"Is this the Ninja Sect's trump card?"
After seeing the eight people emerge from the Elder Tower and recalling Black Xuan's warning, everyone guessed that this was why the Ninja Sect was making its last stand!
"Wait... the clothes they're wearing... that is..."
At that moment, Du Jitong of the Origin Returning Sect was the first to notice something unusual, because he recognized the clothes worn by the figure standing atop the tower!
"[Akatsuki]!"
However, the name had only just surfaced in his mind, and before he could say it aloud, the battle had already erupted!
The first to strike was Kong Chen!
Before everyone's eyes, his body transformed into countless fiery-red cherry blossom petals that scattered across the sky. In merely an instant, the heavens were dyed crimson. A faint fragrance of cherry blossoms spread through the air, carrying an intense scorching heat that made everyone feel as though they were suffocating in a searing heatwave!
In fact, when the cherry blossoms first appeared, none of the attackers reacted immediately, because the sight before them was simply too hauntingly beautiful. Drifting cherry blossoms, wrapped in the Ninja Sect's dense spiritual energy and mingling with the rain, gave the surroundings the hazy air of an immortal realm.
Only when someone touched a cherry blossom and scarlet flames erupted over their entire body did everyone realize just how terrifying those blossoms were!
"Listen! This is the Soul-Calming Requiem dedicated to you!"
High in the sky, a vast number of cherry blossoms gathered and slowly formed Kong Chen's figure. His fiery-red hair danced behind him as he floated cross-legged in the air. His broad black cloak patterned with red clouds hung at his sides, and at some point, an ancient zither had appeared across his lap. However, it was not the Falling