"Slash!"
With Underworld Lord Shaobai's thunderous shout, his axe cleaved apart the shattered astral river and gale-force qi. In an instant, vast white qi surged and roiled, churning the clouds across a hundred thousand miles.
The axe came down upon his head, and Lianri hurriedly raised a hand to block it.
The sun wheel in Lianri's hand rose into the air, transforming into a blazing sun that braced against the descending axe blade.
In an instant, Grand Simplicity White Qi and solar fire scattered in turbulent waves. Yet just as Lianri focused wholly on resisting Underworld Lord Shaobai's assault, Lin Fan suddenly struck from the side.
Lin Fan arrived in the blink of an eye. One moment he had been a seven-foot-tall man; the next, he transformed into a majestic Dharma Image a hundred thousand zhang tall. A flicker of flowing flame flashed across the Red Fire Profound Blade in the Dharma Image's hand, followed by a blade radiance stretching ten thousand miles that swept across heaven and earth.
With a shrill howl that tore through the air, it shot straight for Lianri's neck. Lin Fan's slash was clearly meant to sever Lianri's head.
Caiyue and Ling Yu were locked in battle and had no time to come to his aid. Lianri could only summon his protective qi to withstand the descending blade.
Clang—
Metal rang against metal. The blade split through Lianri's protective qi and struck his neck, yet it produced the sound of clashing iron.
Lin Fan looked over in surprise and saw a golden ring engraved with interwoven Jinyang patterns around Lianri's neck, blocking his fatal strike.
One had to know that Lin Fan had poured all his mana into that blow and used his Great Sun divine ability. That single slash could not only have cut