"Yuzhu, protect the young master! Elder Zhang and I will hold that Snow Woman back!"
Seeing that the Snow Woman was about to bring down another palm, Gongshu Nanxing and the others could no longer spare any attention for Gu Qingcheng's injuries. She immediately leaped out with Elder Zhang, charging toward the Snow Woman's descending palm.
They clearly intended to block that blow with their own bodies to buy Xu Taiping more time.
Although Xu Taiping saw this, there was nothing he could do.
He was at the critical moment of fusing the Thunderflame. Forcing a blade strike now was too risky. Not only would he fail to save the two of them, he would very likely cause the Thunderflame to spiral out of control, burying everyone within it.
But there was another reason he did not force himself to act: he knew that the Five-Life Pearl in his hand could bring everyone back, including Zhai Mo, who had just died.
Nanxing, Elder Zhang, thank you both for your efforts this time.
Having made that decision, Xu Taiping shut out everything else and continued to focus on fusing the Thunderflame.
"Bang!..."
Just as Xu Taiping had expected, Elder Zhang and Nanxing blocked only one palm strike from the Snow Woman before her next palm smashed them into two clouds of bloody mist.
Although he had long anticipated this outcome, watching two companions die so horribly before his eyes still made Xu Taiping's heart clench, and an inexplicable surge of anger rose within him.
"Boom, boom, boom!..."
With nothing left to obstruct her, the Snow Woman's enormous palms slammed down toward Xu Taiping and the others one after another.
Gu Qingcheng and Yuzhu, standing nearby, did not hesitate in the slightest. Both stepped in front of Xu Taiping and unleashed their