From Mu Guyue's appearance, to Ling Shan realizing she had fallen into an ambush, to Mu Guyue making her move—it had all happened in the span of a fleeting instant. Both sides completed their actions in the blink of an eye.
Ling Shan had not yet clearly seen who had come, but she had already recognized her opponent as a body cultivator carrying an utterly unmatched aura.
With a flick of the red whip in her hand, Ling Shan sent it coiling toward the moonlight slash aimed at her neck. In an instant, the whip transformed into a long flaming serpent, opening its jaws to swallow the moonlight.
"Clang!"
The instant the moonlight met the flaming serpent's enormous jaws, a burst of red light erupted from within its mouth.
At the same time, the moonlight stopped before its gaping maw. The flaming serpent likewise failed to swallow it in one bite, instead letting out a crisp sound, as though a blade had struck against teeth.
Ling Shan's body abruptly halted, then she rapidly tilted backward and retreated at even greater speed.
Such tremendous strength!
Ling Shan's heart chilled. With a single strike, the other party had sent her reeling so hard that she could not control her own body. She was a mid-stage Spirit Transformation expert.
Only then did Ling Shan finally see the newcomer clearly. She was a slender woman a full head taller than Ling Shan, her face flickering with strange devilish patterns.
Ling Shan vaguely recognized her as the woman called Mu Guyue.
This person really is of the Devil Race!
As Ling Shan was knocked back, alarm surged through her heart.
Yet Mu Guyue clung to her like a shadow. Once her offensive began, it was like a raging storm, with no chance of stopping.
She