North of the Three Imperial Cities, Dongxuan Yuting and Xixuan Yufeng forcefully intercepted and sought to kill the Northern Realm King of the First Pavilion Under Heaven. In the instant of confrontation, Qing Shuang moved, striking first to seize the initiative.
Snow filled the sky, swirling around her. Qing Shuang condensed extreme cold in her slender hand and struck directly at the man within the raging wind.
Xixuan Yufeng snorted coldly. With a stamp of his foot, his body drifted like a willow leaf, evading her palm force. Then he wheeled back, a Willow Blade appearing in his hand as he ruthlessly slashed at the woman before him.
Qing Shuang focused her mind, turning sideways to avoid the blade's radiance. Essence gathered in her slender hand as she launched a forceful counterattack.
As her palm essence arrived, Xixuan Yufeng's figure flashed. He evaded a move and answered with one of his own, fast—so fast the eye could scarcely follow.
A battle of speed overcoming the unexpected. Within the battle, Xixuan Yufeng moved as swiftly as a gale, elusive and unpredictable. The Willow Blade traced streak after streak of cold light, each one a merciless, seamless threat to life.
In contrast, at the center of the battle, Qing Shuang stood unmoving as a mountain. Wind and snow rose from her slender hands, blocking the attacks from all directions time and again.
Outside the battle, Dongxuan Yuting condensed Vast Essence in his palm. The surging lightning grew ever more intense, destruction permeating the air and chilling all who beheld it.
Two powerful foes encircled and attacked her. One used swift blades to delay her, while the other had gathered power and stood ready. Within the battle, Qing Shuang unleashed all her true essence. Even as she blocked their moves, her divine sense