The Azure Sky Empress spat out a great mouthful of blood.
Like a kite with its string snapped, she plummeted from the sky.
The sound of her breastbone shattering rang out clearly.
She slammed into the mountainside, leaving an enormous crater.
Her aura weakened to its lowest ebb in an instant.
"Your Majesty!"
The nearby disciples cried out in alarm.
A massive breach was torn open in the Defense Line at South Peak.
Countless bizarre monsters poured through the breach in a frenzy.
The Lord of Greed stood atop the clouds and let out a shrill, eerie laugh.
His gaze swept greedily over the Azure Sky Empress and the Spirit Vein beneath South Peak.
It was as though they were already in his pocket.
The Azure Sky Empress crashed into a pile of rubble, countless bones broken throughout her body.
Blood poured from the corners of her mouth, mouthful after mouthful, staining the ground before her red.
She struggled to get up, but the slightest movement sent a piercing pain through her chest.
A full-force strike from a Great Emperor.
It was not something an Immortal Emperor like her could withstand head-on.
She was lucky just to have survived.
"Azure Sky!"
Immortal Emperor Shen Nong rushed over immediately.
He crouched down, swiftly took out a Healing Pill, and fed it to the Azure Sky Empress.
The gentle medicinal power dissolved and spread through her meridians, barely stabilizing her steadily disintegrating Origin.
But that was all it could do.
Her breastbone was shattered, and her Dao foundation was damaged.
For the time being, the Azure Sky Empress had completely lost her ability to fight.
"Forget about me... hurry and defend..."
The Azure Sky Empress gasped for breath, her voice so faint it was almost inaudible.
She could hear the tide of