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The Taipan Gourd had always been invincible, so Taishu Qian usually blasted her opponents to death right in front of her. But after what happened at the relay station, she had repeatedly suffered setbacks under Jinnu's Spirit-Absorbing Art. When Taishu Qian clashed head-on with Jinnu, she no longer dared linger for even a moment. She left the Taipan Gourd behind to hold the line while she fled far away.
Of course, I wouldn't leave this position vacant. I immediately used the Shrinking Earth Technique to appear behind the Taipan Gourd, and began chanting the sword incantation at once!
Jinnu was fierce and fearless. Following behind the Spirit-Absorbing Art, she too rapidly uttered a stream of incantations. From the looks of it, she intended to collide head-on with me! My expression shifted slightly, but I did not stop chanting. "The imperial map brings no dreams that should return, the river clouds gaze back at travelers once adrift, a thousand miles of blue waves reach no bound, eastward flies the black bird, westward flies the immortal!"
When I finished chanting, I threw out Son of Heaven's Wrath. The sword shot forth, and an illusory hand seized it. In an instant, it surged forward, its tip aimed at Jinnu! Thunder raced around the phantom, and the surroundings seemed to condense into a single line, as if all the power of Son of Heaven's Wrath had gathered at its tip!
Black radiance burst from Jinnu's entire body, blotting out all the power around her. But the force of Snowfall Shocking the City was immense. Ice and snow constantly froze that power, forming streaks of radiance like scraps of lingering snow!
Suddenly, Jinnu vanished in a flicker before my eyes. In front of me, all that appeared were layers of warped scenery!
Beneath pitch-black,