A Certain Death Was Inevitable
Hu Suye stared at Nangong Hongye and the Kirin shadow behind him, her face expressionless. There was only one thought in her mind: she had to hold him off to protect the person who had saved her life from a fatal blow.
The dark-red fox tails had reached their peak. Any further delay would put her at a severe disadvantage. Without hesitation, she accelerated, her whole body shooting forward like lightning tearing through the sky!
Nangong Hongye narrowed his eyes. The enormous Kirin shadow slowly paced behind him, above his head, while vast spiritual power gathered around his body. He swiftly began using the Kirin Tian Yuan Technique.
He held out his hand. A tiny black-and-gold needle gradually enlarged in his palm, transforming in the blink of an eye into a long spike that gleamed with black-and-gold light.
The spike was like a razor-sharp dagger, so keen it could cut through the sky. Without the slightest hesitation, he formed it in his palm.
Then, a surge of dense spiritual power accumulated, coalescing in the blink of an eye into a vortex like a Blazing Storm. He held it suspended before him with his spiritual power.
At last, he closed his eyes. The Kirin phantom above his head slowly closed its eyes as well. Man and beast pulsed in unison, breathing as one.
Within the phantom Kirin's dark, blue-green body, intricate, complex patterns slowly appeared—a set of obscure, ancient designs.
In an instant, the seal slowly traveled from the phantom Kirin's dantian to its throat.
Just as it was about to spit out the seal, the phantom suddenly began to tremble, as if it could no longer bear the strain.
Nangong Hongye's expression changed. He immediately strengthened his control over his spiritual power, and the phantom