147: Chapter 147 Lu Bingyun vs. Su Yan

Just as the battle in the outer courtyard was tearing heaven and earth asunder, Lu Bingyun and Jin Mei had already slipped into the interior of the manor like two wisps of light smoke.

Relying on their keen perception of spiritual energy fluctuations, they quickly locked onto a heavily guarded main hall that was filled with intense formation fluctuations.

The two exchanged a glance, and Lu Bingyun pointed her fingers like a sword, silently shooting out a streak of icy sword qi condensed to the extreme.

Before the two guards at the Early Golden Core Stage at the door could even raise the alarm, they were frozen into two ice sculptures, their life force severed.

They entered the main hall silently.

The sight before them caused Lu Bingyun's eyes to turn cold and made Jin Mei cover her mouth.

In the center of the main hall, a huge and complex formation was drawn.

The formation patterns were outlined with blood mixed with some kind of black powder, emitting an eerie aura of heart-palpitating Yin and Yang reversal and chaotic five elements.

At the core of the formation, an ice coffin was placed, within which Ye Wushuang's pale face was vaguely visible.

To one side of the formation, Tu Shan Xiaoxiao was tied up with special runic chains and thrown into a corner.

Her usually agile fox-like eyes were now swollen from crying, her tear stains were not yet dry, and her silver-white long hair was covered in dust, making her look incredibly wretched.

When she saw Lu Bingyun and Jin Mei, a light of pleasant surprise instantly erupted in her eyes.

Immediately, she looked anxiously toward the formation, making "wu wu" sounds from her mouth.

Her mouth was sealed by a piece of talisman paper.

Su Yan, who had possessed Ye Xishui's body, was standing at the edge of the formation, holding a rune pen soaked in spiritual blood, fully concentrated on perfecting the last few formation patterns.

Sensing the killing intent behind her, she suddenly turned around.

"It's you?!"

Su Yan's pupils shrank, and a flash of surprise crossed her face, but it was quickly replaced by coldness. "Very well, I'll just use your essence blood and souls to add more power to this Yin-Yang Inverted Five Elements Grand Formation!"

Lu Bingyun didn't deign to waste words with her; the Heavenly Jasper Ice Soul Sword was already unsheathed, its tip pointing directly at Su Yan.

The cold sword intent instantly filled the entire hall, and the temperature plummeted, as if even the air was about to freeze.

"Jin Mei, save them!"

Jin Mei nodded, her figure swaying like a slippery fish as she avoided the path Su Yan might intercept and rushed toward Tu Shan Xiaoxiao.

"You're looking for death!"

Su Yan shouted sharply, Ye Xishui's cold face now twisted and hideous.

She pointed a finger, and several sharp sword qis shot toward Jin Mei.

At the same time, her other hand waved out a pink miasma, carrying a soul-bewildering power that enveloped Lu Bingyun.

Lu Bingyun's eyes were cold as the Frost Flower Sword danced, transforming into an impenetrable ice wall that blocked all those sword qis, the blade vibrating with a clear ringing sound.

Facing that pink miasma, cold air erupted from her body, directly freezing the miasma into ice crystals that pattered down.

"Crooked paths, how dare you show off your meager skills before a master!"

She thrust out her sword, without any flourishes, only extreme speed and cold!

Wherever the sword light passed, thick frost condensed on the ground.

Su Yan was secretly alarmed; Lu Bingyun's cultivation and sword techniques were even stronger than she had anticipated!

She had to focus her mind to respond.

The two instantly engaged in battle, sword qi crisscrossing, ice shards flying, and the explosions of spiritual power collisions were constant.

Su Yan held the advantage of having Ye Xishui's physical body and knew the Xuantian Sect sword techniques like the back of her hand.

But Lu Bingyun's ice-style sword techniques were unique, and her combat experience was extremely rich, making it difficult to distinguish a winner for a time.

On the other side, Jin Mei had already undone Tu Shan Xiaoxiao's restraints and torn the talisman paper from her mouth.

"Senior Sister Lu! Eldest Senior Sister isn't dead yet!"

As soon as Tu Shan Xiaoxiao could speak, she cried out impatiently, her voice trembling with excitement, "Su Yan just said so herself!"

"The Sea of Consciousness of the Ye family's direct line has a protective restriction that guarded her last sliver of life soul!"

"As long as we force Su Yan's soul out and take Eldest Senior Sister's body back to the Ye family, she has a chance to be resurrected!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Bingyun's sword momentum faltered slightly, her gaze toward 'Ye Xishui' becoming even more complex.

But then it became even firmer!

She had to save Junior Sister Ye's body!

Hearing this, Su Yan's expression became even more unsightly, and her offensive grew increasingly frantic.

"So what if you know? It's too late! The great formation is almost complete, and you shall all be the Sacrifice!"

However, Tu Shan Xiaoxiao's intervention changed the course of the battle.

Although her cultivation was sealed, her eyesight remained.

She loudly pointed out the flaws and habits in Su Yan's moves.

These were things she had observed and accumulated over years of 'battles of wit and courage' with Ye Xishui.

"Senior Sister Lu, attack her left ribs! There's a slight delay there when she uses the Xuantian Sword Qi!"

"Sister Jin Mei, use your charm arts to interfere with her divine sense, even if only for a moment!"

With the interference of Jin Mei's charm arts and Tu Shan Xiaoxiao's precise call-outs, Lu Bingyun finally caught a fatal flaw in Su Yan's movements!

"Icebound... Absolute Domain!"

Lu Bingyun shouted clearly, and the Heavenly Jasper Ice Soul Sword erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant blue light.

A chill akin to absolute zero spread out with her as the center; the floor, walls, and ceiling were instantly covered in thick ice, and even the dust dancing in the air was frozen.

Su Yan's movements became visibly sluggish in this extreme cold domain.

Now was the time!

Lu Bingyun merged with her sword, turning into an ice-blue aurora that tore through space, stabbing directly at Su Yan's brow.

She wanted to force the soul out of the body!

Fear finally appeared in Su Yan's eyes. She screamed and tried to resist, but it was too late.

The ice-blue sword light precisely touched the center of her forehead but did not pierce through; instead, it erupted with a powerful force of suction and repulsion targeted at the soul!

"No—!"

A shrill soul-shriek that did not belong to Ye Xishui came from 'Ye Xishui's' mouth.

A twisted, translucent gray soul was forcibly pushed out from Ye Xishui's brow!

Ye Xishui's body immediately slumped to the ground, her face as pale as paper.

But her chest had an extremely slight rise and fall!

That last sliver of life soul, under the protective restriction, tenaciously maintained its vitality.