Mountain wind laden with shattered gravel brushed past Ye Fan's ears, and his palms had already broken out in a thin sweat from gripping the Jiuxiao Huanpei. He stared at the rift ahead, which was shimmering with starlight, while the growth rings of the ancient peach tree within his Inner World spun at a speed visible to the naked eye—this was the sign of his Unity of Heaven and Man talent activating, furiously deducing all information concerning "Star Melters" and the "Gate of Longevity."
"The rift is absorbing spiritual Qi." Su Qingxue's short flute rested against her lips, the corners of her eyes tinged with a faint flush from channeling her energy. Her pristine white fingertips danced rapidly across the flute holes, the clear and melodious flute music carrying a faint, elusive sweetness—it was the secret "Heart-Purifying Tune" of Hanmei Pavilion, specialized in shattering the invasion of foreign forces.
Lin Zhaoyue's Frost Flower Sword hummed as it left its scabbard, ice crystals creeping up the blade to her wrist, freezing fine, delicate frost patterns onto her pristine white sleeves. "The spiritual Qi turbulence is three times stronger than before." Her gaze swept across the edge of the rift, where three-inch ice spikes condensed at the tip of her sword. "If anything charges out, I'll take the first strike."
Chapter 291