Inside Sky Sword Sect.
The four Northern Barbarians figures from the Heaven Rankings were still swiftly searching the entire Sky Sword Sect, turning over nearly every place where someone could hide.
Qing Lian, who had been painstakingly cultivating in seclusion within the Enlightenment Pavilion, revealed a look of deep terror once more. She drew in all her aura, trembling from head to toe as she peered outside through a crack in the wall.
What had happened?
How had Sky Sword Sect been breached again?
How was this scene so uncannily similar to what had happened before?
Ever since joining Sky Sword Sect, she had not enjoyed even a few peaceful days!
"Damn Dugu Wudi. Second on the Heaven Rankings, always bragging in the past—yet he can't even handle a few petty scoundrels, letting people come knocking to cause trouble again and again..."
Qing Lian's heart was filled with terror.
Just then, one of the Northern Barbarians Heaven Rankings experts suddenly whipped around. His eyes met Qing Lian's gaze with unerring precision, and he showed a ferocious grin.
"After watching for so long, have you still not seen enough?"
Terror flashed across Qing Lian's face. She turned, smashed through the room, and ran for her life.
Yet the moment she broke through the room, she ran into another Heaven Rankings expert. He burst into laughter and reached out with one massive hand. Qing Lian's body was like a lone skiff upon the sea, completely beyond her control as she flew straight toward his palm.
A look of utter fear immediately appeared on Qing Lian's face.
It was over.
She was going to die.
Exactly the same as last time.
Boom!
At that moment, a sharp, urgent roar suddenly came from behind. A snow-bright and terrifying sword light flashed like lightning, carrying