"Boom...!"
No sooner had Lady Chixue finished speaking than a tremendous crash rang out, and the black fog enveloping Xu Taiping abruptly exploded outward.
The aura of the black fog remained, as did its ghastly white fangs.
Yet it no longer dared approach Xu Taiping, whose entire body blazed with true fire.
Only then did Lady Chixue suddenly realize:
"It's innate true fire!"
"That kid... intends to use innate true fire to drive back the Heavenly Calamity Ancient Gods and prevent their descent?"
As she spoke, she turned her gaze toward the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage ahead and sneered:
"Ding Mou, sacrificing a martial cultivator who's at least a three-army battle general to prevent the Heavenly Calamity Ancient Gods' descent."
"You really are willing to pay the price."
In Lady Chixue's eyes, Xu Taiping's willingness to trade his life for another's had to be on the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's orders.
"Hmph!"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage shot Lady Chixue a cold sideways glance.
At that moment, he had no patience whatsoever for trading nonsense with Lady Chixue.
For even more than the Heavenly Calamity Ancient Gods' descent, he was unwilling to see Xu Taiping lose his life over this.
Just then, Lady Chixue suddenly spoke with waning interest:
"Boring, boring. Heavenly Calamity hasn't descended. This Palace came all this way for nothing."
At this point, the corners of her lips suddenly lifted slightly. "Still, witnessing this ten-thousand-army battle general take his own life with yin fire makes the trip worthwhile." She picked up a Moonlight Stone. "This Palace will record this sight properly, so those outside can broaden their horizons."
Lady Chixue said all this.
Naturally, it was to unsettle the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's Dao heart.
Although Heavenly Calamity had not descended, their Great Dao Strife remained, and a fierce battle was