Watching Xiao Jinr grow weaker and suffer more intensely within the crimson light column, Su Hua felt as if her heart were being sliced by a knife and scorched by fire. She was willing to pay any price to save Xiao Jinr, but the crucial problem was that she could not pay any price at all right now, because she simply did not know how to save her.
"Fairy Hua, I know you are quite fond of this little girl, but she is, after all, the Calamity Star descended upon the Present Era. If we do not eliminate her today, she will surely bring calamity upon the common people of the world in the future."
Shangguan Yu stood in the air with his hands clasped behind his back, speaking with refined courtesy. "I hope Fairy Hua will understand the greater righteousness and consider the safety of the world's populace. I ask Fairy Hua to please step aside for now."
Before Shangguan Yu could finish his words, Su Hua whirled around, pointing at him and shouting angrily, "Today, whoever dares to harm a single hair on Xiao Jinr's head, I, Su Hua, will take their life!"
No one had expected Fairy Hua to utter such cold, ruthless words.
In everyone's impression, Fairy Hua had always been aloof from worldly strife. In the century since the Present Era began, no one had ever seen her fight with anyone, let alone get angry. But this time, Fairy Hua was not just angry; she was furious.
Her fury made her beautiful eyes gleam with coldness; her fury made everyone feel her powerful killing intent.
"Fairy Hua."
Shangguan Yu was also taken aback for a moment, then his eyes gradually narrowed. The previously calm and composed man became deep and solemn, his words now filled with ill intent, spoken one syllable at a time: "Please! Consider! The! Greater! Situation!"
Su Hua did not respond to him. Instead, she turned around and activated her divine abilities, first erecting a protective barrier around the crimson light column.
"Since Fairy Hua remains obstinately deluded, then do not blame me, Shangguan Yu, for being impolite!"
Shangguan Yu hesitated no longer. His figure vanished in an instant, reappearing the next moment beside Su Hua.
At the same time, Shi Tian suddenly made his move, as if unwilling to let Shangguan Yu steal the spotlight.
A battle erupted instantly.
The Taiji Prodigy Shangguan Yu, hailed as the world's leader, and Shi Tian, known as the World Little Tyrant, joined forces to encircle and attack Fairy Hua, the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens.
It was well known that Shi Tian was powerful.
Not to mention anything else, his Pure Yang Tyrant Body alone—indestructible and possessing immense strength—was extraordinary. A single punch from him could obliterate a Great Perfection Luotian Immortal. Moreover, besides the Pure Yang Tyrant Body, he also possessed one Ancient Throne Heavenly Destiny and three Present Era Star Mansions Heavenly Destinies.
His strength was absolutely worthy of the name 'Tyrant'.
However.
Compared to Shi Tian, Shangguan Yu was even stronger.
And his strength was unfathomably deep. At the very least, many present had personally witnessed Shi Tian challenge Shangguan Yu several times before, failing to budge him in the slightest.
Although Shi Tian had not used his full power at the time—only challenging with his Pure Yang Tyrant Body without unleashing the power of his four Heavenly Destinies—Shangguan Yu, while dealing with Shi Tian, had similarly not employed his Taiji Power, nor had he used any of his other profound abilities or any power at all. Yet, Shi Tian simply had no way to deal with him.
No one knew exactly how powerful Shangguan Yu was.
They only knew that during the previous confrontation with Shi Tian, Shangguan Yu had always been casual and completely at ease.
And what about Fairy Hua?
She was equally mysterious and inscrutable; even fewer people knew the true extent of her strength.
Many wished to take this opportunity to witness the true power of Fairy Hua, Shangguan Yu, and Shi Tian firsthand. However.
To their frustration and disappointment, the battle between the three was simply too fast. So fast that those present could only vaguely see three streaks of light darting through the night sky.
Their physical forms were invisible.
Even projecting their divine sense yielded the same result; they couldn't keep up with the speed of the three's combat. They could only detect extreme chaos in the night sky—sounds like dragon roars, phoenix cries, something resembling Pure Yang Power, something like Heavenly Destiny Power, something like Taiji Power, and various other formidable forces intertwining, causing continuous explosive booms in the air.
Boom!—A tremendous roar echoed.
Everyone saw a great sun plummeting down. It truly was a great sun falling. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Shi Tian, who had transformed into a sun.
In the blink of an eye.
Before anyone could react—it hadn't even been the span of two breaths—how had Shi Tian already been struck down? And by the looks of it, blood was trickling from his mouth, clearly indicating he was seriously injured.
Could it be that the Little Tyrant Shi Tian was no match for Fairy Hua at all?
Unknown.
As this scene happened too quickly for anyone to process, another figure plummeted down immediately after. This time, it was none other than the Taiji Prodigy Shangguan Yu, hailed as the world's leader who had inherited true fate.
Although he wasn't bleeding from the mouth and nose like Shi Tian, he looked rather disheveled. His handsome face no longer wore the previous composure but was somewhat ashen, his expression filled with deep shock.
Yes.
Shock.
Perhaps neither Shangguan Yu nor Shi Tian had known the true extent of Su Hua's strength. Therefore, neither dared to underestimate her. When they attacked, they used only half their strength, holding back the other half. Yet even so, it wasn't until the moment they clashed that they realized they had still underestimated Su Hua's power. Not only underestimated, but her strength was far greater and more terrifying than they had imagined.
"One is arrogant and conceited, ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. The other superficially upholds benevolence, righteousness, and morality, a modest gentleman, but inwardly is sinister, cunning, and covetous of fame and fortune. Truly a waste of the favor Heaven has bestowed upon you!"
As the voice fell.
Fairy Hua descended from the sky, her body shimmering with radiant, multicolored light.
At this moment.
Su Hua was no longer the peerlessly beautiful, transcendent woman she had been before.
Now, her three thousand strands of long hair flew wildly amidst the flowing light, her white robes danced chaotically within the radiant, multicolored glow. This flowing light seemed to flicker between light and darkness, shift between Yin and Yang, condense and derive like the sun and moon. It seemed sacred yet also evil, more like a swirling chaos.
At this moment, Su Hua was like a God, like an Immortal, like a Buddha; like an Evil, like a Demon, like a Devil.
Witnessing this scene.
The eyes of Lady Female Sect Leader Ye Tianlan in the distance, and those of the Heir Apparent, the Third Prince, and the Purple Dawn King, all flickered with astonished and peculiar colors, though more with surprise and doubt. As for Shangguan Yu and Shi Tian, the shock in their hearts was even greater.
However.
It was only shock.
More than that, it was anger, and refusal to accept defeat.
Because during the earlier exchange, neither had unleashed their true strength, so naturally, they were unconvinced.
Just as they were about to unleash their true power to battle Fairy Hua Su, a vast, majestic voice rang out.
"Cease!"
This vast voice seemed to come from all directions, and also seemed to emanate from the horizon.
Immediately after, in the bloody night sky, a silvery-white radiance flashed open from the eastern horizon. This silvery-white light was holy and pure, like a light of purification, cleansing all the evil of this world spotlessly clean, and illuminating the originally bloody and dark world with nothing but brightness.