After catching the remaining solar profound light, Jiang Peilan's finely jointed hands were already burning hot and crimson, trailing white smoke.
It hurt.
It hurt terribly. She would be unable to lift a sword for at least a month.
Feeling the agonizing pain in her hands, Jiang Peilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
There was no other reason.
Only her hands had been injured. The sword her husband had given her had not melted away.
Thank goodness, thank goodness...
Jiang Peilan had only injured her hands, but Wu Duanzhuo lacked her strength. The solar profound light had almost melted him completely. He no longer looked human at all, reduced to a human-shaped lump of flesh and blood.
"Aaargh!"
Wu Duanzhuo's screams pierced the clouds. Then he gasped for breath, cast a long look at Zhang Yuan inside the formation, and turned to Jiang Peilan.
"Your reputation as [Sword Immortal Chasing the Cold Away] is well deserved. We have certainly learned that firsthand today!"
With that, fearing Jiang Peilan might pursue him to finish him off, Wu Duanzhuo hurriedly traversed the Great Void and fled.
The succession of upheavals following Jiang Peilan's sword strike sent the cultivators surrounding the Ya Kingdom's Capital City scattering in a rush. For a time, everything seemed utterly still.
Or rather, with the descent of the solar profound light, the entire Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm had fallen into an uncanny silence. A heavenly law surfaced in the minds of all Celestial Persons, including those at outer dao golden core perfection whose power equaled theirs, and the many cultivators of miscellaneous paths.
Heaven and earth laws.
Celestial Persons must take their battles beyond the heavens. Violators would receive a warning the first time, and death the second!
Jiang Peilan exhaled, a hint of a smile in