Azure and gold light bloomed across the horizon, transforming into a rain of light that shot outward and scattered.
Everyone could tell that the azure light had clearly gained the upper hand.
The lotus petals, glowing gold and dancing through the sky, were shattering, their radiance steadily dimming.
The arrogance that had filled Wu Mu's face at the start was long gone, replaced only by utter terror.
She had already unleashed all her reserves and employed her strongest defensive method.
Yet that azure blade light remained overwhelmingly powerful. She simply could not stop it.
Her heart was filled with shock. She could not understand how Lin Xuan, at the early Adamant Realm, could unleash such terrifying power.
"Bang!"
At that moment, an explosion tore through the skies. The lotus petals protecting her completely burst apart, turning into shattered golden glimmers that splashed outward before slowly fading back into heaven and earth.
The azure blade light, still carrying immense might, suddenly slashed down upon her.
"Master Wu Mu!"
Wu Mu heard her companions' panicked cries by her ears, but she had no time to heed them.
"Hmm?"
Lin Xuan frowned, staring fixedly at Wu Mu as he could not help muttering, "You're really hard to kill!"
"Buzz!"
At the instant the azure blade light neared her, boundless Golden Rosy Cloud suddenly erupted from within Wu Mu's body.
Unlike the golden light Wu Mu produced when wielding her power, this Golden Rosy Cloud was filled with the dense aura of Imperishable Force.
Golden Rosy Cloud piercing through the body was the mark of the peak Adamant Realm, and also the peak Adamant Realm's final desperate eruption.
"Boom!"
The blade light exploded the instant it touched the Golden Rosy Cloud, actually being blocked by it.
But after merely that instant of eruption, Wu