Li Yao froze, then suddenly burst into wild laughter. He stared at Lei Dong as if he were an idiot and sneered, "Have you lost your mind, brat? A mere Foundation Establishment Realm punk dares say he's going to kill me?" With that, he flashed forward at a speed invisible to the naked eye. He intended to crush the arrogant Foundation Establishment Realm punk to death with his bare hands—no, to snap every bone in his body one by one, so Ding Wanyan could see for herself that a weak man couldn't protect her.
"Lei Dong, watch out!" Though Ding Wanyan was still wrapped in the sweet joy of Lei Dong's return, almost dazed with happiness, Li Yao's danger had kept her on guard. The instant she saw him attack, she hurriedly stepped in front of Lei Dong and sent hundreds of Sha Blades surging toward him like a landslide.
Perhaps with her Yin Sha Body and Blood Mark, Ding Wanyan could hold her own against an ordinary Golden Core High-tier Cultivator, even without relying on her Battle Pet. But Li Yao was a Nascent Soul Cultivator. On his guard, how could he let Ding Wanyan get the better of him?
His folding fan swept again and again, sending out streams of scorching blue flame that caught fire as soon as they met the wind. The Sha Blades, which could easily cleave through steel, dissolved into clouds of mist that curled upward.
Just as Ding Wanyan's expression tightened and she prepared to fight to the death, a pure white radiance shot out from the Violet Palace where Lei Dong's soul was being nurtured. It transformed into a winged humanoid, who formed a hand seal and fired a Light Cannon. Its brilliance illuminated every detail of the gloomy place. Li Yao's