Just then, Yuyangzi emerged from the Ghost Fog and slammed another heavy punch into the Azure Fish Sword.
"Bang!"
Amid the deafening crash, Liang Zhu's Azure Fish took the punch completely unprepared.
"Ugh..."
The force of the punch knocked Liang Zhu's Primordial Spirit straight out of Azure Fish and back into her true body. She groaned, her expression contorted in pain.
Without Liang Zhu controlling it, the Azure Fish Sword immediately plummeted straight toward the ground like a kite with its string cut.
The Xiantian Spiritual Power within the Azure Fish Sword had already been exhausted during its first few strikes. It no longer had the strength to fight on its own.
"Boom!..."
Yuyangzi clearly understood how important Azure Fish was to Liang Zhu. Once again using the Ghost Fog, he appeared where Azure Fish was falling as though using Instantaneous Movement, then hurled a punch at Qingyu.
At the sight, Liang Zhu's heart lurched, and she cried out:
"Azure Fish!"
Without her Primordial Spirit, and with its Xiantian Spiritual Power exhausted.
If Azure Fish took such a terrifying punch from Yuyangzi, it would almost certainly shatter on the spot.
"Heaven-Splitting!"
At that critical instant, Lin Buyu's cool voice suddenly rang out across heaven and earth.
The next moment, countless sharp streams of Sword Qi crisscrossed in every direction, enveloping Yuyangzi entirely.
From afar, it looked as though cracks had appeared in the canopy of the sky.
If Yuyangzi insisted on throwing his punch, even if Lin Buyu's strike could not kill him, it would at least gravely wound him.
"Boom!"
But Yuyangzi did not persist with his punch. Instead, he changed his Fist Stance and braced both arms above his head. The Fist Aura formed from his Qi and Blood Power transformed into a blood-red bell around him, enclosing