In the mountain ravine, the battle between the two peerless young women had yet to cease.
Soul Power surged like raging waves. Cao Ying narrowed her phoenix eyes, her fingertips tracing an eerie arc through the air. Her jet-black hair danced wildly in the forceful wind as wisps of purple mist abruptly rose around her. Countless tiny specks of soul light condensed within the haze, transforming into gleaming soul blades. Their edges shimmered with a poison-like chill as they shot toward Dan Chen like a swarm of bees leaving the hive.
"Whoosh, whoosh..." The piercing shrieks of the soul blades slicing through the air were grating. Wherever they passed, even the surrounding energy of heaven and earth was torn into fine cracks.
Dan Chen's expression remained calm. With a light sweep of her slender fingers, the pale golden Soul Power around her suddenly surged, forming a gentle yet resilient shield. Complex patterns emerged across its surface, transparent as glazed crystal.
The instant the soul blades struck the soul shield, a continuous barrage of crisp clangs erupted. Sparks scattered everywhere as purple mist and golden light collided, sending waves of energy rippling through the sky.
Seeing this, Cao Ying curled her lips into a seductive smile. She turned her fair wrist, and her Soul Power surged once more, directly drawing in the poisonous miasma permeating the ravine and merging it with her Soul Power. It transformed into a massive purple-scaled venomous python, its body covered in dark violet patterns. With its jaws wide open, it spewed foul toxic mist and lunged fiercely at Dan Chen with world-destroying force.
Light shone in Dan Chen's eyes. Rather than retreating, she advanced. Her Soul Power transformed into golden feathers that filled the sky, every feather-tip glinting with sharp radiance. She spread her arms, and