Before the Scripture-Inquiring Wall, Liu Xiaowen and his two companions sprang into action, dealing with the enemies before them.
Those present were all lowly rogue cultivators, so the three had nothing to fear. They merely needed to finish things quickly, before anything unexpected arose.
Fan Huayan summoned a jade bottle. Streams of clear white water poured out, brimming with the power of growth, and formed a curtain that blocked several incoming spells.
Xianghe had now fully assumed her half-demon form. Her aura climbed straight to the second level of Qi Refining. This demon had actually been concealing her cultivation.
Her green skirt fluttered as she held off the two attacking second-level Qi Refining cultivators alone, leaving Liu Xiaowen and Fan Huayan to face the fourth-level Qi Refining woman.
Their opponent wore pale blue gauze robes. She looked middle-aged, with unremarkable features, and summoned a Silver Sparrow Idol patterned with auspicious clouds-a low-grade Qi Refining artifact.
The female cultivator first looked at the jade bottle in Fan Huayan's hand, then glanced at the deep crimson flames on Liu Xiaowen's Dharma Sword. A smug look crept into her eyes as she said with a smile:
"[Water Transformation] and [Bing Fire] are both ill-suited to countering my [Xin Metal] artifact. You two had better hand over the inheritance quickly, unless you want to suffer more pain."
Liu Xiaowen said nothing. Instead, he noticed the artifact in Fan Huayan's hand: a lustrous jade bottle of middle-grade Qi Refining quality.
Water Transformation? I've never heard of that tradition. It carries something of nurturing and growth.
Before he could think further, their opponent struck first. She activated the silver sparrow, sending whirlpools of silver light sweeping toward them.
Sword in hand, Liu Xiaowen directly unleashed the great sun radiant flame. Deep crimson fire blazed as he