The Way of The Dao

The young woman burned a mouthful of blood essence and her aura soared. Ten ice blades were created and flew at the man coming towards her.

* Crack! *

* Crack! *

The ice blades were shattered as the man's jade disk expanded and formed a huge shield in front of him, protecting him from the attack.

"Tsk!" The young woman gritted her teeth and performed a foot speed technique, moving several meters away from the spot in less than the blink of an eye.

* Boom! *

The man's aura suddenly exploded as he also burned a mouthful of blood essence. However, his face hadn't even turned pale, since it was the first time he burned his blood essence and still a large considerable amount of power.

The jade disk the man had in his possession suddenly expanded gigantically, covering the sky in a few seconds.

"[Covering the World!]"

The man exclaimed with an arrogant tone as the jade disk finished expanding and then fell on the woman, bringing a terrifying coercion instantly.

The woman was shocked to see this and feel the powerful coercion descending, quickly understanding the difference in power between her and his despite the fact that they were in a place where cultivation bases were suppressed.

The ice sword moved and slashed towards the giant disk covering the sky.

* Clang! *

* Crackle... *

The sound of metal clashing was heard, but the ice sword finally cracked, shrinking the young woman's pupils.

Pulling out a talisman with ancient runes on its surface, the woman looked at it for a few seconds and at once she spat the last mouthful of blood essence she could burn on this talisman. Her face lost all color and trace of blush, paling completely. Her body weakened and she could no longer move to try to escape, she had put all her energy into this last move by forcing all her cultivation essence so that she could activate the talisman as a last resort.

The talisman absorbed this woman's blood essence and suddenly glowed, exuding a powerful aura that far surpassed the limits of the Golden Core state, breaking through and reaching the Nascent Soul state in an instant.

A giant hand over 30 meters large appeared above the girl, quickly forming from what appeared to be ice. Then the hand moved and pointed a single finger at the rapidly descending giant jade disk.

"Sh*t!"

The man panicked as he felt the rising aura on the girl and saw the giant ice hand that had appeared, sensing the great power that exceeded the Golden Core realm. He quickly poured all of his cultivation essence that he could circulate into his spiritual weapon.

* Crackle... *

The giant jade disk began to crack as the finger of the giant ice hand barely came within five meters, colliding only with auras and demonstrating its immense power when the suppression of the mysterious realm didn't seem to affect it.

The man took a chi recovery pill, poured out as much of his cultivation essence as he could recover again before directing it towards the giant jade disk, steadily adding power.

The ice finger began to tremble slightly, cracks appearing all over its surface until it covered the entire ice hand, unable to withstand the power of the jade disk.

With the last bit of strength she had left, the woman bit her tongue and performed another sword technique, forcing less than half of a dozen ice blades to appear and she threw them at the giant jade disk before losing the strength in her feet and falling to the ground.

* Clank! *

* Clank! *

* Crackle... *

The ice swords crashed into the giant jade disk, creating a few small cracks before disappearing.

Despite this, the giant jade disk didn't stop and continued to fall on her.

"If you give up, I'll try to leave you a whole body!" The man exclaimed as he stopped, observing the girl's helplessness at seeing her totally suppressed under his spiritual artifact. At this point he didn't care if the girl died or not, what mattered to him more than anything else was what she had in her storage ring.

The woman looked at him coldly but did not answer him, she did not even show a trace of fear or pleading.

As if understanding that it was about to disappear, the giant ice hand suddenly shifted its position and rose higher, opening its palm towards the giant jade disk and trying to hold it up in the sky.

The girl knew very well that the skill performed by the token will not be able to hold on for a few more seconds. Although it was a token refined by a powerful powerhouse of the Great Ascension realm, in this place it did seem to be unable to demonstrate its full power, so it would dissipate before showing its true ability.

"I hope Elder Jun can meet up with them right away..." She smiled slightly with a trace of sadness and bitterness, knowing that she would face her death.

But that sadness and sorrow were removed as the trace of pride and satisfaction filled her heart; that her junior sisters would be safe was what mattered most to her. As the heavenly ice fairy of the sect, she had to fight to the end and never give up!

"Where did you get that token from?"

But suddenly, a quiet but distinctly male voice startled her as she felt this voice so close to her.

With much confusion, the woman turned her head slowly and quickly her pupils constricted when shock assaulted her as she saw that there was someone behind her!

The shock stopped as she quickly became stunned as she noticed the extremely handsome and perfect face of this man who appeared to be a few years older than her. His jet black eyes drew her soul without any hindrance, as if she could find the secret that lay in the universe as she noticed the river of stars in them.

"Urgh!"

Biting her tongue again, she shook her head and tried to move to get away from him, thinking he was an enemy when she couldn't even sense his presence. Unfortunately, she no longer had any shred of strength in her body and could only feel helpless to find herself in such a situation.

Ling Tian noticed her expression but he continued to calmly stand in his same spot, with no intention of moving. He had witnessed this woman's battle from a while ago, so he was a bit surprised to see the ease in the ability to perform her attack techniques, confirming in the end that she should have a special body, or at least a complete spirit root.

Besides, flowers in greenhouses are not the best, so it would be better to let these young people who are beginning to fight against the heavens adapt and face the cruel and cold reality of the world, where there will not always be someone to support or defend them, so they must fight for themselves and forge their wills to the limit in order not to give up at the first obstacle.

And finally, the talisman that this woman had activated as a last option exerted a different aura, which Ling Tian had vaguely recognized and knew it belonged to someone familiar.

"By any chance... that talisman was given to you by the little-, I mean, Gao Yue?"

Noting that she did not respond, Ling Tian frowned and he asked her again.

This woman's pupils contracted upon hearing this, becoming even more surprised within herself as she wondered who this guy was, a young man like her but who lay standing calmly unaffected by the coercion that existed the place. He didn't even seem to notice that there was a huge gigantic jade disk that was about to fall on them.

* Boom! *

The ice hand exploded into pieces when it finally couldn't resist the pressure of the huge jade disk, turning into small pieces of ice that quickly fell.

The huge jade disk fell rapidly, increasing in coercion as it fell on this woman and Ling Tian.

"Looks like a little idiot has intruded where he wasn't called... he'll die anyway!"

The man noticed Ling Tian and sneered, thinking that he was an ally of the woman and was willing to save her for her beauty. How strong could a fellow of this woman who was as young as her be, especially with his strength sealed in this place? He didn't care and continued to watch!

The power radiated by the huge jade disk had far exceeded the limit of the Golden Core state, making it impossible for anyone to escape once they fell within its range. Even those Great Ascension realm powerhouses would not be unscathed if they were to face his attack at this moment!

The young woman groaned in pain and made a pained expression as well, feeling the coercion double.

Ling Tian frowned somewhat annoyed at getting no response from this girl and finally he turned to look at the adult man who was rejoicing and watching mockingly.

"You're annoying, get lost..." Ling Tian said in a low voice, he raised his hand calmly and with a softly pointed his finger towards the sky.

* Crack...! *

* Boom! *

The huge jade disk instantly exploded, turning into many small pieces of jade!

The man spat out a large trail of blood as the connection to his spiritual artifact was severed, feeling the impact in his consciousness sea. His expression changed and became fearful and filled with terror, he ate a spiritual recovery pill and escaped.

"You want to run away?" Ling Tian rolled his eyes upon seeing this.

The [Sword Domain] spread out without any trouble and reached the man, quickly killing him when he was unable to defend himself due to the suppression.

Ling Tian waved his hand and obtained his storage ring. He took a look inside before putting it away.

Turning to look at the young woman again, Ling Tian saw that she was stunned and stupefied, with an expression of disbelief.

"I just helped your junior martial sisters from your sect, and they asked me to come help you... you are their senior sister Su, at least that much you can answer, can't you?" Ling Tian asked her sarcastically.

"Ah?" The woman was startled again before exclaiming, "My junior sisters?" She was surprised but likewise showed some wariness at this young man she clearly did not know.

Moreover, this man seemed to know the origin of the person who refined the last talisman she used!

Could it be a trap? She had been through this once before in the past, in which she was almost killed if not for her quick reaction. Maybe he knew about her sect and had seen her and her junior sisters enter this realm, so he took the opportunity to approach her and save her so that she would let her guard down upon seeing her alone!

"Your sisters are Zhu Rouwei, Wu Xuemin, Fang Lian'er and Ying Su, while the elder of your sect accompanying you is Jun Zhuyun, am I wrong?"

Ling Tian said calmly, directly observing this girl's expression.

Indeed, this woman's expression became even more filled with surprise, with rationality and doubt filling her mind. Her serious and cold gaze was greatly reduced, but still suspicious of Ling Tian.

"S-senior... who are you?" She asked hesitantly, she wanted to know the name of this benefactor to see if he was someone known or relate him to someone.

"I am the ancestor of Xuan Li and Lang Qingzu." Ling Tian thought for a few seconds before answering, thinking that she might know these two girls.

"The ancestor of junior sister Xuan and junior sister Lang?!" She was surprised to hear these two names, stating that this person really should be some acquaintance of her sect having mentioned Xuan Li and Lang Qingzu and her junior sisters as well... or at least he should be some ancestor of Xuan Li's or Lang Qingzu's family.

"Now will you really answer my questions?" Ling Tian asked.bender

"Huh? Ah! Forgive my distrust and rudeness!"

This young woman quickly apologized and cupped her fists in respect while still on the ground without her being able to exert strength on her legs to stand up, saying, "I didn't know that the senior was related to Junior Sister Xuan and Junior Sister Lang, so I was discourteous to you! I, Su Changqing, I thank you for saving my life, and I promise you that I will repay your saving grace and I won't frown when you ask me for any favor in the future!"