Lu Xueqi and Bi Yao (21)

They had not gone far when several blurry phantom forms of starlight suddenly pounced from a towering cluster of glowing coral to their front side! They moved as fast as lightning, accompanied by piercing sounds of water being torn apart.

They were the very Star Beasts Elder Mu and the others had encountered before!

These Star Beasts resembled grotesque fish magnified several times over, yet they had four sharp claws and lizard-like heads. Fine scales of starlight covered their bodies, while their mouths bristled with savage fangs and cold, frenzied starry glints flashed in their eyes.

"Careful!" Lu Xueqi cried sharply as the Tian Ya Sword suddenly flew from its sheath!

Clang—!

The clear cry of a sword rang through the lakebed. A vast, autumn-water-blue sword radiance swept out, striking precisely at the charging Star Beasts. Mixed within that sword light was a trace of the cool starry brilliance she had comprehended over the past few days, making it even more powerful.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The three Star Beasts in front were sliced in half by the sword light. No blood flowed from their wounds; instead, specks of starlight drifted out. Their corpses swiftly turned transparent before finally dispersing into motes of light, leaving behind only several irregular, multifaceted crystals the size of rice grains. They gave off faint star power as they fell to the lakebed.

Yet the Star Beasts behind them charged on without fear of death. More emerged from the surrounding coral and the shadows of the ruins, coming from every direction—at least several dozen of them!

Su Han's gaze turned cold. Holding two fingers together like a sword, he sent green light flickering from them. A condensed green sword qi burst through the water and instantly pierced the head of a Star Beast attacking from the