When Star Ancestor's sword fell, Yu Ningsui did not move. Under the laws, her body simply would not obey her.
It was not that she did not want to dodge. The light came down too quickly—so quickly that before folds of space could pile up and take shape, the sword pressure was already above her head!
Not only could she not raise her sword, but its spine erupted with violent cracking sounds. Before that light even arrived, the sword could no longer hold!
Bang!
The sword shattered into fragments on the spot, and her body seemed liable to disperse at any moment!
At the critical moment, a figure flashed before her, pushing a law barrier to its utmost limit.
Yet in the span of an instant, the World-Binding laws were annihilated by that Star Sword Qi. Sword force pressed down, and the figure turned into particles of energy and scattered. Dao Essence spread out at that moment, adding another wound to Heaven-and-Earth Lament.
Bai Yunqi, the foremost Sword Immortal beneath Tower Ascension, possessed a foundation engraved with Dao patterns of terrifying strength. Yet before someone truly in the Tower-Ascending Realm, he had failed to withstand even a single move.
The exploding power of Dao Essence blasted everything around it away. It also swept Yi Duling, who had arrived in time to stand before Yu Ningsui and shield her, out of this land of destroyed laws!
"Junior Sister Feng Chuan! Supreme Sealbearer!" Yi Duling loudly reminded the dazed Yu Ningsui, pouring an unceasing stream of restorative law power into her body.
"Senior Brother Bai!" The instant she came to her senses, Yu Ningsui could not help crying out.
"Master!"
"Palace Master Yun Qi!"
Yet that elderly man, once so upright in bearing, with the immortal air of one who had transcended