A heavy, muffled bang rang out.
Countless cracks appeared across the pale blue glacier, like a spiderweb.
Zhao Layue lay at the center of the web, blood slowly spilling out, a sight both beautiful and brutal.
She had not witnessed the battle in Chaoge City a hundred years earlier. Otherwise, she would have known that, whether she wished it or not, at certain moments she truly resembled Lian Sanyue.
The shadow blocking the sunlight vanished. The expert who had ambushed her had left the Snowfield through the Void Realm.
In that person's view, Zhao Layue had suffered a surprise attack from his True Nature Sword and was gravely wounded. Her death was certain.
Even if she was an innate Dao Seed carrying extraordinary treasures and somehow survived, there was no chance she could live through the assault of so many Snow Enchantresses.
This was already deep in the Snowfield, not far from Lonely Ice Peak. That person did not want to linger here, much less alert the Snow Nation Queen, so he left after a single strike.
Who exactly was that person?
Zhao Layue already had the answer.
He Wei, Sect Master of the Kunlun Sect.
He Wei's cultivation realm was much the same as hers, but his cultivation career had been far longer, and he surpassed her in every aspect of Sword Dao experience. Moreover, he had ambushed her today while she was locked in a bitter battle with the Snow Enchantresses. Naturally, she had been unable to defend against him.
Heavy footsteps sounded across the glacier. The Snow Enchantresses seemed slow, but in fact they closed in on her with incredible speed.
Zhao Layue stirred her Sword Heart slightly and confirmed that her injuries were too severe for her to leave aboard the Unthought Sword. She struggled to