"All right! I'll risk it!"
Li Yunjing gritted his teeth and swallowed several Spirit Nourishing Pills in succession. After recovering a little strength, he continued swinging the World-Breaking Sword, slashing and thrusting upward to carve a passage.
Li Yunjing fought desperately to open a path, but what lay beyond the ice wall was even more despairing-a layer of ice a thousand zhang thick!
"We're finished..."
Su Muqing's face turned deathly pale.
Li Yunjing suddenly looked at the World-Breaking Sword in his hand, a glint of resolve flashing through his eyes. "Everyone, get close to me!"
He poured all his magical power into the blade. The World-Breaking Sword gave a piercing shriek, and densely packed runes emerged across its surface.
"Split the heavens!"
With that thunderous shout, the sword's edge tore space itself apart wherever it passed!
A pitch-black spatial rift appeared before them.
"Go!"
Li Yunjing grabbed the others and leaped inside.
The instant their figures vanished, the entire ice cavern collapsed with a deafening crash!
When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves on an unfamiliar snowfield.
Tie Zhan and his two companions slumped to the ground, their faces filled with the relief of having survived a calamity.
Li Yunjing, however, gave a muffled groan and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Using the World-Breaking Sword at full power had placed too great a strain on him.
"Yunjing!"
Zhao Qi hurriedly took out some healing pills.
Li Yunjing waved her off and looked at Tie Zhan and his companions. "You can leave."
Tie Zhan froze, then was overcome with joy. "Thank you for sparing our lives, Senior!"
With that, he prepared to leave with his two junior brothers.
"Wait."
Li Yunjing suddenly stopped them. "What happened today..."
"If we reveal so much as a word, may our inner