107: Chapter 107 To save Xu Ruyu, she was willing to shorten her own lifespan.

On the high platform, Liu Rurao could no longer maintain her composure. She abruptly stood up, a torrent of murderous intent erupting from her entire body!

That murderous intent pressed down on the Law Execution Platform like a physical force, causing the protective light shield of the Life and Death Isolation Array to emit a groan as if it could not bear the weight!

"Xu Ruyu! You dare slaughter my Meiying Sect Disciples! This Sect Master will ensure your Divine Soul is utterly annihilated today!!!"

Before her words had fully faded, she raised her hand and unleashed a palm strike!

A hundred-zhang-wide, pink giant palm materialized out of thin air. Carrying the terrifying pressure of a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, it ignored the protection of the Life and Death Isolation Array and smashed directly towards Xu Ruyu within the formation!

If this palm strike landed squarely, not only Xu Ruyu, but the entire Law Execution Platform would be reduced to dust!

"Liu Rurao, how dare you!!!"

Elder Hu and the others were both shocked and furious, wanting to intervene, but it was already too late.

The enraged strike of a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator was far too fast!

At the moment the giant palm descended, Xu Ruyu felt an unprecedented threat of death.

His pupils contracted sharply. The Taixu True Qi within his body surged madly as he attempted to use a movement technique to dodge—

But the difference in Realm was far too great.

Before the giant palm even arrived, the pressure of its wind alone made it difficult for him to breathe, his bones creaking under the strain!

Just as he was about to be crushed to death—

At this critical moment!

*Hummm—!!!*

A ray of ice-blue radiance shot into the sky from the direction of Ningyin Hall!

The radiance was initially just a thread, but in an instant, it expanded into an ice-blue pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth!

Within the pillar of light, one could vaguely see a crystal-clear, ice-blue jade hairpin slowly rotating.

With each rotation of the hairpin, the surrounding temperature plummeted!

By its third rotation, goose-feather snow began to drift down over the entire Yunhai Square!

"That is..." The Grand Elder's pupils contracted sharply, "the Sect Master's personal protective treasure—the 'ice soul ningyin hairpin'?! She... she actually used that treasure?!"

The ice soul ningyin hairpin, one of the three guardian treasures of the Hehuan Sect, was said to be formed from the essence of an ancient Ice Phoenix after its fall, containing a trace of the Origin of the Ice Law.

This treasure required the Sect Master of Hehuan Sect's secret Cultivation Technique to activate. At full power, it could freeze a thousand li and solidify Divine Souls.

But the cost was immense—each use consumed thirty years of the user's Lifespan, and their cultivation would not advance for three years.

Xiao Nianyin, for the sake of saving Xu Ruyu, actually used such a forbidden treasure?!

Faster than words can describe.

The ice-blue pillar of light, though launched later, arrived first. At the very instant the pink giant palm was about to strike Xu Ruyu, it collided with it in a tremendous crash!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only the silent annihilation of two opposing Law powers: extreme cold and extreme allure.

The moment the pink giant palm made contact with the ice-blue pillar, thick frost began to condense on its surface.

The frost spread at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the span of a single breath, the entire giant palm was completely frozen, turning into a massive ice sculpture.

Then—

*Crack.*

Countless fissures appeared on the surface of the ice sculpture. With a thunderous crash, it shattered, transforming into a sky full of ice crystals that dissipated into nothingness.

Meanwhile, the ice-blue pillar of light, its momentum undiminished, shot straight towards Liu Rurao!

Liu Rurao's face changed dramatically. She waved both hands repeatedly, erecting thirteen layers of pink barriers before her.

But the ice-blue pillar of light broke through them like a hot knife through butter, shattering twelve layers in succession. Only before the thirteenth barrier did it finally exhaust its energy and slowly dissipate.

Even so, Liu Rurao was sent staggering back seven steps. With each step, she left a deep footprint in the ground, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

She stared fixedly in the direction of Ningyin Hall, her eyes filled with disbelieving shock and fury:

"Xiao Nianyin!!! For the sake of a mere Qi Refining Stage Disciple, you actually used the ice soul ningyin hairpin?! Have you gone mad?!"

From the direction of Ningyin Hall, there was a moment of silence.

Then, Xiao Nianyin's voice, cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, slowly rang out, reaching every corner of the square:

"Liu Rurao."

"Either take your remaining Disciples and leave."

"Or—"

Her voice suddenly turned sharp:

"Stay. All of you."

"This Sect Master would not mind... changing the Sect Master of Meiying Sect today."

The moment her words fell, twelve figures materialized out of thin air around Yunhai Square.

Each figure radiated an aura of at least the Early Stage of Nascent Soul!

The reclusive Grand Elders of the Hehuan Sect, at this moment, had all appeared!

They stood on rooftops, perched on treetops, or hovered in mid-air, forming a ring that surrounded Liu Rurao and the remaining Meiying Sect Disciples.

There were no words, no movements, but the overwhelming pressure they exuded seemed to solidify the very air of the entire square.

Liu Rurao's face turned deathly pale.

She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms, blood dripping from between her fingers.

Humiliation!

Utter, unparalleled humiliation!

She, the esteemed Sect Master of Meiying Sect, a great Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, had today witnessed ten of her Core Disciples slaughtered in succession by a mere junior in the Qi Refining Stage at the very gates of the Hehuan Sect!

Moreover, she had been publicly threatened by Xiao Nianyin and surrounded by twelve Grand Elders of the Hehuan Sect!

If this news spread, she, Liu Rurao, would become the laughingstock of the entire Demonic Path!

"Good... very good..."

She practically squeezed these words out from between her teeth, her eyes flashing with venomous, extreme cold light.

"Xiao Nianyin, I, Liu Rurao, will remember today's humiliation."

"And you—" She suddenly turned her head, glaring at the moon-white figure on the Law Execution Platform, "Xu Ruyu... this Sect Master swears, I will make you wish you were neither alive nor dead!"

Finished, she waved her sleeve, sweeping up the three survivors on the ground—Fairy Caidie, and the two Disciples who had been lucky enough not to be targeted by Xu Ruyu earlier.

"We're leaving!"

A pink streak of escaping light shot into the sky, vanishing beyond the sea of clouds in the blink of an eye.

Only after her aura had completely disappeared did the tense atmosphere on Yunhai Square finally begin to ease.

The twelve Grand Elders gave a slight nod towards Ningyin Hall, their figures gradually fading until they vanished.

The light shield of the Life and Death Isolation Array also slowly dissipated under Elder Hu's control.

Xu Ruyu stood on the ravaged Law Execution Platform. At his feet were charred marks, molten metal, and ten corpses (seven of which had already turned to ashes).

He lifted his head, looking towards the direction of Ningyin Hall.

He knew, in that moment just now, Xiao Nianyin had truly been willing to save him at any cost.

The ice soul ningyin hairpin... thirty years of Lifespan...

"Revered Master..." he murmured softly, "I owe you a huge debt now."

Below the platform, the Disciples of Hehuan Sect were still immersed in immense shock, unable to regain their senses for a long time.

They looked at the moon-white figure on the platform, then towards the direction of Ningyin Hall.

Only one thought echoed repeatedly in their minds—

From this day forward, the Hehuan Sect... was likely to undergo a great upheaval.