Surrounded!!

"Watch out!"

Qin Yan let out a low roar. Almost without thinking, his body reacted on instinct—his left hand shot forward, fingers clamping tightly around Xiao Wangshu's wrist before yanking her back with force!

At the same time, Qin Yan flipped his right palm, and a Crystal Ball suddenly appeared in his hand!

This was the life-saving item Envoy An had solemnly entrusted to him—the [Crystal Ball]!

A fierce glint flashed through Qin Yan's eyes as his fingers tightened, ready to crush the Crystal Ball without mercy!

Summon [Envoy An]!

"Don't! Qin Yan!"

At that moment, Xiao Wangshu's voice came from behind him!

At the very instant her voice rang out!

"Clang—!!!"

A clear, soaring sword cry erupted without warning from the void before them!

It did not come from the sword in Xiao Wangshu's hand, but from... the omnipresent world all around them!

The next moment, countless strands of silver sword intent, condensed to the utmost extreme and so pure they made one's heart tremble, gathered and emerged from thin air, from the starlight, even from the sea breeze and tides around them!

These sword intents were not chaotic. In an instant, they intertwined and fused together.

Before Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu, they formed a seemingly thin Silver Sword Intent Shield that appeared to contain the fundamental truths of heaven and earth!

Silver radiance flowed across the shield, its surface densely covered in sword patterns.

"Screech—!!!"

Black Whale's enormous devouring maw, certain of its victory, slammed viciously into the suddenly appearing sword-intent shield!

Yet the terrifying bite force, enough to swallow mountains and crush refined metal, landed upon the sword-intent shield.

Mm... it did not budge in the slightest.

The sword intent retaliated on its own, its peerlessly sharp edge blasting Black Whale's massive body backward!

"Roar—!!!"

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