Xuan Ji Sword was like a cobra's fang. The moment its tip touched Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch's skin, it refused to let go.
The tip pierced the Girl's fair skin, burrowing deep into her flesh before finally emerging through her back.
The twisted, spiraling black blade ran right through Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch.
Su Yuan had put so much force into the strike that the golden-haired Girl's body was torn away from the World Tree's trunk and lifted into the air.
The Girl's proud head lolled to one side as if she had lost all her bones, her brilliant golden hair veiling her delicate features.
The scene was bewitching and magnificent. In that moment, the fallen Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch looked so sacred, like a holy knight slain by an enemy's sneak attack.
Blood flowed down the spiraling blade, while even more dripped from the hole in her silver armor, falling onto the World Tree's bark.
"Did it work?"
True Lord Wuluo gazed at the scene before her, like something out of an oil painting, and murmured under her breath.
There was no doubt about it: Su Yuan was now stronger than her.
But for a Nascent Soul Cultivator to defeat a Spirit Transformation cultivator—and an old hand at that—still seemed too unreal.
"It won't be that easy."
Guiyuan's grave voice sounded softly, denying True Lord Wuluo's assumption.
Just as Guiyuan had expected, the next second, a delighted smile suddenly appeared on Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch's face, hidden beneath her hair.
"Su Yuan, you... are quite impressive."
"I issue an edict unto myself: before Heaven, I shall not die; before Earth, I shall not die; before the Five Elements, I shall not die; before bonds, I shall not die; before tribulations, I shall not die..."
Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch spoke