Qin Xiyue took a step back.

This was the first step she took backwards since the beginning.

With this step backwards, she coughed out a mouthful of blood.

Following the blood and some remaining soul force that shot out of her mouth, the black cloth covering her face was also completely torn.

Her path of retreat was already blocked by heavy cavalry. A heavy cavalry soldier saw her cough out blood from being wounded, taking a step back, believing that his chance had come. He urged his horse, a greatsword thrusting at her back.

However, this heavy cavalry’s gaze instantly froze. He saw that there were still faint green rune threads that appeared in the air.

He only felt as if his skin and heart shook at the same time, and then his heart exploded. This heavy cavalry soldier’s eyes instantly became blood red, blood shooting out from his mouth with extremely great pressure. His body fell to the ground, perishing.

The aged cultivator still had dazzling yellow light surging between his palm and fingers, but his right hand’s skin instead became a black and green color, hard like stone.

Under the cutting of the light green rune threads, his sword still couldn’t truly stab through, unable to land on Qin Xiyue’s body....