The jade flower phantom grew larger and larger, expanding to several hundred zhang across within a few breaths.
Several dozen li south of Tonglin County, any traveler hurrying through the wilderness would have seen clouds beneath the moonlight and pink mist in the forest not far from the official road, spreading in all directions.
Yet as the clouds and mist spread, the originally incomparably dense haze gradually thinned.
Within the clouds and mist, beneath the petals of an ever-growing jade flower, the Ming Yi Saintess stood suspended in the air. Holding the jade flower's true form in her hand, she concealed herself amid the branches of its phantom, reinforcing it with all her strength while using those phantom branches to shield herself.
And...
She was doing her utmost to withstand the Zhi Lan Saintess's Curse Seals and Lu Zheng's Flying Sword.
If she broke through the forbidden formation before the two of them shattered her defenses, she might well escape with her life. But if they broke through her defenses before she burst through the forbidden formation, then she would likely leave her hatred behind in the Central Plains.
Thus, the Ming Yi Saintess held nothing back any longer, frantically drawing upon the sea of qi in her Dantian as true qi poured into the jade flower in her hand as though it cost nothing.
Shen Ying was already reinforcing the Peach Blossom Evil with all her strength, while Liu Qingyan stood guard at her side in case anything went wrong.
Yue Honghai wielded whip and blade, hacking madly at the jade flower phantom, while even Fan Boyu had freed up a hand to try and interfere with the Ming Yi Saintess.
As for the Zhi Lan Saintess and Lu Zheng, they were naturally the main attackers.
The Zhi