A sharp, piercing scream rang through the world, chilling the hearts of the onlookers who had been watching from afar.
Beneath the Poisonous Pool hanging upside down in the sky, the Snake Venerable's eerie figure vanished. In his place was a bloody viper, a gash deep enough to show bone left across its back. Its scales, muscle, bone, and flesh had been carved away, its tendons forcibly picked out, leaving it unable to move again.
"That's the Myriad Poison Snake Venerable's True Form!"
"Why—why is this happening?"
"Who could cripple an Earth Supreme with a single sword strike?"
"Even an Earth Supreme had no strength to fight back. Then doesn't that mean—?!"
Amid their shock and doubt, the guess that made their hearts tremble caused their voices to weaken without them realizing it. They could only exchange glances with one another.
Everyone naturally knew the common sense of what realm lay above Earth Supreme.
Yet even so, it was still soul-shaking.
How could an existence that ruled an entire continent and made heaven and earth change color appear on the Tianluo Continent?
When Xiao Xiao saw that sword light descend and the blade then withdraw, the joy on her face grew even stronger.
"I knew Aunt Nalan came too."
"You didn't cultivate properly. This disaster can count as your retribution."
Nalan Yanran put away her Three Feet Green Edge. Though seeing Xiao Xiao safe and sound this time did make her breathe a sigh of relief, in the face of Xiao Xiao's laughter and cheer, Nalan Yanran still hardened her expression and said rather unfeelingly.
"Aunt Nalan, you've wronged me. I was asleep for a hundred years, so I only had so much time to cultivate. Aunt can't compare me to Younger Brother, right? His starting point was already a