He only hoped to hold it off for a moment, just long enough to use some other divine ability and break free from his present predicament.
Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. With a soft hiss, that wisp of spiritual power flashed and vanished, easily piercing through the purple barrier and appearing before Cao Yue's eyes.
Cao Yue's delicate body trembled, her face turning deathly pale in an instant. The magic power inside her circulated, and she drifted toward the left.
Unfortunately, it was already too late. She only felt a chill between her brows, as though a mosquito had bitten her viciously. Then an unbearable agony invaded her brain, and the world spun...
Her magic power clogged and stalled. With a whoosh, she fell straight down from the sky.
"Junior Sister!"
Zhou Mian's concern was heartfelt, his eyes nearly splitting with rage, but with a great enemy before him, he had no way to make a move to rescue her.
Yue'er's surprise attack had succeeded, and as her master, Lin Xuan naturally could not let himself fall behind. Against a mere late Core Condensation opponent, there was no need to waste time with him here.
Lin Xuan's shoulder shook, and his figure instantly blurred, turning into a streak of azure startling rainbow as he pounced toward the other party.
Zhou Mian froze, greatly astonished inwardly. What did the other party want to do—close in for hand-to-hand combat?
Impossible. Unless the other party's head was broken, there had to be some other scheme in it.
Though he did not understand what Lin Xuan was planning, he decided to meet all changes with constancy. He opened his mouth and spat his bonded magic treasure out from his dantian.
Yellow light flashed, mingled with dense demonic energy. A somewhat oddly shaped magic