Although Zi Yan had kicked Xie Biyan out of the poisonous gas, she herself was still within it.
Thus, the others could only see a flash of purple light where Zi Yan stood. They could not clearly make out what was before her.
A hazy, illusory sword of light floated before Zi Yan. A noble, domineering aura emanated from the blade, though its form was extremely unstable.
It appeared for only an instant before dissipating, but before it vanished, the light sword still swung out a streak of purple sword light.
The pitch-black blood streak unleashed by Xie Biyan had just reached Zi Yan when the sword light swept across it. The moment they came into contact, the pitch-black blood streak shattered outright.
The sword light did not pause for even a moment. It crossed the hundred-meter distance in the next instant, slicing the poisonous gas cleanly in half. What was especially strange was that the severed poisonous gas could not even gather together again.
After unleashing the pitch-black blood streak, Xie Biyan's aura had become exceedingly weak. Watching the sword light sweep toward him, he was unable to escape.
The sword light passed silently through Xie Biyan, then slowly dissipated into nothingness.
Before everyone's shocked eyes, Xie Biyan's entire body split into two halves, the cut as smooth as a mirror.
Even Xie Biyan's soul had been cleaved into nothingness by that terrifying strike.
Xie Biyan, the Dou Zong of the Chuyun Empire, had fallen!
A Dou Zong powerhouse had fallen so decisively. Zi Yan emerged from the poisonous gas, still temporarily maintaining her adult form.
Her entire body was stained with blood, yet she sparked cheers throughout the Jia Ma Empire, especially among the troops within Black Mountain Fortress.
The soldiers of Black Mountain Fortress looked upon Zi