What barred Yu Qingrong's path at this moment were the one hundred and eight "Profound Light Heavenly Origin Shuttles" personally refined by Zhang Yu, meant to pin and restrain opponents at crucial moments.
But using these to hold an Arcane Venerable who had attained superior fruition was plainly impossible. For now, they could only slightly delay her fleeing light.
With a mere turn of her magic power, Yu Qingrong broke free of the restraints. Yet the Profound Light Heavenly Origin Shuttles did not remain still. The instant she escaped, they clung to her like festering sores on the bone, following her aura once more.
That brief delay allowed the Void-Negating Calamity Pearl behind her to catch up again.
Her brows drew together.
Fortunately, after breaking free of the Purple Qi Sand's encirclement, she could now directly see the passage between the two realms. With a guiding incantation, she drew a stream of fierce calamity-yang qi from within the passage. Struck by the aura of this treasure that suppressed the Dao, the shuttles' orderly formation was instantly thrown into disarray.
That stream of fierce qi did not stop there. Its momentum undiminished, it surged onward and crashed headlong into the vast golden radiance hurtling after her.
The collision stirred up sweeping golden light and blazing colors. Though no sound existed in the void, it abruptly brightened and darkened for an instant. The Void-Negating Calamity Pearl seemed to have exhausted its power at last and finally slowed.
Having resolved both dangers at once, Yu Qingrong seized the opportunity. She transformed into a rainbow beam and fled, crossing the void in an instant and leaving the hundred-odd Profound Light Heavenly Origin Shuttles far behind.
Yet just as she was about to return to the passage, her breath caught.
The twelve streaks of sword