Boom!
The force of the punch surged, its spiritual power bearing straight down on Winter Melon.
Winter Melon instinctively raised the bone sword in her hand to block. The attacking cultivator from the Profound Clarity Heavenly Sect looked indifferent, his longsword driving straight at her face.
Against a spirit transformation cultivator at such close range, there was no dodging this sword.
Winter Melon summoned her Origin power. Strange inscriptions emerged across her body, and with a sharp shout, she thrust her bone sword forward to meet it.
The swords clashed. Winter Melon felt an almost absurdly powerful surge of spiritual power press down on her, its terrifying force twisting her expression slightly.
Yet the Profound Clarity Heavenly Sect cultivator opposite her remained utterly calm.
Cultivators raised on mountains of resources like this... were so strong... it was frightening.
It was too unfair...
But after pressing down with his sword, the Profound Clarity Heavenly Sect cultivator did not rush to strike again.
Winter Melon soon understood why. The next instant, another presence bore down on her from behind.
Agonizing pain spread from her back throughout her body. Her spirit transformation body was nearly bent in two. Before Winter Melon even had a chance to look back, a foot pinned her down, followed immediately by a longsword piercing her sword hand.
Sealing power spread from the sword, frantically shredding the spiritual power inside Winter Melon's body.
These Profound Clarity Heavenly Sect cultivators worked together almost seamlessly, thoroughly practiced at having one attack while another acted as bait, even with their advantage in cultivation.
Moreover, the cultivator who had ambushed her was at least an elite at spirit transformation peak. His aura was far too formidable; to Winter Melon, he was more likely a Body Integration Cultivator.
Without question, this was a method