"The effects really were a little frightening, but it was just too painful."
"And the slightest lapse in control could make my flesh collapse, extinguishing my Dao and destroying my soul!"
"If Stars hadn't been helping me, that single wisp of the Power of Laws alone would have made my body collapse."
Recalling that pain that had pierced deep into his marrow, even his soul could not help trembling.
He gathered his scattered thoughts and swept out his divine sense, but the Demoness was nowhere to be seen.
He slowly rose. The might spilling from his body merged with heaven and earth, and the slightest movement caused cracks to appear in the void.
Seeing this, Shi Qingyun reined in his might.
He stepped into the void. The space beneath his feet immediately began flowing like water, and his figure rode that current, vanishing from the spot.
At Heavenly Deity Academy, atop the Tournament Arena.
The Demoness stood at one corner of the arena, the slender blade in her hand gleaming with a cold light. Her aura erupted, shaking heaven and earth.
Opposite her stood a young man in splendid brocade robes, his face as fair as polished jade. His aura was somewhat stronger than hers.
"Who's stronger, the Demoness or Tianyu?"
"Judging by their auras alone, the Demoness is a little weaker, but as for their actual combat strength, it's hard to say."
"Why are they fighting?"
"Isn't it obvious? Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao are both suspected to be seriously injured. Defeating them now would surely make someone's name resound far and wide.
"And they might even leave cracks in their Dao hearts. Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
"What a fine calculation these immortal families have made..."
"But neither of them has come out after all this time. It looks like