Just as his sword was about to sever Gaia's head, a fiery blaze flashed past and sliced clean through his sword-wielding right hand.
Zhang Yong looked startled. What was that attack just now? It had been so fast he had not even been able to react.
He looked toward the direction the firelight had come from and saw an exceptionally beautiful young girl.
With one hand holding the scabbard at her waist and the other gripping her sword's hilt, she was watching him solemnly.
Zhang Yong froze. Could that incredibly fast streak of fire have come from this young girl? Surely that was impossible!
Judging by her aura, this clearly very young girl was only at the early Acquired Realm. How could she have unleashed such a terrifying strike?
"Were you the one who unleashed that firelight?" Zhang Yong asked coldly.
"Yes." Little Feng Chu showed no fear, quickly gathering spiritual power in her sword as she prepared to unleash the Fire Flame Blazing Sword-Draw Technique a second time.
Given a moment to breathe, Gaia clutched his stomach and shouted to Little Feng Chu, "Run! You're no match for him!"
Zhang Yong sneered. In a single step, he appeared before Little Feng Chu, his left hand forming a claw as he reached for her fair neck.
He was so fast that Little Feng Chu had no time to unleash the sword-draw technique she had already prepared.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, an even faster, fiercer, more powerful blade of fire came hurtling from afar.
Zhang Yong clearly saw it, yet the blade of fire seemed to cross space itself, sweeping across his neck in the blink of an eye.
The next instant, Yun Che, dressed in a white scholar's robe, was already standing beside Little Feng Chu.
He reached out and patted her