He turned to Qing Daoxun, his tone instantly turning serious. "Miss, take a rest. Leave this minor character to me."
Qing Daoxun frowned, seeming as though she wanted to say something.
Xue Changsheng blinked. "Rest assured, Xuan Ting and I have long wanted to trade blows. This is the perfect chance to spar."
Xuan Ting's expression darkened. "Xue Changsheng, must you interfere?"
"Otherwise?" Xue Changsheng rolled his wrists, crimson immortal power flowing through his palms. "Should I just watch your Dragon Python Sect bully the few with the many? What face would my Blood Demon Sect have if word got out? Besides, did our Blood Demon Sect start this whole mess?"
"Good! Very good!" Xuan Ting laughed in fury. "Since you insist on interfering, I'll play with you! I'll let you see who the true master of Chibi Heavenly Snow Peak is!"
"Master?" Xue Changsheng sneered. "Talk after you beat me!"
Before his words had faded, crimson immortal power erupted, transforming into blood butterflies that filled the sky and swooped toward Xuan Ting.
Xuan Ting neither dodged nor evaded. The Dragon Python phantom suddenly swelled enormously.
The dark-gold giant python opened its bloody maw and swallowed every last blood butterfly.
Boom!
The shockwave from the collision of energies sent everyone nearby staggering backward again and again.
Qin Shaofeng pulled Qing Daoxun back to a safe distance and asked in a low voice, "Junior Sister, are you all right?"
Qing Daoxun shook her head. "I can't hold on much longer."
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Qin Shaofeng frowned, then immediately sensed what seemed to be an aura from the fragment within the Immortal Ring space.
"Is it because of that fragment?" Qin Shaofeng lowered his voice.
Qing Daoxun shook her head, then transmitted her thoughts to him. "I'll explain the many doubts after this matter