Knowing that dragging this out would bring her no chance of victory, Xue Qingluan simply decided to make one final desperate gamble.
Her hands danced as she prepared to detonate that Falling Moon, to see whether she could break through Shen Yue's Green Mountain.
But at that moment, Xue Qingluan suddenly felt a sharp pang in her heart.
Lowering her gaze, she saw a patch of shadow at her feet, steadily expanding.
"What is this?!"
Xue Qingluan abruptly raised her head and saw that the enormous manifestation phantom was already bearing down upon her.
Looking at the second Green Mountain that had appeared above her head, the shock in her heart was beyond measure.
"He actually cultivated a second manifestation!"
Realizing the danger, Xue Qingluan forcibly pulled Falling Moon back and raised it with both hands, hoping to block the attack.
Yet beneath the crushing weight of that Green Mountain, her Bright Moon Manifestation was like a block of tofu, shattering at the slightest touch.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Just as the Green Mountain was about to crush Xue Qingluan, the three guardian cultivators flashed forward and appeared at her side together.
Three-colored true essence shot from their hands and struck the Green Mountain in midair, only then dissolving the manifestation.
Xue Qingluan clenched her still-trembling hands and turned toward Shen Yue, only to find him still looking at her with the same calm composure.
"Fellow Daoist Xue, you let me win. I hope that next time, I'll have the honor of exchanging pointers with Fairy Bihua as well."
"You let me win. I was inferior in skill in this battle. I'll bring your words back to Senior Sister!"
With that, she returned to the cloud vessel.
Shen Yue's victory meant the Northwest Four Sects had suffered a complete defeat this