The instant Yun Bing landed, frost spread outward from beneath her feet.
The white radiance at the edge of the Holy Light Domain met the icy blue frost layer with a piercing hiss. The two forces eroded each other, forming vast sheets of crystalline ice across their point of contact.
Zhong Shanli stood before Li Zhengyang with the Battle Saber resting on his shoulder. He glanced around and lowered his voice.
"Can you still move?"
Li Zhengyang gripped his spear to support himself, his breathing not yet fully steady.
"I won't die."
Zhong Shanli nodded and asked no more.
He turned to face Arthur, lowering the Battle Saber from his shoulder and gripping it tightly.
Yun Bing tilted her head, her gaze sweeping over the starry sky behind Li Zhengyang that had yet to recede.
Three stars hung above the Blood Sea, their faint light blending with the crimson glow.
A flicker passed through her eyes before she looked away.
Dual domains.
The words exploded in her mind, yet she showed no trace of it.
This was not the time to ask questions.
"Yun Bing."
Without turning around, Zhong Shanli asked, "Left or right?"
"Left."
The moment the word fell, both figures vanished from where they stood.
Arthur stood in midair, the Holy Light Greatsword still held horizontally before him.
His gaze passed over Yun Bing and Zhong Shanli, then the figure behind them that was still gasping for breath.
"Great Xia sure is protective of its own."
Zhong Shanli's Battle Saber struck first.
This slash was nothing but a brute-force chop driven by Blood Qi.
Arthur shifted aside and raised the Holy Light Greatsword to block.
Clang!
The muffled collision made the air above the mining area hum.
The muscles in Zhong Shanli's arm bulged as he forcibly pressed