The scroll carried Nangong Yi, transforming into a streak of light that plunged beneath the earth and sped into the distance.
"Rumble!"
Accompanied by a thunderous explosion, the force of the violent blast sent dust and sand surging up, blotting out heaven and earth.
When the dust settled, centered on where the True Yuan sphere had struck the ground, the earth within a radius of a thousand zhang had sunk a full hundred zhang deep.
At the bottom of the crater, Nangong Yi lay motionless on the ground, her body drenched in blood.
She looked utterly miserable.
Yet the faint rise and fall of her chest, along with her constantly moving eyes, was enough to show that she was still alive.
As for the once-radiant scroll, it had fallen beside Nangong Yi.
The scroll had dimmed from top to bottom, looking no different from an ordinary mortal object. Su Shi'er's unique aura upon it had also become unsteady and drifting, as though it might dissipate at any moment.
"Senior, th-thank you! You saved this young woman once again!"
Raising a hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, Nangong Yi forced her severely wounded body to turn toward the scroll beside her, her eyes brimming with gratitude.
Had the scroll not helped her at that critical moment, she would surely have long since returned to the Yellow Springs.
The dim scroll swayed slightly, and Su Shi'er's voice emerged from within.
"There is no need to thank me. You were simply fortunate. At the crucial moment, that Spirit Severing stage fellow changed his mind."
The scroll was the embryonic form of an incarnation Su Shi'er had condensed through the Heaven Scroll Secret Law. Before the incarnation was complete, the aura on the scroll could not dissipate.
But... this