"Despair. I just love seeing those despairing looks in your eyes." The West Hall Protector looked at Chu Feng and the others with smug satisfaction.
"You bastard!" Someone could no longer hold back and spat out a curse at the West Hall Protector.
Everyone knew they were dead for certain, yet the enemy simply refused to kill them. Having one's life held in another's hands — with the other party deciding whenever they wished to strike — that feeling was absolutely excruciating.
Torture. The West Hall Protector's actions were nothing short of psychological torture for them all.
Hum— However, at that very moment, the heavily wounded crystal giant suddenly erupted with a blinding golden radiance from within its body.
At the same time, an incredibly powerful aura surged from inside the crystal giant, forcing the Ancestral Weapon beast to retreat again and again until it reverted to its original form, becoming a weapon once more.
"This… this… how is this possible?!"
Upon seeing this, forget everyone else — even the West Hall Protector was left dumbstruck, his eyes filled with terror.
He had sensed an enormous threat emanating from the crystal giant. The power it now wielded was more than sufficient to cut him down.
BOOM— But right at that moment, a thunderous explosion suddenly rang out. The crystal giant shattered into pieces, ultimately dissolving into countless crystal shards and wisps of golden gas that floated in midair.
"Hahahaha!!!" The West Hall Protector, who moments ago had been gripped by panic, now burst into hearty laughter.
"All that grand momentum, and I thought some ultimate technique was coming. Turns out it was just destroying itself," the West Hall Protector mocked.
Meanwhile, the numerous experts all sighed bitterly. They too had believed the crystal giant was about to turn the tide — after all, its aura had been so overwhelming. But this outcome plunged them back into the depths of crushing disappointment.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh— Yet in that very instant, the shards left behind by the crystal giant suddenly hurtled toward the West Hall Protector and the Soul Infant Sect's experts like a rain of arrows.
Pfft pfft pfft pfft— Everything happened far too fast. Before anyone could react, the crystal shards had already pierced through the West Hall Protector and every one of the Soul Infant Sect's experts.
Dead. In the blink of an eye, the entire group of Soul Infant Sect experts led by the West Hall Protector had been slain beyond any hope of recovery, all cut down by the shards of the crystal giant.
"A comeback from the jaws of defeat — truly a comeback from the jaws of defeat!"
"Who would have thought that the crystal giant, after dying, would become even more powerful and slay the West Hall Protector of the Soul Infant Sect!" The experts could not help but cry out in excitement.
No one had expected the crystal giant to actually kill the West Hall Protector and all the Soul Infant Sect's experts. Though it had sacrificed itself in the process, it had ultimately saved everyone's lives.
"Damn it!!!" Yet just as the crowd was wild with joy, a voice rang out that plunged them straight back into the abyss of despair.
That voice belonged to none other than the West Hall Protector.
Though his physical body had been destroyed, he was clearly not dead!!!
"What's going on? How can he still be alive?" At that moment, Chu Feng and Wang Qiang both wore expressions of utter disbelief, no different from everyone else.
The West Hall Protector's body had been obliterated beyond recognition. His Dantian should have been shattered to pieces at the same time — there was no way he could still be alive.
"Experts at the True Immortal realm have transcended the limits of the physical body. You cannot judge them by ordinary standards," Zhao Hong said.
Once those words left Zhao Hong's lips, the gazes of not only Chu Feng and Wang Qiang, but all the experts present shifted noticeably.
From that single sentence alone, they could tell with certainty — this young woman was no ordinary person.