In an instant, dark clouds churned, and all things fell silent.
The peerless woman in white, snow-like robes, holding a sky-blue immortal sword, stood with extraordinary grace, stunning everyone beneath the lightning's illumination.
Yet the next moment, the crowd cried out in unison. The woman's face had turned deathly pale, and her delicate body trembled slightly.
She had clearly been unable to withstand the backlash of the true formula any longer.
A bolt of thunder split down from the dark clouds!
Pfft—
Lu Xueqi finally could not hold on any longer and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Below, Zhang Xiaofan could only watch helplessly, unable to cast any spell to defend himself.
"Senior Brother!"
Seeing this, Shui Yue beside Gu Hui immediately panicked and grabbed his arm. Gu Hui felt the force in her grip.
"Gather!"
The moment the word left his mouth, it carried an indescribable Dao resonance, instantly drowning out the thunder and wind that filled the sky.
Countless streams of spiritual energy above Lu Xueqi instantly condensed into a Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram.
Slowly rotating, it steadily held up the descending lightning.
Gu Hui casually raised a hand and waved. The Taiji Diagram actually pushed against the blazing heavenly lightning as it soared upward.
In an instant, it vanished into the thick dark clouds.
The leaden clouds had hung low, rolling like an ink-black sea as they pressed down upon the sky above Tongtian Peak's martial arts arena.
Then they were violently torn apart by two beams of light crashing down from above!
One was black as Eternal Night, the other white-hot as the blazing sun.
Black and white intertwined, like a slash wielded by an ancient god with supreme might, cleaving the heavy clouds in two.
After the light faded, everything was silent. The thunderous force