The instant Su Jiu drew close to Gong Hao, he suddenly changed the direction of his attack, and a white light flared in his palm.
Immediately afterward, Su Jiu and Gong Hao vanished together.
Gu Ningyun still had her hand outstretched to catch Su Jiu, but she seemed to have been a step too late. Gong Hao had taken Su Jiu away nonetheless.
Meanwhile, the Yin-Yang Fish Jade Pendant finished fusing.
By the time Xia Jue and Ning Fan opened their eyes, most of the demonic cultivators were already dead, leaving only a few battered remnants.
The area before the Heavenly Devil Palace's main hall was a scene of utter devastation.
Tong Qi had also suffered serious injuries in the battle just now. Even his folding fan was slightly damaged.
He limped over to Xia Jue and Ning Fan, panting softly, and said with a slight frown, "Gong Hao took Su Jiu away."
Silence instantly settled over them again.
Elsewhere, Su Jiu felt a dazzling light assault her eyes and reflexively raised her sleeve to shield them. When she lowered it, she discovered that she was no longer where she had been.
Instead, she stood somewhere filled with nothing but white mist.
Su Jiu tried to muster her spiritual qi and fly using Sword Control, only to discover that her spiritual qi had been greatly suppressed without her noticing.
She tried calling Little Gift and Little Pearl in her sea of consciousness, but both seemed as though they no longer existed.
Su Jiu summoned the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword and discovered that its radiance had dimmed considerably as well.
She sensed that Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate desperately wanted to convey something, but unable to speak human words, it could only fret.
Su Jiu took a few tentative steps forward and found