Chen Wang studied the woman, his expression rather grave.
Her methods were utterly unfathomable. Even his current Divine Sense could not peer through them.
Seeing him looking as though he faced a formidable enemy, the woman said with a giggle, "Do you take me for some man-eating demoness?"
Chen Wang sneered. "Whether you're a demoness is hard to say, but you tried to kill me just now. You're definitely no good bird."
The striking young girl frowned. "You speak so crudely."
Chen Wang said coldly, "Then go die."
As his words fell, killing intent surged from him, so dense it seemed almost tangible. He drove the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda with all his strength.
Ever since its clash with the woman, the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda had kept spinning on its own, humming ceaselessly, as though something had suppressed it.
Yet once Chen Wang's power bolstered it, the three-inch pagoda burst forth with dazzling radiance in an instant. A thousand streams of colored light shone out, making Chen Wang himself seem incomparably sacred.
Chen Wang poured all his strength into the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda and sent it hurtling toward the woman. Yet in an instant, she raised her cultivation to its peak.
She remained an incomparably beautiful young girl, clad in a goose-yellow dress, smiling sweetly, her eyes like Autumn Water. But after driving her cultivation, she suddenly transformed into a divine bird—the Azure Luan of myth and legend.
The Azure Luan appeared. With a beat of its wings, cold gleams like two swift blades slashed forth, reaching Chen Wang's brow and throat in an instant, as if they meant to split his head straight open.
Chen Wang roared and drove the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda. Mysterious rays erupted from it, enveloping his entire body.