"This... was Taiping's senior?"
Only when the smoke, dust, and demonic energy obscuring the Spirit Mirror began to disperse did the old Martial God Zhu Huai speak, his face filled with astonishment.
"To think this senior was a woman."
Zhang Tianze was likewise stunned at first, then immediately clicked his tongue.
"Tsk, tsk, Elder Zhu, this senior used nothing but her Blood Qi Power to force this Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect to its knees with a single punch and keep it there. All our training with our fists might as well have been for nothing."
At his words, Zhu Huai's mouth twitched, and he shook his head with a wry smile.
Still, more than anything, the woman's appearance in the mirror let them breathe a sigh of relief.
"Boom!"
As the two spoke, a burst of Black Blazing Flame suddenly surged from the Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect, which Fairy Lingyue's punch had forced to its knees in the Spirit Mirror.
"Whoosh!"
But as that pillar of Black Blazing Flame erupted, Fairy Lingyue leaped lightly backward, as though she had foreseen it, narrowly evading it.
Cold sweat seeped from Zhu Huai's forehead at the sight, and he murmured:
"This Black Lotus Demon Flame is no weaker than the Cloud-Hidden Temple's Red Lotus Karmic Fire. Once it touches you, it will never go out until it has devoured every last bit of your true essence and blood qi."
In his view, if Fairy Lingyue had carelessly let it touch her just then, the outcome of the battle would still have been difficult to predict.
"Whoosh, whoosh!..."
Just then, Fairy Lingyue suddenly held up a pearl in her hand within the Spirit Mirror, drew a deep breath, and exhaled forcefully toward Rahu, who was about to rise again.
"Boom!"
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