"Fighting like a cornered beast!"
Iron Bone Ancient Ancestor saw this and smiled. With a sweep of his hand, he made his move.
Inside the Finality Domain, iron spikes as fine as threads appeared. Each carried the might of Finality Return to Silence as they drove madly toward the two women's defenses.
A series of faint hisses sounded.
The layers of uncanny energy barriers shattered one after another. With each layer that broke, a Death-Substitute Puppet was destroyed.
Nethernight Imperial Daughter's slender body trembled without cease. Every shattered barrier struck her like a sledgehammer. Blood gushed from her mouth, staining her black dress an even darker shade.
Her aura plummeted visibly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Under the barrage of iron spikes, the seventh barrier, the eighth... and then the ninth all shattered. Every one of her Death-Substitute Puppets had been spent.
Nethernight Imperial Daughter's true form was fully exposed before the crowd. She flew backward, spewing blood.
The Ghost Script Barrier Yun Qingyao had formed shook violently beneath the piercing spikes. Its dark-gold ghost script flickered wildly, while the phantoms of ten thousand ghosts wailed soundlessly and faded.
Blood rose in Yun Qingyao's throat and spilled from the corner of her mouth.
She gritted her teeth and poured every last bit of her Kṣitigarbha Finality power into the barrier, driving its defenses to their limit as she held on with all her might!
"Kṣitigarbha Finality isn't weak, I'll grant you that. Unfortunately..."
Iron Bone Ancient Ancestor was somewhat surprised. He had not expected Yun Qingyao to withstand his Finality Domain.
He slapped out a hand. The number of iron spikes surged, becoming a flood charged with immense Finality power that hammered against the barrier.
Crack! Crack!
The extraordinarily tough Ghost Script Barrier finally gave way. Cracks spread across it, its dark-gold