Beside them, Xu Taiping shook his head with a smile and said:
"If Dongfang Yuejian's cultivation really had reached the point where she could unleash One Stroke Opens Heaven at full power, there would probably be no need to hold the remaining matches of the Golden Scale Assembly."
Lu Rushuang and Zhang Moyan both gave sheepish smiles at this.
"Click, click, click!..."
Just then, Gongshu Bai controlled one of the puppets, slowly aiming its palm at the sky above the Golden Scale Platform, then stamped hard on a mechanism in his chariot.
In an instant, a succession of whistling sounds tore through the air. Countless flaming arrows shot from the giant humanoid puppet's palm, leaving Dongfang Yuejian, seated atop the Luan Bird, nowhere to escape.
Meanwhile, on the Golden Scale Platform, the other humanoid puppet stood poised with twin blades in hand, waiting for Dongfang Yuejian to descend so it could strike at her with both blades.
Even so, Dongfang Yuejian, her face covered by a fine pale-green veil, remained as composed as before.
Only when those flaming arrows were about to force her off the Golden Scale Platform once again did she raise her brush and lightly touch it to the spot between her brows.
"Boom!"
In an instant, countless intricate runes enveloped her entire body. Then the phantom image of a flowing robe, purple radiance drifting across it, appeared over her, while the phantom image of a silver longsword appeared in her other hand.
The instant she donned the Immortal Garment and raised the Precious Sword, a terrifying surge of aura swept across the entire Golden Scale Pool like a flood bursting through a dike.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The protective formations before the Golden Scale Pool's stands manifested one after another. Barrier after barrier of azure runes appeared