The Tianshuang Sword flew from its sheath in an instant, and frigid energy gathered before him into a wall of ice more than five feet thick.
The sound of the ice wall shattering rang out in rapid succession.
Bo Saixi extended only a single finger, her fingertip touching the very center of the ice wall.
Dense cracks spread inward from the point of contact. Within a breath, the wall shattered into ice fragments that filled the sky. That finger continued forward through the broken ice, and Bing Yekong raised the Tianshuang Sword across his chest to take the blow head-on.
The blade gave a dull hum. The tremendous impact shoved him back five or six steps, his feet plowing two deep furrows through the ground.
His palm went numb, while the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone pattern on the back of his hand grew faintly hot, dispersing part of the force for him.
"Bing'er!" Bing Yekong shouted.
Shui Bing'er had already moved the moment he spoke the first word.
The Ice Phoenix Martial Soul spread its wings behind her, blue-white Ultimate Ice enveloping her entire body.
She stepped beside Bing Yekong, her hands forming seals in a crossing motion. The chill around her and the cold energy of Bing Yekong's Tianshuang Sword resonated in an instant.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Phoenix Strike.
The two of them simultaneously transformed into a blue-white pillar of light that shot into the sky. At its highest point, the pillar condensed into the phantom of a massive ice sword, a Phoenix silhouette coiled around its blade.
That sword cleaved down from the heavens, carrying the chill of Ultimate Ice and the Phoenix's pressure as it struck toward Bo Saixi.
Bo Saixi looked up.
She raised her hand, palm facing upward, and gave a