Shadow Flower Maiden leaped down before Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao. Her purple lips curved slightly. "You two aren't cultivators from the Exquisite River Region, are you?"
"How do you know?" Lu Ren asked.
"If you were, you wouldn't dare block the Exquisite Ten Fiends' path!"
As Shadow Flower Maiden spoke, her body trembled. Powerful waves of Grand Dao True Intent spread from her, forming a world of flowers behind her.
Within that world, blossoms swirled in a bewildering haze. Anyone who glanced at them felt as though they might sink into it.
"Chaotic Flower Grand Dao True Intent: Chaotic Flower Bewilderment!"
With a shout, Shadow Flower Maiden fused her terrifying Grand Dao True Intent with her Dao Power. They became a flood of countless petals that swept toward Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao.
The torrent engulfed them both. They stood motionless, as though utterly lost in its bewildering spell.
Iron Barbarian saw this and sneered. "Two reckless fools dared to block us. Just kill them!"
Shadow Flower Maiden's Chaotic Flower Grand Dao True Intent combined sealing and soul attacks. With her Grand Dao True Intent at the second tier, even ordinary cultivators at the Peak Dao Fusion Realm might not withstand it.
"Boring. They're too weak!"
"At our strength, we have almost no opponents in the Dao Fusion Realm, yet we're no match for anyone in the Dao-Controlling Realm!"
"This time, we must break through to the Dao-Controlling Realm, no matter what!"
Shadow Flower Maiden closed her slender hand, conjuring a flower sword. She sprang forward and slashed toward Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao!
But suddenly, the torrent of petals rippled, and two figures burst out together.
"Watch out!" Iron Barbarian cried, his expression changing.
"What?" Shock flashed across Shadow Flower Maiden's face.
The next instant, Lu Ren unleashed