core Stage Star Beast guards

also struck out in a violent rage.

The giant lion roared,

and golden sound waves became tangible,

sweeping toward them!

The Black Tortoise opened its mouth,

releasing another incredibly condensed torrent of starlight!

Meanwhile, on the plaza,

those thousands of Star Beast

also seemed to have received an order,

madly swarming toward the base of the altar,

blocking all paths of escape.

From the sky to the ground,

from all directions,

it was a certain-death trap!

"Su Han! Xue Qi!"

From the distant light gate,

Elder Mu's incredibly anxious roar could be heard.

"Quick! Enter the Formation!"

At Elder Mu's location,

a simple Formation centered around the star-guiding pearl

had already lit up,

emitting unstable spatial fluctuations.

This was the guiding Formation he had set up,

but its range was limited,

and the distance was too far!

It couldn't possibly cover the two people beneath the altar!

Su Han and Lu Xueqi had already rushed to the base of the altar.

Facing the starlight palm that blotted out the sky

and the two other terrifying attacks,

there was no way to evade!

No way to block!

A flash of decisiveness crossed Su Han's eyes.

"Senior Sister, do you trust me?"

Lu Xueqi looked at him.

Without the slightest hesitation,

"I do."

"Good!"

Su Han suddenly shoved the tortoise shell into Lu Xueqi's hand.

"Use this tortoise shell to protect yourself; it can temporarily resist the Star Power!"

"Buy me a moment!"

Though Lu Xueqi didn't know why,

she took the tortoise shell without hesitation.

As she injected her spiritual power,

the tortoise shell glowed faintly once more,

forming a pale silver barrier

that protected them both.

At the same time,

Su Han faced the crushing starlight palm

and the sound waves and torrent attacking from the sides,

and closed his eyes.

Inside his Dantian,

the star seed that had absorbed part of the Legacy

was now spinning frantically,

releasing an unprecedented light.

He recalled fragments from the Legacy

about controlling the Star Power of this place.

Though they were incomplete,

at this moment,

he had no other choice.

He snapped his eyes open,

starlight bursting from his gaze.

With speed exceeding his limits,

his hands formed an incredibly complex hand seal.

He shouted an ancient syllable,

"Star Pivot... Obey my command!"

"Suppress!"

He spat out a large mouthful of essence blood,

his face turning as pale as paper instantly.

His entire aura plummeted.

But.

At the top of the altar,

the patterns that had just dimmed

actually

lit up with a faint light once more!

Though weak,

it truly existed!

A faint fluctuation originating from the altar's Origin

rippled outward.

The crushing starlight palm

suddenly froze.

The speed of its descent

slowed by half.

The sound waves and torrent from the sides

also experienced a moment of turbulence.

Now is the time!

Su Han grabbed Lu Xueqi.

"Go!"

The two pushed their movement techniques to the limit,

even burning their essence blood without hesitation,

turning into two streaks of bloody light

as they shot like lightning toward Elder Mu at the light gate!

"Roar!!!"

The Humanoid Star Spirit was beyond furious,

and the starlight palm accelerated its descent once more!

Rumble—!!!

The giant palm slammed into the base of the altar,

shattering jade stone

and shaking the ground and mountains!

But Su Han and Lu Xueqi

had, in that hair's breadth,

rushed out of the palm shadow's range!

"Quick! Faster!"

Su Han roared,

blood continuously seeping from his mouth.

Forcing the altar's residual power just now

had been a massive burden on him,

nearly overdrawing his life Origin.

Lu Xueqi held the tortoise shell to maintain the barrier with one hand

while supporting Su Han with the other.

The tianya sword slashed repeatedly behind them,

its icy Sword Qi creating walls of ice to delay their pursuers.

Though they were instantly crushed by the torrent of Star Beast,

they slightly hindered the enemy's speed.

Ahead,

the Star Beast were densely packed,

blocking the way.

"Get out of the way!"

Su Han's eyes were completely bloodshot.

Ignoring his injuries,

he once again forced his remaining spiritual power to gather.

"Seven Stars, Explode!"

He pointed his fingers,

and seven dim astral Sword Qi shot out,

exploding violently within the beast swarm!

They blasted a brief path open.

The two rushed in without hesitation.

"Stop them!"

Elder Mu's eyes were nearly splitting in the distance.

He frantically pushed the star-guiding pearl,

the Formation's light becoming brilliant.

A beam of guiding starlight shot out,

enveloping the two.

The distance was closing!

Eighty zhang!

Fifty zhang!

Thirty zhang!

But behind them,

those three guards

had already caught up!

The Humanoid Star Spirit took a single step,

crossing dozens of zhang in an instant.

The starlight hand reached out again!

This time,

it was faster!

And more ruthless!

"It's too late!"

Su Han and Lu Xueqi had reached the edge of the Formation,

but that giant starlight hand

was already looming over their heads!

"Enter the Formation!"

Elder Mu roared.

Su Han and Lu Xueqi used the last of their strength

to lung forward!

At the same time,

Su Han reached into his robes and threw the bottle of star source marrow

hard toward Elder Mu!

"Catch it!"

Elder Mu grabbed the jade bottle.

And the starlight hand

had already slammed down!

"No!"

Elder Mu roared in despair.

But at the very instant the giant hand was about to strike them,

in Lu Xueqi's eyes,

a flash of light, icy blue to the extreme, appeared.

She let go of Su Han,

suddenly turned around,

and faced the descending starlight hand.

She poured all her spiritual power,

along with her life force,

without reservation,

into the tianya divine sword!

"Tianya..."

"Ice Limit!"

Her cold voice

echoed through the starry sky.

The tianya sword erupted with unprecedented light.

It wasn't deep blue,

but an incredibly pure

icy white!

An absolute chill that seemed capable of freezing the Soul

exploded outward,

with her at the center!

The space in front of her

instantly solidified,

turning into an ice crystal Domain of absolute zero!

The descending starlight hand,

the moment it touched this ice crystal Domain,

slowed abruptly,

its surface rapidly freezing over with a thick layer of ice!

Not just the hand,

but also the lion's sound waves and the tortoise's torrent following behind,

and even the Star Beast pouncing from further away,

at this moment,

were all affected by the terrifying chill.

Their movements became incredibly sluggish.

Lu Xueqi's face became instantly transparent,

blood gushing from her seven facial orifices.

Her body swayed slightly,

but she remained standing tall,

like a peerless ice lotus

standing proud on a frozen peak.

"Go..."

She looked at Su Han, who was being forcibly pulled into the Formation by Elder Mu.

Her lips moved slightly.

Su Han's eyes were nearly splitting.

"Senior Sister!!!"

He wanted to rush back,

but the Formation's light had already swallowed him.

Space began to warp.

"No—!!!"

Amidst Su Han's despairing roar,

under the reflection of the sky full of ice crystals and starlight,

Lu Xueqi gave him

an extremely faint,

extremely slight,

yet breathtakingly beautiful

smile.

Then,

the ice crystal Domain shattered.

The starlight hand smashed through the ice layer

and slammed down hard,

completely submerging

that lonely, proud blue figure.

In the next moment,

the Formation light flashed,

and the figures of Su Han and Elder Mu

vanished from the spot.

Only Su Han's heart-wrenching

echo remained.

In the starlit yet cold and silent

core palace,

it echoed... Falling Star Lake.

In the outer waters,

inside a hidden coral reef cave,

space fluctuated,

and two battered figures fell out.

It was Su Han and Elder Mu.

"Pfft!"

As soon as Su Han landed,

he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

The injuries, the exhaustion, and the bone-piercing pain

made his vision go dark,

nearly causing him to faint.

But he bit the tip of his tongue hard,

forcing himself to stay conscious.

"Xue Qi... Senior Sister..."

He struggled to stand up,

but fell to the ground again.

Elder Mu's face was ashen.

He looked at the bottle of star source marrow in his hand,

then looked back toward the core.

In his old eyes,

there was only grief and desolation.

"That child, Xue Qi..."

"She pushed her Ice Heart Technique to the limit, burning her life Origin to trigger Tianya's ultimate chill..."

"Under that kind of attack..." (End of chapter)