This is bad!
Lai Hantian cried out in alarm. With Zhou Daqian's strength, once he was controlled by the Heavenly Maiden, he would surely rampage across the Southern Border and even several southeastern provinces, unstoppable by anyone, bringing calamity upon the human world.
That might have been the worst possible outcome. A Half-Sage who should have guarded the realm had fallen into becoming an accomplice.
Yet the Heavenly Maiden's fragrance was so potent that even the strongest Calamity Bewitcher could not resist it and became puppets.
At the side, Ao Donglai was frantic with anxiety. The collapse of the Heavenly Pillar had already become an established fact, but one Heavenly Maiden was bad enough. If Zhou Daqian were also bewitched into becoming an accomplice, the Southern Border truly would have no way to survive!
"Zhou Daqian, hold on!"
Ao Donglai's voice came from afar.
Zhou You smiled, holding his saber before him. He lightly twisted the hilt and used Fallen Taiyin to tear open a gap.
Under the pull of the power that descended into Taiyin, every last trace of the fragrance vanished without a trace.
"Hmm?"
The Heavenly Maiden sensed the profundity of that strike. Her reaction was far stronger than those Calamity Bewitchers'.
Her bare feet stepped upon the void. Countless flower petals gathered beneath them, instantly condensing into a long bridge that stretched before Zhou You.
Zhou You retreated two steps and continued swinging his saber forward, but just as his force was about to erupt, his flaw was seized.
That opening lasted less than one ten-thousandth of an instant, a spark struck from flint, almost negligible—yet the Heavenly Maiden had seized the opportunity.
She slid down from the bridge of petals, raising a jade-like hand devoid of the slightest trace of blood, translucent throughout like flawless