Shenxii Yao had been completely caught off guard. At such a close distance, she would have died in a single strike, had she been a normal god. But an astral god like her could only be properly killed after all seven of her astral organs were destroyed. Still, the heart was the most important of them, and Tianming's Skypierce Finger had completely pierced through the astrons of it, causing blood that sparkled with starlight to explode outward.

She shrieked in pain, her face contorted. A large amount of starlight glowed around her body, especially her heart. The wound was visibly recovering, almost as if she also had a Greenspark Tower healing her. Even so, her most important...