Although she had never dealt with Long Yu, Xu Chunniang knew he was a very patient man. He would never retreat because of a momentary setback.
Given the covetousness Long Yu had shown toward the cultivation method she possessed, there was a ninety-percent chance he would withdraw to the valley entrance and wait for her to appear before delivering a fatal blow.
At this thought, Xu Chunniang's expression darkened slightly.
This time, when she faced Long Yu, she had barely been at a disadvantage and had even injured his divine soul. A large part of the reason was that he had underestimated her and had not regarded her as an opponent worthy of serious treatment.
The next time they fought, once he was on guard, it would not be so easy.
Still, being able to drive Long Yu away had at least bought Xu Chunniang a chance to catch her breath.
Long Yu did not understand why the Calamity Omen Power had failed to take effect, but she knew it was not ineffective. Rather, she had continuously replenished her draining cultivation with Chaos True Qi, preventing her realm from falling.
Even while Xu Chunniang had been fighting Long Yu, the strand of Calamity Omen Power within her body had never vanished.
Under the influence of the Calamity Omen Power, the Demon Seed and Dao Fruit began to truly merge. You within me, I within you—vast quantities of demonic qi and Immortal Qi continuously collided, then followed a unique pattern and fused of their own accord.
Had sixteen years of secluded cultivation not allowed Xu Chunniang to accumulate a vast amount of Chaos True Qi, enabling her to promptly replenish the cultivation consumed from the Dao Fruit Demon Seed by the Calamity Omen Power, her realm would already have fallen to