Everyone's hearts rose to their throats at this moment.
People like Yan Runan could all tell that this sword was Christina's strongest killing move. All her vitality, spirit, and will had been poured into that single strike. It swept across the heavens like a cascading waterfall of light, incomparably sharp, like a comet streaking across the sky.
In an instant, victory or defeat could be decided!
If Lin Qingyan could block it, she would win!
If she could not, she would lose!
The fate of an entire nation would be decided at this very moment!
The next instant.
The Ice Kingdom, blessed with martial will, was pierced through.
The golden sword light tore through seven layers of extreme ice defenses like a meteor before slashing across Lin Qingyan's body.
The icy-blue sword in her hand split in two. The twelve-winged crystalline ice wheel behind her shattered. Blood blossomed amid the icy mist like a gorgeous blood-red flower. Like a butterfly with broken wings, the girl withered and drifted down. Around her, the Kingdom of Ice collapsed, countless shards of ice crashing down with a thunderous roar, the ice fragments crystalline and translucent.
There was a bleak, deathly beauty of sorrow to this scene.
The entire venue fell deathly silent. Everyone was stunned by the tyrannical, lethal force of Christina's sword.
Sikong, Chen Xi, and the others sighed softly.
"Still fell just short..."
"She had already suppressed her opponent and gained the upper hand..."
"What a pity..."
Even Song Yun and Ye Shanjun in Mormans City looked up at the sky screen with faces full of regret, believing that Lin Qingyan's defeat was already certain.
"When you have traveled a hundred miles, ninety is only halfway. She fell short by just a little, yet all her efforts came to nothing..."
"She