Whoosh, whoosh—
But Yue Shuwang had no room to keep thinking. Two sharp beams of spell-light had already flown before her.
"Moonlight Fills the Heavens!"
With a low cry, white light gathered and scattered around Yue Shuwang, intercepting the two beams of spell-light.
Yet in the next instant, violent true essence fluctuations came again from behind her. At this distance, there was no possibility of blocking them.
Pfft!
Ban Kuizhen's fire spell pierced straight through Yue Shuwang's back. Yet her aura did not vanish, and that body dissolved into drifting specks of moonlight.
"Heh, not a bad substitute escape technique."
Ban Kuizhen sneered, then swiftly locked onto a tiny drifting moon-shadow in midair. With a raised palm, he brazenly unleashed an explosive flame blast, forcing Yue Shuwang out from where she hid within that moon-shadow.
"Hahaha! This old man possesses a Primordial Spirit—how could I be deceived by such petty tricks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ban Kuizhen and Xu Chen closed in from both sides once more. A string of spells drove Yue Shuwang back step by step, forcing her to use every method at her disposal.
Her individual combat strength had always been a notch below Xu Chen's.
She might have come from the Lanyue Sect, but Xu Chen was likewise a prodigy of the Jade Firmament Sect. In terms of spirit treasures, talismans, pills, and other means, he was no weaker than she was.
If it had been one against one, they would likely have fought to a draw, neither able to gain the upper hand.
But now, with Ban Kuizhen—a Spiritual Connection Re-cultivator—added to the fight, Yue Shuwang found herself hard-pressed to withstand them.
Moreover, that re-cultivated old fossil possessed a Primordial Spirit. Even if she briefly escaped, he would quickly find her again, leaving