Seeing that Lady Jade Mother also approved of Lin Buyan's divine power, Xu Taiping nodded and said:
"Then sorry for the trouble, Fairy Buyan."
Lin Buyan smiled, then looked toward the figure shrouded in golden light at the center of the distant ruins and murmured:
"I've finally been of some use in this Heaven-Treading Contest."
As she spoke, a boom rang out, and Lin Buyan abruptly vanished from where she stood.
Whoosh...!!
When she reappeared, she was already standing on a broken wall a hundred zhang away.
Bang-!
But within a single breath, a black palm shadow abruptly materialized out of thin air and caught her in its grasp.
Boom!!!
With that single grasp, Lin Buyan's body abruptly burst apart.
However, as a paper figure she had left there suddenly burned to ashes, her body returned to its original state in the same spot.
At this sight, Xu Taiping let out a long breath.
The others beside him likewise breathed sighs of relief.
However, Heavenly Venerable Yuqiu, shrouded in golden light at the center of the ruins, had now noticed Lin Buyan's presence.
He called out in an indifferent tone:
"So, you've arrived."
As he spoke, Heavenly Venerable Yuqiu lightly plucked the qin strings. Then, with a resonant dong, a wave of sound from the strings abruptly wafted toward them like a gentle breeze.
Boom--!
In an instant, the previously dormant magic formation abruptly sprang into full operation.
Rumble rumble rumble...!
At once, black palm shadows formed from killing power began manifesting incessantly within the Tianxing Magic Formation.
Seeing this, Lin Buyan immediately employed her movement technique, darting rapidly aside with a series of whooshes.
Meanwhile, Xu Taiping drove the Lotus Eye to its utmost and began searching for the life gate within the magic formation.
Boom-!!
But after only