"What..."
Zhou Fan suddenly appeared before her. Ruan Qingqing failed to react at all, her mind practically freezing for a full second before she came to her senses.
She immediately retreated without hesitation, forming hand seals at the same time.
"Crystal Release: Verdant Crystal Pentagonal Path!"
Crystals formed a straight line along the ground, racing toward Zhou Fan.
Facing Ruan Qingqing's attack, Zhou Fan walked forward calmly, showing no intention of dodging.
The crystals struck him head-on.
Then nothing happened.
There was no sign of the crystals hitting their target. They simply passed through Zhou Fan's body, as though they had struck nothing but air.
"What?"
Ruan Qingqing froze.
Her attack should have hit Zhou Fan. Why had nothing happened?
"Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Hexagonal Pillar!"
A massive Crystal Pillar immediately rose beneath Ruan Qingqing, carrying her higher.
She then conjured more than a dozen Crystal Pillars and sent them hurtling toward Zhou Fan in a dense barrage.
Rumble!
The densely packed Crystal Pillars completely covered the clearing before her, leaving no room to dodge.
"That should have hit him this time, right?" Ruan Qingqing was breathing a little harder.
Unleashing so many large-scale superpowers in succession had taken a considerable toll on her.
Still, taking on all of [Dawn] by herself was already an impressive performance.
Of course, Ruan Qingqing wasn't about to pat herself on the back.
As the greatest prodigy of the Central District's younger generation, she considered this only natural, nothing worth congratulating herself over.
The battle had long since drawn a sizable crowd.
Some were from the Southern District, others from the Central District.
"Isn't that Ruan Qingqing from the Central District's Ruan family? What's she doing here?"
"Even the Ruan family came to this Secret Realm? That's unexpected."
"A fourth-tier Secret Realm does