The two sneak attacks were viciously sharp, their timing lethally precise!
The ice spike froze the Divine Soul, while the demonic claw tore through life force. One in front and one behind, they sealed off every avenue of escape for Yun Qing.
At that moment, Yun Qing truly was riddled with "openings."
He held Little Radiant Chick in one hand, gently scratching his sulking "beloved pet" with the fingertips of the other, seemingly oblivious to the catastrophe bearing down on him.
Then Yun Qing moved.
In that delicate instant between life and death, he turned sideways and, without a moment's hesitation, thrust Little Radiant Chick-his "beloved pet," who still had his backside pointed at him-out in front of himself, straight into the path of two terrifying attacks powerful enough to slay an Immortal King!
Little Radiant Chick: "...?"
"Cheep-?!"
His half-lidded, beady eyes flew wide, brimming with disbelief.
Stiffly, he turned his little head, bit by bit, to look at his heartless elder brother.
Is this how you treat your beloved pet?!
Using me as a shield? Yun Qing, are you even human?!
Where is that Qing Yun who once held the corpse of my incarnation and wept his heart out? Once I regain my true form, you heartless wretch will be the first one I thrash!
And just as the ice spear and demonic claw were about to touch that ball of golden down-
"Insolence."
A crisp rebuke, carrying the inviolable majesty of the Eternal Emperor, suddenly rang across the Second-Tier Platform like a mighty bronze bell!
The next instant, a wisp of supremely pure, blazing divine light spilled from that seemingly harmless fluff, coalescing in the air into a hazy yet towering True Spirit apparition.
The apparition existed for only an instant, its features impossible to discern. Only