However, before the long whip could fall, Lin Qi directly unleashed the Life and Death Sword Intent!
The black-and-white sword intent was like two sharp blades, charging fiercely at Gong Liu.
The chill condensed by the long whip shattered in an instant.
Caught off guard, Gong Liu was struck in both hands by the Life and Death Sword Intent and sent flying, two vivid bloody marks carved across her arms.
Flung to the ground, Gong Liu took a long while to come back to her senses.
After her daze came the pain.
She looked at Lin Qi in disbelief. "You actually..."
Her words abruptly cut off halfway through.
How long had it been?
Lin Qi's cultivation had actually risen from Spirit Transformation Early Stage to Great Mahayana Perfection?!
Even in the Xuantian Realm, this rate of cultivation could not be considered slow.
Before Gong Liu could finish speaking, Lin Qi lunged forward again, the Emperor Phoenix Sword in her hand flashing with cold light.
With a sweep of her sword, tens of thousands of Sword Qi gathered in the void, breaking through layer after layer of restrictions as they struck toward Gong Liu's vital points.
The long whip in Gong Liu's hand spun nimbly, afterimages piling atop one another as it smashed apart streak after streak of Sword Qi.
Yet the Sword Qi Lin Qi unleashed was several times stronger than Gong Liu had anticipated.
Each collision between the whip and Sword Qi brought an immense backlash.
After one exchange, Gong Liu's hands began to tremble faintly.
The urge to retreat had already arisen within her.
But how could Lin Qi possibly give her the chance to retreat?
Forming hand seals, she mobilized the remaining Immortal Qi within her body and slowly unleashed a single Imperial Phoenix Seal!
Unwilling to