Lin Yinping was not surprised to see the Gold-Eating Insects trapped. After all, this "Fellow Daoist Lu" facing her raised many immature Gold-Eating Insects.
He must have studied the spirit insects' habits in depth. She had only sent hers to attack as a probe, hoping she might get lucky.
Since he had a way to counter them, she withdrew the portion of her attention devoted to the Gold-Eating Insects and circulated her cultivation arts at full power, pouring her magic power into her Life-Bound Magic Treasure.
At once, every one of the countless silver threads in the air erupted with dazzling silver radiance and became incomparably sharp. Even the surrounding air hissed as they sliced through it.
Seeing this, the avatar formed a hand seal without expression. Streams of golden light radiated from his body, which suddenly swelled until he became a giant several dozen feet tall in the blink of an eye.
A layer of tightly packed golden scales covered the giant's exposed skin. With light shimmering across them, they clearly offered formidable protection.
His pitch-black eyes fixed on the silver-robed woman opposite him, gleaming with a chilling menace.
"What bizarre cultivation art is this?" That single look from Xiao Yu's avatar made Lin Yinping's heart pound with fear.
The next instant, the densely packed silver threads stabbed toward him.
The avatar neither dodged nor retreated, instead charging bodily straight into them.
Golden and silver light burst forth, illuminating the entire sky nearby.
Clang after clang rang out in an unbroken torrent of metal striking metal, interspersed with piercing scraping sounds that set one's teeth on edge.
A moment later, the golden and silver radiance faded, revealing the scene within.
"Ah, impossible... You're a High-Rank Body-Refining Cultivator..." The moment Lin Yinping saw the avatar's condition, she cried out in