The woman in the blue dress had no ability to dodge at all. She herself was only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, and both Lu Xiaotian and the Eight-Legged Demon Bull Beast were stronger than her. With the Demon Bull Beast and Lu Xiaotian launching their attack without warning, how could she have had time to evade?
With a boom, the blackstone hammer slammed down above her head, unleashing a layer of black barrier that enveloped the woman in blue and prevented her from suddenly escaping.
The woman in blue summoned a crescent blade and stabbed it into the black hammer. At the same time, she flung a Lightningfire Thunderfire Pearl at both the Eight-Legged Demon Bull Beast and Lu Xiaotian. The Eight-Legged Demon Bull Beast let out a long bellow, causing the woman's hand to pause. Her movements slowed by half a beat, and she inwardly cursed. The Sword Qi behind her had already pierced through the obstruction of her twin wings, penetrated her body, and twisted within it. Jolted back to her senses by the agony, the woman in blue let out a shriek—but it was already too late.
The woman in blue's life force was severed. A Nascent Soul escaped from her body, but Lu Xiaotian had been prepared for this. Several Soul-Binding Nets shot out at once, sealing off multiple directions in which the woman's Nascent Soul could flee and binding it tight.
The Lightningfire Thunderfire Pearl had already flown over. Lu Xiaotian's body vanished into thin air, leaving behind only a faint fiery shadow. It was precisely the Violet Firmament Fire-Evasion Technique he had already mastered.
Boom! Lu Xiaotian had only just fled when an astonishing pillar of fire erupted at the spot, accompanied by violent thunder.
Lu Xiaotian reached out and collected the