A Different Path (Please Vote)

Tuoya's form transformed into the likeness of Ruyi Heavenly Mother behind her. A celestial canopy hovered above her head, jeweled necklaces adorned her neck, and her face was round as the full moon, her eyes golden. Pure white flowers bloomed across the ground, swaying gracefully, untouched by the raging sand. Everything revolved between fulfillment and disappointment.

A vertical eye opened on her forehead. With one hand, she struck out with the Jade Ruyi; with the other, she formed a seal. In the blink of an eye, she blurred, enveloped by layer upon layer of Witchcraft Divine Abilities, which shimmered with strange golden and white lights.

Jie Sha's bearing was cold, his expression indifferent. He turned slightly and brought down the strange sword in his hand without a hint of flourish. The void instantly turned pitch-black and collapsed, as if it had died.

The lightless strange sword struck the Jade Ruyi in Tuoya's hand head-on. Its lustrous glow vanished at once, and a mottled, rotting sensation spread across its surface. Though it had yet to penetrate within, the sword had cleaved the Jade Ruyi in two!

The golden and white glimmers of Witchcraft Divine Abilities were like water poured over tofu. With one sweep of Jie Sha's strange sword, they silently split apart. Terrified, Tuoya's figure swayed rapidly, curving and flowing with perfect ease as she used a bizarre method to escape to the other side of her Grandmaster Domain.

Tuoya's figure appeared before the still-standing mountainside on the other side. Fear lingered in her expression, and her robe was torn at the left shoulder, where a shallow wound had been carved.

At least it's only a small wound... Tuoya thought with relief. But just then, she felt her life force gush from that tiny wound like a bursting dam. Blood