Summer Nine Nether looked up and swung his blade. A pitch-black, ghostly gleam swept across the void, slicing it open like a sheet of paper before slashing toward Lei Nü.
Lei Nü gathered star energy in front of herself to withstand the three forms of Blade Intent, while dodging aside.
The first slash tore through the star energy and struck the sea, splitting it in two.
The second slash followed at once, its power doubled.
Lei Nü's pupils shrank to pinpricks. She suddenly charged at Summer Nine Nether, determination in her gaze.
Summer Nine Nether brought his blade down, then abruptly changed its course. The slash, which should have hit Lei Nü, veered slightly aside and split the sea again. Lei Nü also came to an abrupt halt, no longer charging at him.
Summer Nine Nether had not fully unleashed his three forms of Blade Intent, and Lei Nü's gaze gradually returned to calm.
Silence fell over the scene.
Just then, a figure appeared on the golden platform in the distance, which had been empty until now. The two turned to look.
It was Lu Yin.
At the cracked mountain, the ancestral blood appeared and was absorbed by Ghost Marquis. Lu Yin then climbed the mountain, heading step by step toward the golden platform.
His appearance drew everyone's attention.
Shang Qing was astonished. He had always remained unruffled, no matter whom he faced, but now Lu Yin had surprised him.
The person who appeared there should have been the Inheritor of the Burial Garden. How could it be him?
Although Shang Qing had once said that he hoped Lu Yin could do it, he still found it unbelievable that Lu Yin had actually defeated the Inheritor of the Burial Garden.
When Qiu Shi saw Lu Yin step onto the golden