Zero Burial's Seclusion

"Withdraw!"

As the woman clenched her five fingers, the water winding around the cherry blossom arrow suddenly tightened, completely enveloping Kong Chen's attack as though it intended to grind it to pieces.

Yet in the next moment, the woman's expression changed. With a shift of her feet, she immediately darted to the side.

Boom! The cherry blossom arrow wrapped in water exploded directly, breaking free from its restraints in the blink of an eye. The erupting Red Cherry Karma Fire instantly burned away most of the water the woman had summoned, then continued onward without losing momentum, chasing after her.

"Condense!"

The woman's face darkened. Startled but not panicked, she formed hand seals and pushed both hands forward. A watery blue barrier immediately appeared before her, finally blocking Kong Chen's cherry blossom arrow.

However, having to use two consecutive techniques just to block it made the woman's expression extremely unpleasant. As a veteran Nascent Soul stage cultivator, there were only a handful across the entire Southern Bright Continent capable of forcing her into such a state. Yet now, she had been driven back by a single move from a mere junior brat. It was truly embarrassing, even if this battle had been suppressed to the late Golden Core stage.

"Akatsuki, very good, very good..." the woman said coldly, repeating "very good" several times in succession.

Meanwhile, the old man wreathed in golden light who had entered the formation's suppression zone alongside the woman remained where he was. It was not that he was unwilling to help her, but because another figure wearing a black cloak patterned with red clouds had appeared not far away. Judging from the mask, that person was Akatsuki's Vermilion Bird!

She was a young woman skilled in the rare lightning attribute. With her speed, if the