Boom!
The Wooden Puppet burst into flames and turned to ash in an instant. The three miniature arrows followed close behind, burning to ashes as well.
The nail-book runes beneath it also burned away. The ritual formation fell apart in an instant, and the three lamps beside it went completely dark, cracking with sharp snaps.
With the spell broken, the concealment formation shattered too. The entire boulder split into pieces, and an ominous aura spread out.
When the Nail-Head Three-Arrows Book was broken, the beautiful woman in black wore an ugly expression. Remembering the lion's roar that had traveled through the void before the straw effigy burned, she demanded bitterly, "Who was it?"
Which Spirit-Refining True Lord of the Great Xuan Divine Dynasty rode a lion? Or had they invited some old bald donkey from the Buddhist Tradition?
On Light-Bearing Mountain, Star Lord Tianxuan, who had long been poised to strike, sensed it. His fury surged until his hair stood on end, and he thundered, "Vile creature!"
He rose, left the hall, and thrust his hand into the void. A thousand miles away, a great star plunged from the heavens with unstoppable force. Everywhere it passed, the void burned, and a rain of fiery meteors fell.
The gloomy ravine became as bright as day. Flames soared into the sky, vegetation burned, and rocks collapsed. A powerful aura locked onto the beautiful woman in black, while Star Lord Tianxuan's furious roar rolled like heavenly thunder.
"Evil fiend of the Underworld, you deserve death!"
The Stars hurtled straight toward the beautiful woman in black. Laws shook, and starlight washed over everything like mountains and rivers. Yet, in the end, it was a step too late.
Seeing that things had gone wrong, the beautiful woman in black had greased her soles and fled