Gu Hualing saw that Demon Wind still intended to harm Lu Huaming. Disregarding her own injuries, she stood in front of Lu Huaming and took the initiative to attack Demon Wind.
Demon Wind did not take her seriously. With a casual wave of his hand, more than a dozen translucent black streaks shot forth. Gu Hualing had no chance to defend herself before they pierced through her forehead and flew out the back of her head.
Immediately afterward, an incomparably shrill howl rang throughout the entire Aolai Kingdom.
Gu Hualing convulsed as she collapsed to the ground. She felt as though her Divine Soul had been pierced with more than a dozen small holes, and the agony of her Divine Soul being torn apart was utterly unbearable.
Watching this, Demon Wind nodded in satisfaction. This was the reaction one should have when their Divine Soul was struck by the Heart Sword. As for Shen Luo's earlier performance... all that could be said was that the boy was not human!
He stepped over Gu Hualing's body and walked toward Lu Huaming.
Gu Hualing weakly stretched out her hand, wanting to grab the hem of his robe. Yet her Divine Soul had suffered grave damage, making her vision hazy and impossible to focus. Again and again, she grasped only empty air.
At this moment, Lu Huaming's cultivation was gradually stabilizing, and he was about to awaken.
Demon Wind frowned. Blood light flared once more from the Black Jade skull in his hand as he raised it, about to smash it down on Lu Huaming's head.
At the same time, a thunderous roar suddenly came from the churning golden Thunder Pool above the city walls.
Rumble!
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out as an incomparably thick bolt of golden lightning burst from the Thunder