Swoosh!!! In the sky, a scorched smell drifted through the air. Xu Yangyi hadn’t held anything back in this blade. Against such an ancient cultivator, whom he could barely sense the enormous pressure of, holding back would just make the fight harder on him.

The woman still hadn’t opened her eyes. Soon, Falling Moon was hacking straight down on her head, yet she was without any reaction.

The blade silently paused, chopped above the crown of the woman’s head.

No… Xu Yangyi narrowed his eyes. Falling Moon hadn’t landed.

A finger, a sparkling, crystalline finger of jade, softly tapped down on the blade’s edge. Falling Moon had been firmly nailed a centimeter away from her head. It hadn’t advanced this inch.

“The Empress’s Hidden Merits,” the woman said apathetically. “To be able to die under the arcane effort of the Nalan Clan’s founder is your good fortune.”

Yet before her voice even fell, her hair bun suddenly scattered!

Swoosh! The woman opened her eyes for the first time and watched her ebony cascade of hair fall down, in some astonishment. Her hair draped over both of her shoulders.

Falling Moon was equipped with its own automatic GPS. So long as it took aim it was bound to hit target!

Even if she was stronger, Nalan Liusu was still Qi Condensation!

The woman’s pupils were strangely white, yet her sclera was black. She used her pinky finger to lift up a hair. “I underestimated...