The white figure with five clusters of firelight rising from its body had just rushed forty zhang beyond Ning Xian's pill chamber when a crimson radiance suddenly twisted it into two halves.
The person who had struck down the white figure merely flashed once before vanishing onto a mountain path to one side. Several breaths later, several streaks of radiance rushed over from different directions. When they stopped and saw the white figure's corpse, every one of them wore expressions of shock. This was the first time in centuries that someone had managed to infiltrate Kunlun's Second Ring Island. And within those few breaths, they sensed several unusual fluctuations of magical power coming from different locations.
Threads of bloody stench drifted over from different places.
After the Kunlun disciples who had rushed over upon sensing the unusual magical fluctuations exchanged shocked glances, one of them swiftly darted into Kunlun's Third Ring Island. The others scattered at speed, splitting up to search in several directions.
Under the gentle night, the silver beach gave off a soft glow. Rare flowers and exotic grasses, unseen anywhere else in the world, bloomed everywhere, laden with bright, juicy fruits. Rare birds and Strange Beasts occasionally swept out from the forests. Dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, almost tangible, drifted through heaven and earth in fine strands. The Kunlun Nine Layered Islands, sprawling over an unknown expanse, still seemed tranquil and powerful, like an immortal realm entirely separate from the mortal world.
But as crane cries rang out, startled awake by figures slicing through the air, streams of radiance like flowing flames swiftly rose from every island. These bright and dim streaks of radiance were all incomparably fast. They first surged from the outermost and largest First Ring Island of Kunlun into the Second Ring