Han Lian rode on White Peak's back to Huaxian Sect's Main Peak. With just a light swing of her sword, she cut down all the evil cultivators pouring out of the main hall, then headed straight for the Teleportation Formation in the rear hall.
White Peak's ears twitched as he sent Han Lian a voice transmission:
"Venerable One, there's an ambush!"
"I know!"
Han Lian replied, her heroic face calm and composed. There was no way such an important place would be left unguarded by high-level evil cultivators, so she and White Peak attacked almost at the same moment.
Han Lian's Frost Blade and White Peak's sharp claws struck the teleportation pillar of light simultaneously. The combined force of their dual ice-cold powers ground the evil cultivators stepping out of the teleportation passage into pulp, extinguishing their life force in an instant.
The two attacks landed on the teleportation passage one after the other. White Peak's enormous claw was blocked by a green light barrier, but the other party failed to stop Han Lian's attack. With a crack, the formation foundation of the Teleportation Formation could not withstand the destructive force and split open.
"Courting death!"
A vicious voice rang in Han Lian and White Peak's ears. Immediately afterward, a wisp of green smoke as thick as a baby's arm spiraled down through the teleportation passage, coiling around White Peak's claw like maggots clinging to bone. White Peak roared and blasted a mouthful of icy breath at his claw, dispersing the green smoke. His attacks only became fiercer afterward.
Han Lian protected herself with her natal Ice Lotus, then joined the battle with her sword in hand, coordinating with White Peak.
In the span of three breaths, the two sides exchanged more than a dozen moves before swiftly pulling apart,