With a casual wave, the beautiful woman recalled the Jade-White Flying Sword, and it immediately reversed course.
With nothing left to stop him, the Vermilion Bird Song Wen had become beat his wings and charged toward her.
The Vermilion Bird drew closer, waves of heat rolling toward her, yet not a trace of panic appeared on her face.
The Taiyin Cold Qi swirling around her streamed into the Jade-White Flying Sword, wisp by wisp.
With each wisp, the flying sword doubled in size. In the blink of an eye, it became a giant sword a hundred zhang long.
The giant sword towered overhead, its tip pointing straight toward the Nine Heavens.
"Strike!"
The beautiful woman barked the command.
The giant sword came crashing down, carrying a sky-swallowing tide of cold. Before its edge even arrived, the concentrated chill froze all the air in its path, carving a dark-blue trail of ice across the sky.
"Screech—"
The Vermilion Bird shrieked. Flames surged like a dragon to meet the giant sword.
The Platinum Flame Pillar slammed into the giant sword.
With its cold concentrated along the edge, the giant sword was unstoppable. It split the pillar of fire clean down the middle.
The pillar divided in two and roared past either side of the sword, failing to slow it in the slightest.
Alarm flashed through the Vermilion Bird's eyes. He beat his wings hard and shot upward.
The giant sword swept past his tail feathers. Where its cold passed, several feathers froze solid, shattered, and fell.
The beautiful woman flicked her ten fingers, sending one spell seal after another into the giant sword.
The sword wheeled in midair and slashed across at the Vermilion Bird again, faster and more viciously than before.
The Vermilion Bird twisted and darted through the air, but