Starfall at Heaven's Edge, Returning with Another

At this moment, the speed of the azure "pellet" had already more than quadrupled.

Ning Ying was like a cat with its fur standing on end. A shudder raced through her entire body. It was already too late to recall her magic treasure for defense. She abruptly tucked in her neck, hid her head, and shot diagonally away with all her strength.

There was only a dull thump, followed by Ning Ying's incomparably shrill scream.

Even as she fled diagonally to evade it, her body was sent flying. In the high heat, a series of hair-raising sizzle, sizzle, sizzle... sounds rang out.

Chunks of flesh and blood that had just been blasted away lost the protection of spiritual power and were instantly burned to nothing, leaving behind only a nauseating stench of charred flesh.

Though Ning Ying had avoided the fatal strike while flying through the air, her entire left shoulder blade had been blasted away. Her former thousand charms and ten thousand graces were gone; she looked as gruesome as a vicious ghost.

Everything had happened far too quickly. From Lin Xinghe's use of the Spirit Aperture Star-Shattering Grand Art to his attack, his fingers moved like the wind. Ning Ying's words were still echoing when they mingled with her screams.

It had all been completed in an instant. By the time Ning Ying's body had been blasted away, Lin Xinghe had only just finished his final words.

On the other side, Xue Qianzong saw this scene as well. His heart lurched in horror and urgency. In his previous barrage of attacks, he had already used all his magic power.

Yet although the flame giant had been battered until fire sprayed everywhere and it let out pained, low roars, looking as if it might collapse at any moment, red