How could she have advanced so quickly...
At that moment, Shalie was full of questions.
Even though Shi Lan's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Void Realm the last time they met, there was no way she could have advanced even further in just a few short months.
Back then, he himself had been stuck at this threshold for nearly a hundred years.
The spatial laws comprehended in the Emptiness Realm had already surpassed the limits of what living beings could understand. They were extraordinarily abstruse. How could she...
Buzz—
Before Shalie could think any further, the muffled sound of space tearing apart suddenly erupted beside his ear. Shi Lan, who had been some distance away, appeared right before him.
Vast swathes of the void collapsed. The smile had yet to fade from Shi Lan's face as her hands, stained with Golden Crow blood, shot out and clamped around Shalie's wrists. The next instant, a forceful kick slammed into his chest!
Crack—
Shalie's arms were torn off by sheer force. The overwhelming pain of flesh being ripped from his body seized his nerves in an instant. His sternum shattered completely, and he plunged like a falling star into the earth, boring through the spirit eye. Vast waves of spiritual energy surged high, mixed with countless fragments of spirit crystals, transforming into a dazzling rain of light.
Several immortal-light sigils flashed one after another. The few people who had come with Shalie had not even withstood the pressure of Shi Lan's spatial laws before activating the life-saving immortal talismans within their bodies. Five immortal herbs were left behind where they stood. Clearly, one of them had already died once; they were eliminated from this contest immediately.
Shi Lan gathered the immortal herbs into her palm. Without looking them over,