He did not even glance at Xia Furong, whom he had deceived with a feint and sent flying with grave injuries. His body turned into a bloody bolt of lightning once more, instantly catching up to the airborne Xia Furong!
His scaled demonic claw rose high, black energy coiling around its five fingers as it gathered terrifying power capable of shattering mountains, then viciously clawed down at Xia Furong's head!
If this claw struck true, Xia Furong would undoubtedly die!
Within the light screen, Gu Sheng took in everything!
He saw the horrifying wound in Xia Furong's abdomen, the blood continuously spilling from her mouth, the fleeting despair in her eyes... and Xiao Beixuan's death-dealing demonic claw, poised to descend with a cruel smile!
An indescribable rage and icy killing intent erupted within Gu Sheng's chest!
At the critical instant when Xiao Beixuan's grotesquely scaled demonic claw, brimming with destructive power, was about to tear apart Xia Furong's head—
The warm jade pendant Xia Furong wore close to her chest suddenly burst forth with dazzling white light!
The white light instantly spread, transforming into a solid diamond-shaped barrier that shielded her entire body!
Xiao Beixuan's demonic claw struck the barrier viciously! A piercing cracking sound rang out!
The white barrier lasted only an instant before shattering inch by inch!
Yet that brief instant bought Xia Furong a sliver of hope!
Borrowing the recoil from the shattered barrier, Xia Furong endured the searing pain in her abdomen and the turbulence in her sea of consciousness, rapidly drifting backward and narrowly avoiding the fatal claw strike!
She coughed up another mouthful of blood, her aura weakening further, but she had escaped disaster in the end!
"A protective artifact?"
Surprise and irritation flashed through Xiao Beixuan's scarlet pupils before turning into even deeper