"Who's hiding in the shadows?!"
A clear, frosty young woman's voice, seemingly containing the contradictory qualities of ten-thousand-year black ice and undying flames, rang out from the distant sky.
Everyone looked up to see a crimson streak of light falling like a meteor, trailing a long tail of flame as it crossed the heavens in an instant and landed upon the battle platform, directly between the Heavenly Star Saintess and Fan Mingli.
As the light faded, it revealed the figure of a young woman.
She wore a fitted crimson combat outfit that outlined her slender yet already well-developed figure.
Her face was breathtakingly beautiful, her features picturesque, and her skin whiter than snow. Yet what drew the most attention were her clear eyes. At that moment, two clusters of icy flames seemed to burn quietly within them. Though a blazing aura surged around her, she gave off a cold, noble air that kept others at a distance.
Her bearing was exceptionally unique. Blazing heat intertwined with icy cold, while nobility coexisted with detachment. She inspired awe at first sight, making no one dare approach lightly.
"It's you?!"
The Heavenly Star Saintess's pupils shrank slightly when she recognized the newcomer. Her voice carried a trace of surprise and wariness.
"The Blazing Heaven Sacred Land... Saintess? Saintess Qing Luan?"
As a Saintess of a Central Continent sacred land, she naturally recognized someone of the same standing. The woman before her was the current Saintess of the Blazing Heaven Sacred Land, one of the five great sacred lands of the Central Continent alongside the Heavenly Star Sacred Land. Rumor had it that she possessed an ancient and powerful fire-type divine body, with heaven-defying talent. The Blazing Heaven Sacred Land's Holy Lord had formally named her as his successor, granting her an exalted status