As soon as the announcement sounded, Song Jiaren seized the initiative. She unleashed the Earth-Grade Martial Technique she had cultivated to perfection, instantly closing the distance between herself and Chen Lie and raining blows on him.
Boom, boom, boom!
The power of Song Jiaren's blazing yang true qi erupted. In an instant, she hurled hundreds of palm imprints at Chen Lie, a dense barrage of Five Dragon Bloodflame Palms descending on him from every direction.
Facing the dense blazing palm imprints, Chen Lie raised his saber and swept it through the air. Thousands of saber-qi blades shot out, instantly annihilating Song Jiaren's palm imprints. Many even pierced her true qi barrier and reached her face.
Song Jiaren circulated her Yin-Yang True Qi and released a violent surge, scattering every one of those saber-qi blades.
Just then, Chen Lie struck with his saber. Its keen edge instantly sliced through Song Jiaren's protective true qi.
Startled, Song Jiaren turned all ten fingers into arrows and hurriedly counterattacked.
"Flying Flower Finger-Arrow Art!"
Whoosh, whoosh...
Ten true qi arrows shot from Song Jiaren's fingertips, forcing Chen Lie to stop and turn his saber sideways to block them.
Although Chen Lie had stopped advancing, Song Jiaren keenly sensed the immense depth of his true qi.
Steeling herself, she took a blood-red repeating crossbow from her Storage Pouch and instantly strapped it to her right forearm.
"This Blood God Crossbow... I intended to keep it as my trump card against Wei Zeyang. Now it looks like I'll have to use it on you..."
A trump card was something one could not reveal lightly. The Blood God Crossbow was extraordinarily powerful, and most people knew nothing of its capabilities.
Even a genius on the Hidden Dragon Rankings would suffer from a hit by the Blood God Crossbow.