The sword sliced into the Corpse King, cutting three inches deep, but it failed to kill it.
The Corpse King's right arm had been severed. It grabbed the blade with its left hand and looked up. Its Gray Pupil Transformation increased its physical strength tenfold.
The woman was horrified. "Corpse King Transformation?"
With a clang, the long sword cracked. The Corpse King gripped the broken blade and thrust it at the woman. Blue energy appeared before her, and she struck directly with pure energy, blasting the Corpse King away.
The Corpse King had endured the woman's sword strike with its Corpse King Transformation, but that only meant its physical strength was formidable. The woman wielded the Blue Energy Source to unleash the power of the Four-time or Five-time Origin Tribulation. The Corpse King was nowhere near strong enough to withstand it.
After knocking the Corpse King back, the woman gripped the broken sword's hilt. She stepped forward and vanished. The broken blade thrust out at an uncanny angle. The Corpse King reached to catch it but missed; the blade slipped past its arm and pierced its forehead.
As the blade emerged from the Corpse King's forehead, the woman reappeared. She paused, straightened, then raised a hand and flung the Corpse King off the platform.
By then, the Corpse King was already dead.
Everyone on the platform stared at the woman, stunned.
"Sister Hong?" Zuo Yu exclaimed.
The woman looked at Zuo Yu and smiled. "Little Yu, we meet again."
Zuo Yu was delighted. "Sister Hong, you—you disappeared, didn't you?"
The woman smiled and looked over everyone. "Is everyone all right?"
"Cough, cough." Mu Duo coughed a few times. "Sister Hong, I'm not all right."
"You're only injured. It's nothing serious. Just rest for half a month, like Little Yu," the