165: The old woman died

Compared to Xiao Hong’s astonishment, the beautiful woman was incredibly shocked at this moment.

Her Body-Fixing Art was an ancient divine art.

Not to mention people with lower cultivation than her, even quasi-emperors of the same level could be fixed for a moment.

Yet, the Body-Fixing Art she had just used on Xiao Hong was instantly broken.

The beautiful woman couldn't help but glance at Lin Mu.

She thought to herself, “Could it be him?”

Just as she was momentarily stunned, Xiao Hong seized the opportunity.

The three-foot-long sword in her hand instantly thrust towards the beautiful woman’s eyes.

The timing and angle of this sword strike were impeccable.

The beautiful woman had no time to dodge.

However, just as Xiao Hong thought she had succeeded, her longsword shattered into pieces upon contact with the beautiful woman, due to a terrifying force.

Seeing this, Xiao Hong knew it was bad.

She hurriedly retreated.

The beautiful woman sneered, “Trying to run? Too late.”

At this moment, she had shed her earlier contempt.

She extended her jade hand again, pointing a finger at Xiao Hong’s forehead.

This finger strike seemed ordinary, but it was actually another ancient divine art, the God Imprisoning Finger.

As long as she touched someone, their divine soul and body would be imprisoned, unable to move an inch.

This was a more profound technique than the Body-Fixing Art.

The beautiful woman’s speed was much faster than Xiao Hong’s.

Xiao Hong couldn't dodge this finger at all.

She could only block with her arms.

However, she still underestimated the power of a quasi-emperor.

The beautiful woman’s finger, even through Xiao Hong’s arms, directly pointed at Xiao Hong’s forehead from a distance.

As a terrifying aura surged in, Xiao Hong’s divine soul was instantly imprisoned, and the divine power in her body could not be mobilized at all.

At this moment, she had completely become an ordinary person.

In such a state, she could only be at the mercy of others.

Although she knew the beautiful woman wouldn’t take her life, the thought of returning to that place made Xiao Hong prefer death.

Suddenly, a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.

She used her last trace of weak divine power to shatter a jade pendant on her chest.

As the jade pendant shattered, a terrifying divine power gushed out from within it.

This terrifying divine power caused even the beautiful woman, a quasi-emperor, to retreat a great distance.

She looked at Xiao Hong in disbelief, not understanding how a Saintess with only Divine Monarch cultivation could possess such terrifying divine power.

If she wasn't mistaken, the power of this divine energy was no weaker than a quasi-emperor’s full strike.

However, just as she was preparing to defend with all her might, the terrifying divine power did not surge outward but instead headed towards Xiao Hong’s body.

Instantly, the beautiful woman understood.

This was Xiao Hong’s method for self-detonation.

Her face turned pale, and she couldn't help but cry out, “No!!!”

If the Saintess were to die in front of her today, she would face the wrath of the Saint Lord.

She rushed towards Xiao Hong with all her might, no longer caring if the divine power would seriously injure her.

However, she was still a step too slow.

Just as she was ten feet away from Xiao Hong, that terrifying divine power exploded.

It blasted her off the viewing platform, and she only barely managed to stabilize herself.

The entire viewing platform was shattered by this terrifying divine power.

Many cultivators who were closer were affected by this divine power, resulting in countless casualties.

This scene happened too quickly.

Even the Western God Emperor didn’t have time to intervene and stop it.

Or rather, he had no intention of stopping it at all.

He looked at the shattered viewing platform with a gloomy gaze.

Then he said meaningfully, “You truly continue to surprise me.”

Jun Wuyou, standing beside the God Emperor, didn't understand the meaning of the God Emperor’s words.

However, when the smoke from the viewing platform cleared, he understood why the God Emperor had said so.

On the viewing platform, Xiao Hong, who had originally sought death, was now safe and sound.

She stared blankly at her intact body, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Only she knew the terrifying nature of this divine power.

This was divine power she had condensed in the Divine Forbidden Mountain using a trace of her primordial spirit, intended as a trump card to fight for a glimmer of life in the Divine Forbidden Mountain.

She hadn’t expected to use it for self-detonation today.

She had thought she was certain to die today.

But just as the divine power erupted, the restriction Lin Mu had placed in her body resurfaced, blocking the impact of the divine power on her.

Xiao Hong looked at Lin Mu with eyes full of gratitude.

At this moment, Lin Mu still wore a cold, indifferent expression, as if no matter how great the matter, it could not stir him in the slightest.

The beautiful woman also noticed Xiao Hong’s gaze.

She became even more certain in her heart.

The reason the Saintess was like this was all because of that man.

Thinking of this, the beautiful woman had already made a decision.

That was to first kill Lin Mu and cut off the Saintess’s retreat.

Her quasi-emperor state couldn’t last much longer.

She had to deliver a fatal blow to Lin Mu before her state disappeared.

Thus, she conjured a short sword from within her body.

This short sword was completely red.

This was her Natal Divine Sword.

Unless absolutely necessary, she would not easily use it.

Each time she used it, it would take her several centuries to recover her cultivation.

However, at present, she couldn't afford to worry about such things.

She formed hand seals, and the small red sword instantly flew towards Lin Mu.

Its speed was so fast that everyone had no time to react.

They only heard two voices.

“Young Master, be careful.”

One was Zhang Daoling, beside Lin Mu.

The other came from Xiao Hong.

Facing their warnings, Lin Mu seemed to turn a deaf ear.

When the small sword flew in front of him, Lin Mu merely extended two fingers casually.

He firmly clamped the small sword between his fingers, preventing it from advancing another inch.

Seeing this, the beautiful woman changed her hand seals again.

However, no matter how she changed her hand seals, the small sword, clamped by Lin Mu, seemed to have lost control, remaining utterly still.

The beautiful woman could no longer maintain her composure at this moment.

Her face even showed a look of horror.

She only displayed such an expression when facing the Saint Lord.

Lin Mu looked at the short sword between his fingers, a disdainful expression on his face.

With a slight squeeze of his two fingers, the red short sword was shattered into pieces.

And the beautiful woman, with her Natal Short Sword destroyed, instantly became dispirited.

She could no longer maintain her quasi-emperor state.

Her figure once again reverted to that of an old crone.

She trembled as she straightened her body.

“Who exactly are you?” she asked unwillingly, pointing at Lin Mu with her withered finger.

Lin Mu replied indifferently, “You are not qualified to know.”

The beautiful woman still wanted to say something, seemingly intending to bring up the power behind her.

However, Lin Mu did not give her another chance.

He extended his palm and, with a grasp from a distance, the old crone’s body flew uncontrollably towards Lin Mu’s palm.

At this moment, she also experienced the same sense of powerlessness that Xiao Hong had felt when being controlled.

Lin Mu’s palm was like a universe in itself.

In just an instant, she was caught between Lin Mu’s palms.

And her body rapidly shrunk.

Eventually, she was completely taken into Lin Mu’s palm.

Before she could even beg for mercy, Lin Mu clenched his hand.

The old crone vanished completely between heaven and earth without even uttering a scream.