NOVPUBAfter the temporal stasis took effect, the figures of those immortals all froze in place.
Baili Xiao, too, was unable to move.
She frowned as she stared at Gong Yuner, who had a star hanging in mid-air above her head.
Among these eight stars, it differed from the other stars.
The Beiluo Sect and Dong Shangxiang belonged to major stars, while the others were minor stars.
The function of Dong Shangxiang was to solidify time within a small area.
Just this single function alone was enough to showcase the remarkable nature of the stars.
Time, an intangible existence, akin to human life, ultimately dies slowly in the River of Time, with no exceptions.
Death is the ultimate fate of all beings.
When all time had halted, Gong Yuner slowly raised her hands.
At that moment, starlight shimmered in her hands once again.
Above in the sky, Stellar Force beamed down, enveloping her entire body within.
She could harness the Heaven and Earth Power, drawing strength from the corresponding stars in the universe.
The Star Map behind her was rotating.
With more and more starlight gathering, the light in Gong Yuner’s hands became dazzling to the extent it was blinding.
"Brilliant Strike," Gong Yuner uttered with a cold huff.
The star in her hand flew out, heading straight for Baili Xiao to suppress her.
The Immortals Domain tore open bit by bit, small rifts appearing.
Seeing this scene, someone from below sighed, "In the end, it’s still somewhat lacking.
In the past, the Empress’s Immortals Domain had Immortal Qi.
This purple qi is still not up to par."
As space-time froze, the starlight magnified in front of Baili Xiao.
At that moment, she moved.
Her movement seemed so slow it was baffling.
But when the starlight traversed the domain, piercing through directly, Baili Xiao’s figure suddenly vanished to one side.
No one knew what had just happened.
She had walked out from the temporal stasis, and her speed was extremely fast, so fast that people couldn’t even see an afterimage.
She even deceived the eyes of those strong ones below.
"Just now, that was," someone recalled the scene a moment ago.
With a slightly shocked expression, they said, "Could it have been the Flying Immortal Body just now?"
"Flying Immortal Body, the legacy left by the Empress to the True Martial Holy Sect," someone lamented.
"The fastest physique in the world isn’t something simple time stasis can resolve."
"Interesting," Gong Yuner laughed.
"You do have some tricks."
"I concede," Baili Xiao said coldly with a detached tone.
As her words fell, there was an uproar among the crowd.
Even Gong Yuner frowned slightly; she hadn’t used her full strength and could sense that her opponent also hadn’t played her trump card.
Yielding right after demonstrating the Flying Immortal Body.
"Xiao’er," Baili Chengfeng’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly stood up and walked forward.
"Why surrender?"
"The opponent is troublesome. Before the competition for Destiny, I don’t want to reveal all my strengths," Baili Xiao said.
Both parties had not yet used their greatest strengths, and it was still unknown who the final victor would be.
But Baili Xiao chose to fold her hand there and then because she didn’t want her trump cards exposed to avoid being targeted during the Destiny competition.
Although what she said was true, Baili Chengfeng felt a mix of emotions.
He could feel that Baili Xiao lacked a sense of responsibility. Now that her family was in a life-or-death crisis, shouldn’t she prioritize the matters at hand first?
"It’s boring. I thought I’d have a worthy opponent to fight with," Gong Yuner said indifferently.
Behind her, the starlight dispersed, returning to normal.
"Who’s next?"
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Even those who had been buzzing with discussion fell quiet. If Baili Xiao had been defeated, what chance did they stand?
The crowd felt an increasing sense of despair.
"Maybe... I should give it a try?"
Just then, a calm voice rang out.
This voice, like a stone falling into a sea of despair, broke the somber and despondent mindset of the crowd, causing ripples of hope.
Xu Zimei slowly stepped onto the stage.
He originally didn’t want to meddle in these affairs, but Xu Qingshan had asked him to give it a try, and Xu Zimei found it hard to refuse.
"It’s Saint Heir Xu, stepping up at the crucial moment."
"Isn’t Saint Heir Xu the number one among the young generation of the Eastern Continent? He should be strong."
"He won the competition among the six sects, rightfully earning the title of the number one in the Extreme West Region.
But calling him the number one of the Eastern Continent might be a stretch," someone countered.
"But as far as I know, Baili Xiao was defeated by his hand."
"That doesn’t mean much. Baili Xiao wasn’t very outstanding back then when she had just joined the True Martial Holy Sect.
It’s only in recent years that she has truly made a name for herself. As for who will win now, it’s still unknown."
"True, Saint Heir Xu hasn’t fought much in our Eastern Continent, so we can’t really use his past as a reference."
Seeing everyone discussing heatedly, they realized they had no other option but to rely on Xu Zimei now.
...
Xu Zimei climbed onto the stage, utterly bored.
Gong Yuner chuckled, "I thought you wouldn’t even dare to stand beside me, let alone compete against me directly. Not bad."
In Gong Yuner’s heart, Xu Zimei wasn’t considered a strong contender.
Otherwise, back in that small courtyard, he wouldn’t have just agreed to set up the Crystal Stones but would have fought earnestly.
"I thought you were going to annihilate the Baili Family, but now you’ve started this competition instead.
Quite disappointing," Xu Zimei shook his head and sighed.
"Oh? Trying to use us as weapons in your hand?" Gong Yuner laughed.
"I am quite fair as a person. I promised to let you go, but since you insisted on muddling through this, I’ll allow you three moves.
That would be quite generous of me."
"Three moves?" Xu Zimei looked up, his eyelids lethargically opening as his right hand flicked a Blade Qi gently. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
The Blade Qi, flicked by his fingers, transformed into a streak of light that magnified dozens of times in mid-air, rushing towards Gong Yuner.
Gong Yuner’s figure swiftly retreated as a "rip" sound echoed. The Blade Qi swept past, slicing through her blue robe.
Split in two, a large piece of the blue robe fell off at the back.
"Look down on me, will you?" Xu Zimei stretched lazily and chuckled lightly.
"I was getting tired sitting down there. Why not play a bit? Who isn’t a Talented Disciple after all?"
Gong Yuner recovered from her shock; the speed of that Blade Qi had caught her off guard.
Of course, her underestimation played a part in this.
"I originally didn’t want to kill you, but since you’ve chosen this path to hell yourself, I must welcome you properly," Gong Yuner’s overall aura surged as she spoke softly.
"Show me your True Fate, I’m quite curious," Xu Zimei said.
"Reverse Dragon Seven Steps," Gong Yuner wasn’t in a hurry. She snorted coldly and turned into a golden streak of light, charging at Xu Zimei.
Watching her approaching afterimage, Xu Zimei yawned.
With his right hand, he threw a punch into the void.
