As the rosy glow faded, a violent, formidable aura surged forth.
Above, the enormous fireball, like a blazing sun, expanded outward amid the flames.
Great Sound is Silent; the Great Form is Formless.
The blazing sun exploded, yet not the slightest sound rang out.
Only that violent, formidable aura swept in every direction like crashing waves and raging hurricanes, surge after surge.
In an instant, the water submerging half of Su Shi'er's and Ling Yue Shang's bodies boiled violently like scalding water.
Countless bubbles churned up, releasing billowing steam.
As this happened, the water rapidly evaporated.
Even the solid ice that had yet to melt transformed into icy water and fell.
Boiling water naturally posed no threat to Su Shi'er and Ling Yue Shang, both at the Spirit Severing stage.
Even without body-tempering cultivation, water boiling to this degree was insufficient to harm them.
But the flaming power unleashed by the explosion of that sun-like fireball was something neither could ignore.
Ling Yue Shang reacted the fastest. Without a second thought, her delicate body sank straight beneath the water as she swam toward the grotto at the edge.
The water in the cave, even as it boiled and evaporated, was no ordinary water.
It had formed from solid ice containing Ten Thousand Year Cold Air, and the grotto at the edge still held lingering cold air.
By hiding beneath the water and drawing closer to the grotto,
she could use the cold air to the fullest extent to resist the power of the blazing flames.
By the time the Ice Cave Grotto was destroyed, the blazing sun's power would surely be nearly spent as well.
Once the cold tide and chill had passed, Ling Yue Shang's task in this operation would be considered complete.
She would naturally be able to