"Boom!"
The earth shook violently, and dust rose everywhere.
Ling Qianxue's falling body smashed a massive crater straight into the forest floor.
Yet Gu Chenfeng, who had unleashed this earth-shaking attack, with an Azure Dragon phantom coalesced around him and his right arm fused with a dragon claw that radiated terrifying dragon might-
Still wore a grave expression.
In the blink of an eye.
"Whoosh...!"
The black qi spreading throughout the forest below, along with countless Soul Devouring Beast remnant souls, surged toward the crater.
Then a slender figure rose from the center of the crater, borne aloft by billowing black qi.
A mass of deep blue flames radiating an utterly chilling aura covered her body.
As the flames rapidly shrank and gathered, Ling Qianxue's body appeared once more.
But this icy beauty's appearance had changed drastically.
A hideous claw mark slashed diagonally down from her pale, lustrous temple, tearing through her peerless beauty and extending below her neck. The wound was deep enough to expose bone, a horrifying sight.
The wisps of black qi that had originally wreathed her body seemed to run wild, thickening until they were like ink.
The cold, sinister aura emanating from her was several times more terrifying than before.
Her once cool, beautiful eyes blazed with bloody light, brimming with venom and brutality.
At that moment, Ling Qianxue resembled a vengeful ghost that had crawled out of the abyss.
Her elegance and icy aloofness had vanished, leaving only ferocity and madness from the depths of her soul.
"You actually managed to hurt me. That was close. If my Extreme Yin Fire hadn't covered my body, you would have nearly wounded me severely."
Ling Qianxue held a mass of flickering blue flames in her palm.
Her gaze fixed on the Azure Dragon phantom coalesced around