Misty Cloud's Crisis (3)

Qi Ximing's Tempest Domain gradually expanded, covering an area of approximately 4 square kilometers, and filled the surrounding area with fierce windstorms. Except for the twelve Elders and Hall Masters, the thousand disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect on the ground were affected by the windstorm. They were compelled to utilize their profound energy to reinforce the protective barrier, consequently enabling the disciples of the Sacred Flame Sect to launch an attack against them.

The disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect were already struggling to resist Qi Ximing's domain. Thus, they could not protect themselves from the bombardments, and some of them were killed instantly.

Screeee—

The projection of the Ice Phoenix glided gracefully through the air, moving with a sense of calm and poise. Its sharp eyes looked down at Qi Ximing as if he were an insignificant worm, unworthy of its gaze. Everything along its path instantly froze and turned into ice particles, including several hundred disciples of the Sacred Flame Sect on the ground.

Qi Ximing's expression turned unsightly when he saw his Tempest Domain gradually freezing and shrinking in size every time the Ice Phoenix flapped its wings. He quickly took out a small green orb and injected a portion of his profound energy into it, causing it to emit a vibrant green glow.

The fierce windstorm fought valiantly against the Ice Phoenix's icy grip with the aid of the emerald orb. Qi Ximing's tightened brows relaxed a bit upon seeing this. However, the threat was still present. He did not know how to handle the approaching Ice Phoenix and could only attempt to fend it off by shooting numerous blazing wind blades at it.

The Ice Phoenix let out a low cry and flapped its wings faster than before, charging at Qi Ximing. Facing the Ice Phoenix's frost aura, the blazing wind blades were instantly frozen and dissipated directly into ice particles.

Qi Ximing felt his entire body turn cold as the Ice Phoenix approached him. He poured every ounce of his profound energy into the green orb, creating a dense storm barrier around him.

Unfortunately, his storm barrier was nothing but a gentle breeze in front of the Ice Phoenix as the latter directly froze the barrier and shattering it in the next moment. The Ice Phoenix didn't stop there. It flew past through Qi Ximing's body at high speed and disappeared afterward.

"Ugh!" Qi Ximing was about to exclaim in shock, but his body had already turned into a frozen statue in an instant.

Yun Qianxue's figure traveled across the distance and arrived before Qi Ximing. She raised the divine sword and swung it down on her opponent.

Qi Ximing's heart was filled with extreme horror when he saw the sword about to strike his head. He struggled hard, trying to escape, but he couldn't move even the slightest. He couldn't summon any profound energy within his body and ultimately shattered into pieces under the divine sword.

Huo Han, Ji Cheng, and the rest were extremely terrified by the scene. Never did they expect the first level of Ruler Profound Realm like Qi Ximing would die so easily like that. Yun Qianxue didn't seem to do anything much. She just summoned the illusory Ice Phoenix, and Qi Ximing was defeated within a minute. This was too absurd and unbelievable.

Yun Qianxue turned to look at Ji Muchen with cold eyes, causing the latter to shiver slightly. She said, "Do you want this sword?"

Ji Muchen's mouth twitched. He didn't know how to reply in this moment. A while later, he calmed himself down and responded, "To make that move, you definitely have to pay a price, right? I don't think you can do it again. At least, for the time being."

Yun Qianxue did not deny. "That's right. I have to pay a specific price. But you're wrong. I can use this move as much as I want. Do you want to try?"

Ji Muchen's eyes narrowed, releasing a powerful aura. A long, black sword appeared silently in his hands. The sword had no shine, and its sharpness could not even be discerned by looking at it. However, it constantly released immense pressure.

"Profound Sword of Calamity." Yun Qianxue glanced at the Ruler rank black sword in Ji Muchen's hands. From the record she had read before, it was said this sword will bring calamity to the enemy after getting a single slash from it.

Ji Muchen's sword intent surged and the sword in his hand suddenly glowed with black light as an overwhelmingly frightening sword's force enveloped the surrounding area.

"Descend!" Ji Muchen spoke coldly, and countless black lights shot toward Yun Qianxue in a flash.

An immense frost aura was released by Yun Qianxue. Her figure suddenly grew blur and vanished from the spot, causing the black lights to miss the target and fell upon several buildings on the Misty Cloud Peak, immediately destroyed them.

Ji Muchen brandished his sword to the right side as Yun Qianxue's figure had reappeared on that spot and slashed her sword toward him.

Ding!!

Their swords collided with each other, and Ji Muchen was the one who flew away with the impact. He didn't have time to be surprised, as Yun Qianxue appeared before him once again like a ghost, forcing him to take a defensive stance.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The clash of the two swords continued to resonate. Ji Muchen constantly parried Yun Qianxue's attacks, leaving her with no way to fight back. The black glows on his sword gradually dimmed down, completely suppressed by the deep blue light from Yun Qianxue's divine sword.

Ji Muchen's face was ashen when he saw several cracks appeared on the Profound Sword of Calamity. If this continued any further, without a doubt, his sword would be destroyed in no time. Thinking of this, his muscles swelled and blue veins could be seen on his forehead. His sword intent emerged behind him, forming into countless black sword shadows before all of them struck at Yun Qianxue.

At the same time, the droplet symbol on Yun Qianxue's forehead shone brightly once again, and the divine sword in her hands emitted a chilling aura.

Instantly, all of Ji Muchen's sword shadows came to a halt in midair. More precisely, they were frozen by Yun Qianxue's power.

Yun Qianxue took this chance to make a quick slash at Ji Muchen and the latter flicked his sword to meet hers with difficulty.

Bang!

The Profound Sword of Calamity in Ji Muchen's hands immediately shattered into pieces and he soon felt intense pain from his chest as a long and deep sword cut appeared on it. His entire body was knocked backward hundreds of meters with the sound of the collision.

Just as Yun Qianxue was about to follow, a sense of danger emerged in her heart and she hastily executed the Misty Cloud Steps to avoid a blazing flame that appeared out of nowhere.

She appeared two hundred meters away with her brows tightly knitted together. She glanced at her left arm and saw her sleeve was missing, as it was burned by the earlier flame.

"Good reaction time." A hoarse voice rang out from the sky along with a skinny old man.

"Huo Yan." Yun Qianxue said in a low voice. The attack earlier made her know how scary Huo Yan's strength was. Undoubtedly, he had already reached at least the fourth level of the Ruler Profound Realm.

"Ancestor!" Huo Han respectfully bowed to Huo Yan. He wanted to team up with Ji Muchen to suppress Yun Qianxue, but he was intercepted by Yun Ruanyu halfway and couldn't shake her off.

Huo Yan glanced at him silently before shifting his attention to Yun Qianxue. "Hand over the crown, and I'll spare your life."

Yun Qianxue suddenly burst into laughter. "No wonder you're such a stupid trash. It turns out his ancestor is no better."

Huo Yan didn't get angry at her sarcastic remark. He said calmly, "Never mind. I'll just kill all of you here." Following with, an intense flame revolved around his body shortly before it expanded at high speed, covering ten square kilometers in a blink of an eye.

"Everyone, retreat!" Yun Qianxue shouted while unleashing her frost aura to its maximum extent.

Without hesitation, all the disciples and twelve Elders quickly retreated to Grand Protection Formation's range.

Yun Qingrou immediately slammed the formation's eyes and the blue translucent barrier instantly covered the sect. This time, the barrier was denser than before.

Boom!

The intense flame collided with the barrier, directly created a big hole in it, but the barrier had recovered in a split second, preventing Huo Yan's flame from going further.

Watching this scene, Huo Han and Ji Muchen had realized that everything was an act from Yun Qianxue and the rest. They were certain that Qi Ximing could do nothing to the barrier, not even the slightest, unless Yun Qianxue deliberately lowered its power for him.

What is their plan? This question appeared in the minds of Huo Han and Ji Muchen.