Lu Yin looked at the gold covering the sky. It was poison, perhaps—or some kind of strange energy. Either way, these people couldn't withstand it.
The woman's gaze sharpened, and she suddenly charged at the Corpse King, moving far faster than before. Lightning seemed to flicker across her body. She raised her sword and thrust. It was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree; with her cultivation, she couldn't possibly match a Half-Ancestor Corpse King. The Corpse King could kill her with a mere flick of its finger.
The woman was clearly no fool. She wasn't about to throw her life away.
The countless human cultivators watched in hope. Legend said the Valkyrie was the faith that kept everyone going in their fight against the Eternal Kingdom. With her, the war could not be lost, no matter how powerful the Corpse Kings became. That was the Valkyrie. Many said she was the embodiment of the Sixth Continent's will, the Sixth Continent itself fighting against the Eternal Clan.
The Dao Origin Sect had abandoned them, but the Sixth Continent had not.
The woman reached the Corpse King in the blink of an eye. It struck out with one palm, a blow powerful enough to shatter the void and kill her.
The sword's edge drew closer and closer to the Corpse King's palm. At the last instant, black-violet material spread over the blade. It pierced the Corpse King's arm without resistance, then ran through its arm and pierced half its body. The Corpse King roared and reached for the woman with its other hand. She raised her own hand, black-violet material covering it, and met the Corpse King head-on.
With a bang, the woman was sent flying. Her sword slipped from her grasp and landed in the ground some distance away.