When the peach leaf touched the ground, it melted away like a snowflake.
And Li Qingyao's body, where it had just collided with the green light—
Boom!
Above the Peach Garden, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Countless streaks of green light descended from the sky, hurtling toward Li Qingyao.
Yue Canglan's expression changed sharply. He activated the Chaos Bell and rushed to Li Qingyao's side with Fang Chen and the others. The bell swelled in an instant, sheltering them all beneath it.
The green light slammed into the Chaos Bell again and again.
Clang, clang, clang, clang...
Even inside the Chaos Bell, Fang Chen and the others felt it shudder under every blow. Yue Canglan poured all his strength into sustaining it, his face flushed crimson.
The assault lasted a full One Incense Stick before it finally subsided. Yue Canglan's face had turned pale, and sweat drenched his body.
"Has it finally stopped?"
Saint Bai Shuang and the Moon Saint had both been frightened by what had happened. So had Li Qingyao. She had never imagined that attacking a Peach Tree would provoke such a ferocious response.
If Yue Canglan had not blocked those attacks with the Chaos Bell, those peach leaves might well have killed her.
The thought of it left Li Qingyao shaken.
Fang Chen looked at Yue Canglan. "Senior Canglan, what's happening outside?"
The Chaos Bell still covered them, so Fang Chen had no idea what the Peach Garden looked like now.
"It seems calm outside," Yue Canglan said. "There shouldn't be a problem. Stay beneath the Chaos Bell while I go take a look."
"All right."
Fang Chen nodded. In the next instant, Yue Canglan turned into a streak of light and vanished.
A moment later, the Chaos Bell rose into the air, shrank rapidly, and