The battle was on the verge of breaking out.
Ji Yuan flicked a Qi-Blood Pill into Xing Shuang's hand. As his right hand rose, he summoned his Life-bound Dharma Treasure from his Dantian.
Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain!
The little mountain swelled in the wind. By the time it appeared above Ji Yuan, it had become a blue-brown stone mountain, shielding him.
The axe struck the stone mountain.
Boom—
A huge, muffled impact rang out. Ji Yuan flashed beneath Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and held it up with one hand.
The shock wave swept outward, throwing Xing Shuang back. Without hesitation, she swallowed the Qi-Blood Pill Ji Yuan had given her.
As blood and vitality spread through her body and soaked into her flesh, she realized just how precious his gift was.
But she had no time to marvel.
With all her injuries healed, she immediately took her last drop of Millennium Spirit Milk.
It had always been her lifesaving reserve. She had held off using it because she was injured, and taking it then would have done little good.
Now, things were different.
With her injuries gone, that drop of Millennium Spirit Milk could turn the tables!
Feeling her Dantian rapidly fill with magical power, she gave a cold laugh, turned, and plucked her bowstring.
Twang—
As the string vibrated, an arrow of light flew out and stopped the alluring woman trying to dart forward.
With one arrow halting her opponent, Xing Shuang pressed her advantage. She fired shot after shot, soon driving the woman far back.
Her cultivation had already reached the peak of the Golden Core Middle Stage. She was only one step from a breakthrough.
She had gone to Cliff Province Bay to hunt two Third-Order Demon Beasts and secure the last resources she needed.
But as luck would