"Fine, ten breaths it is!" Bai Qiu Chi gritted her teeth.
Ten breaths was a very short time, but at least it gave her a chance to catch her breath. That was far better than nothing.
As she circulated her cultivation technique and quietly recovered her true essence, Bai Qiu Chi used the Azure Cicada to sense Lu Yang's current location.
To her surprise, Lu Yang seemed to be moving much faster than before. In just a short while, he had drawn much closer to the mountain valley where they were.
What worried her was that even at his speed, he still couldn't possibly reach them in just ten breaths.
After those ten breaths, she would have to rely on herself to buy the three of them more time.
After ten breaths, I'll have no choice but to fight! Bai Qiu Chi thought.
At that very moment, "Song Xinghe" had already begun counting from above the void.
"One breath."
"Two breaths."
"Three breaths."
His voice was as precise as a sandglass, ringing out in the void right on time every breath.
"Six breaths!"
"Seven breaths!"
"Eight breaths... Bang!"
A huge, pitch-black hand had somehow pierced through the void and slammed into Bai Qiu Chi's chest.
Bai Qiu Chi's beautiful eyes flew wide open, disbelief flashing in their depths.
The blow sent her flying. The layer of high-grade spiritual armor covering her body was now webbed with hundreds of cracks from "Song Xinghe's" strike.
Though most of the force had been deflected, Bai Qiu Chi still flew far into the distance, spitting out a great mouthful of blood.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Bai Qiu Chi scrambled up from the crater, coughing up blood. The startling crimson at the corner of her lips did nothing to diminish her beauty; if anything, it made