“A whole Arhat, tagging along all the way to the Jade Sea. Tch.”

The White Plume Immortal quietly took two steps back, already thinking about how to get away.

They were desperadoes, true, but they weren't brainless fools either. This immortal general's standing was already far beyond anything an ordinary person could imagine. Never mind that her two elder brothers weren't here right now—even if they were, they would never show themselves in a situation like this.

Who knew what other great figures were guarding this immortal general?

At that thought, the fingers hidden in her sleeve suddenly clenched and swept forward hard, flinging out several blinding streaks of white light. Like swords stretched across the sky, carrying an edge sharp enough to split the sea, they slashed at the mountain-like golden figure!

The White Plume Immortal drew back her hand without so much as another glance and turned around. White feathers burst out of her skin one after another, and her graceful body swelled in an instant. Her wings spread, and their shadow covered the Jade Sea.

She became a giant bird of terrifying size, beat her wings hard and fled far into the sky!

A Taiyi immortal of demon birth using everything she had—the force of it was terrifying. Yet in the direction she was flying, behind the clouds and mist, the woman standing with her hands at her sides didn't so much as change expression.

“……” Ye Lan looked down quietly at the giant bird demon sweeping toward her and slowly raised her right hand.

At such close range, the White Plume Immortal seemed to sense something was wrong too. Alarm suddenly showed in her huge eyes.

But before she could bank away, a surging golden river came tearing across the sky, the sound of it splitting the air almost deafening!

The sharp sword lights were smashed to pieces by the river in an instant, scattering like shredded feathers.

Boom—

It was no river at all. It was a powerful arm with flawless lines of muscle, as if shaped by heaven itself. The long fingers closed like…