Chapter 388: Chapter 142: Reversal of the Chase, Suing for Peace... Demon Marrow Gold, Seven-leaf Star Orchid

A crushing pressure, originating from the depths of her very soul, surged from all directions, threatening to grind her to dust right where she stood!

"A High-Grade Profound Weapon! And one with Sealing Power, at that!"

Baili Bing was aghast, her heart pounding in terror.

’That damn brat! He actually attacked me the moment I finished off that skeleton!’

’And he went straight for a High-Grade Profound Weapon!’

Baili Bing didn’t dare to be careless. Forming a sword with her fingers, the vast Primordial Qi within her body surged forth.

SWISH!

The ice-blue longsword in her hand transformed into a sky-shattering rainbow of light. With a sharpness that could tear through anything, it slashed defiantly toward the endless dark void above her!

BOOM—!!!

It was as if the longsword hadn’t struck the wall of the cauldron, but had instead slammed into a solidified sky, letting out an incredibly muffled, titanic boom!

The violent energy rebounded within the sealed space, causing Baili Bing’s blood and qi to roil. Her ears rang so loudly she almost went deaf!

’This is bad...’

With a flick of her finger, Baili Bing recalled her slightly dimmed longsword. Her brow was tightly furrowed, her expression growing even uglier.

’The power of this Five Cauldrons Seal is far beyond my expectations!’

’It doesn’t just seal off the inside from the out; it creates a tyrannical suppressive field!’

’While I’m inside it, my Acupoint Realm Cultivation is being forcefully suppressed by more than fifty percent!’

’That last sword strike... its power probably didn’t even reach half of what it would be outside!’

"Break open!"

A trace of panic entered Baili Bing’s heart. She repeatedly urged her sword on, transforming it into countless sharp beams of sword light that frantically bombarded the invisible barrier around her.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The deafening roars echoed and overlapped within the sealed space, like countless giant drums pounding inside her chest, making her dizzy and nauseous.

But the phantoms of the five great cauldrons merely rippled slightly, as firm as Mount Tai!

’With my strength suppressed like this, there’s no way I can break through the Five Cauldrons Seal in a short amount of time!’

"Hmph!"

Baili Bing suppressed her fear and snorted coldly, her voice exceptionally clear in the enclosed space:

"A mere early-stage Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator dares to forcefully activate a High-Grade Profound Weapon?"

"You’re simply courting death! Aren’t you afraid the Profound Weapon will instantly drain all your Primordial Qi and Soul Power?"

"How long can you possibly maintain this Five Cauldrons Seal?"

What answered her was not words, but a sudden surge of killing intent—bone-chillingly cold and so tangible it felt real!

WHOOSH!

A sharp, ear-piercing sound tore through the air!

An all-black arrow, its tip wreathed in a strange, Lunar Eclipse-like radiance, shot toward the spot between her eyebrows, silently tearing through the air like a viper in the dark!

Its speed far surpassed that of any ordinary bow or crossbow!

Having seen the skeleton suffer grievous wounds for trying to catch an arrow, Baili Bing naturally didn’t dare attempt to block it head-on.

With a light flick of her left sleeve, a Primordial Qi Shield—a foot thick and shimmering with countless ice crystal Runes—instantly coalesced in front of her!

PFFT!

But the arrow wasn’t easily deflected as she had expected.

The Black Kite Arrow sank into the shield like a red-hot poker into snow and ice. The Lunar Eclipse-like radiance on the arrow began to madly devour it, and the sturdy Primordial Qi Shield actually let out an overburdened "KRAK" as spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across its surface!

’How can this be?’

Baili Bing was greatly shaken.

’An arrow from a junior in the Spirit Awakening Realm can actually break a shield I condensed as an Acupoint Realm cultivator?’

But the true Killing Move had already arrived in the split second she was distracted by the arrow’s power—

SWOOSH!

A figure closed in like a phantom, moving faster than her Divine Sense could track!

Chu Fan had long since activated the Demon Dragon Celestial Spirit Scripture and the Spirit Array Map. He pushed his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step to its absolute limit, stacking it with Traits like Fleeting Shadows from his Fourth Limit Break of the Running Technique.

In the eyes of Baili Bing, whose Cultivation was suppressed, this speed was nothing short of terrifying!

His Thunder Blade was now enveloped in blood-colored Evil Qi so thick it seemed tangible. The Evil Qi condensed into a terrifying, ten-foot-long Blade Gang that radiated a pungent, bloody, and destructive aura!

With no flourish whatsoever, he brought the blade down directly on Baili Bing’s head!

It was aimed precisely at the crack in the shield that the Black Kite Arrow had just made!

BANG!

The already-cracking Primordial Qi Shield shattered with a bang, like colored glass!

The ferocious Blade Gang, condensed from Evil Qi, carried the momentum to tear through all things as it chopped straight for Baili Bing’s head!

"Damned junior!"

Baili Bing was both shocked and furious, but she did not panic.

’Though he had endless tricks and was using a Profound Weapon to suppress my Cultivation, the gap in our Realms is an ironclad rule.’

’No matter how formidable he is, he’s still just in the early Spirit Awakening Realm. Even if I just stood here and let him hack away, how could he possibly break through my Protective Primordial Qi, which has been tempered a thousand times over?!’

’The only thing that truly frightens me is the terrifying Evil Qi on that Blade Gang!’

’If such pure and domineering Evil Qi were to enter my body, defile my meridians, and corrode my Divine Soul, the consequences would be unthinkable!’

Baili Bing’s delicate brows knitted slightly. Her lotus-like steps shifted, her figure becoming indistinct as she dodged again and again.

But with her Cultivation suppressed, her opponent’s speed in this place far surpassed her own. With his advantage growing and hers shrinking, she actually started to look pathetic!

A blurry black figure, trailing faint Residual Images, circled her madly, the Blood-colored Blade Gang in its hands falling like a torrential storm!

His Sword Technique was vicious and cunning; sometimes as heavy as Mount Tai, sometimes as fast as lightning, and sometimes unpredictably treacherous.

Every strike aimed for a vital point, forcing Baili Bing to weave an impenetrable defense with her longsword, putting her completely on the back foot.

’I can’t understand it. It’s one thing for a mere Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator to have so many strange techniques, but how can even his close-quarters Sword Technique be so exquisitely terrifying?’

She couldn’t keep up with his phantom-like speed. She could only rely on her vastly superior Primordial Qi and heightened senses to barely track his Sword Momentum, but in the end, she was still forced to endure several direct hits...

THUD! THUD! THUD!

The Blade Gangs slammed into her Protective Primordial Qi, creating muffled thuds.

Her Protective Primordial Qi shuddered violently, its light flickering, but it stubbornly held on.

But the force of the rebound alone made her blood and qi roil and injured her internal organs, making her so uncomfortable she nearly vomited blood.

’If he weren’t only in the Spirit Awakening Realm, with the quality and quantity of his Primordial Qi far inferior to mine, and if his opened meridians couldn’t sustain such a high-intensity burst for long... I’m afraid I wouldn’t have lasted ten moves against him!’

A chill crept into Baili Bing’s heart. ’Just what kind of monster is this?’