Golden energy churned.
Countless crimson fire serpents scorched the air, transforming into a rain that filled the sky and crashed down upon the ground in a clattering torrent.
Although the Golden Wind Fine Rain Painting was a Purple Palace artifact of boundless power, and Grand Situ who wielded it had long since reached the perfected Dao Foundation realm, Spirit Fire Adept, as the prized disciple of the Nine Heavens Fire Palace, likewise possessed a Purple Palace artifact held in reserve!
By the end of their clash, both sides were already spent arrows at the end of their flight.
"Pfft!"
Yun Wuxin dropped to one knee and spat out a mouthful of blood. The Devotion Sword in his hand was smashed in two by a crimson ring.
The young woman beside him was in even worse shape. Her life had been scorched by [Wing Fire], and she had already fallen unconscious from grievous injuries.
Grand Situ was even more frail with age, like the last candle flame flickering in the wind.
"Your stubborn resistance is nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot."
Though Spirit Fire Adept's face was pale, his Dao Foundation remained bright, transforming into a ball of flame that was about to descend.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a streak of black light fell into the battlefield. It was a short, unremarkable woman, carrying the scent of smoke and fire, with ugly tattoos on her face.
"Yue Maiden?"
Yun Wuxin blurted out. Then he saw the light of [Three Stars Water] gather as the Yue Maiden thrust out her sword, drawing down waterlight that filled the heavens, carrying an utterly reckless, perilous intent—
Clang!
In the next instant, her sword snapped, and her figure flew backward like a paper kite, blood scattering across the sky all the