In midair, Mu Guiqing's lips were stained red. One hand clutched her chest as blood gushed wildly through her fingers.
That thrust had actually pierced her Star Scale Armor!
The Star Scale Armor had been forged by Jiang Feng from Star Steel using a vibration technique. It was an extraordinary artifact with an exceedingly dense divine-power structure and astonishing defensive capabilities!
Yet upon closer inspection, a bloody hole had appeared in Mu Guiqing's chest!
A huge hole had been torn through the black scales, leaving a mangled mass of flesh and blood!
Mu Guiqing's face gradually turned pale. That single thrust had already severely wounded her!
Ice shards wrapped in frigid mist fell into the stronghold, striking some of the buildings.
Wherever the ice shards hit, the buildings were destroyed and covered in a layer of solid ice.
Within the Mu Clan stronghold, the crowd erupted!
Anyone could see that their clan leader, Master Mu, no longer had the strength to fight!
"Clan Leader!" Several elders cried out in alarm, wanting to rush forward but not daring to.
"Not bad!" Duan Tianhe sneered. "With your cultivation and mastery over divine power, it's already quite surprising that you managed to keep your life under my full-force thrust."
"But power gained through an artifact will never truly be your own."
"You were only able to raise your application of divine power to this level through the artifact's strength."
"So you will never comprehend the true profundity of Marrow Transformation!"
As he spoke, Duan Tianhe put away his spear. With his right palm facing upward, yellow light trembled, and specks of dust emerged from thin air. As the dust swirled, an earthen spike condensed, emanating a faintly sharp aura.
Though the aura was faint, Mu Guiqing sensed an immense threat within that earthen