Chapter 225: The beginning of love is a sentence, and in the end, love is silent stillness.
A sword, just one sword.
Beginning with the tip of the sword, a snow-white halo shrouded heaven and earth.
Within this changing halo, everything seemed to freeze in place.
The howling wind, the drifting catkins, the raindrops under the eaves, and this world that Xu Yuan held sway over, including himself.
Under this sword light, all fell still, just like a painting.
"One sword... Nineteen States of Cold Light."
It was not until this moment that Shi Ruoyu murmured softly.
The next second, Xu Yuan watched, wide-eyed, as the snow-white sword pointed at him and slowly stabbed toward him.
This sword, must hit!
This sword, also cannot possibly be blocked!
This sword, if hit, means certain death!
For some reason, such a thought surfaced in his mind.
The tip of the sword magnified continuously in his pupils, his limbs icy cold.
"Move! Move already!"
Xu Yuan was extremely anxious.
But no matter how anxious he was, the circulation of Spiritual Power within his body was sluggish, nearly as slow as an old donkey pulling a millstone, utterly unable to speed up.
Even the frenzied howling and roaring of the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird, the Four Divine Spirits within him, was to no avail.
What's more, even the Spiritual Power in the world around him, which was under his control and flowed like rivers, had become frozen and slow.
"Could it be, this time... I'm really going to die here?"
Looking at that slow yet irresistibly advancing snow-white long sword.
Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a bit desperate.
"No, I can't die here!"
A few bloodshot veins appeared in his eyes, and the Spiritual Power inside his body and around him stirred wildly under his control.
"Crack!"
A sound like ice breaking rang out from his Dantian, and under his reckless urging, the flow of Spiritual Power within his body finally began to circulate.
Although still weak, for Xu Yuan at this moment, it was undoubtedly good news.
Because...
Crack, crack—
Just like a chain reaction, under the washing of the trickling Spiritual Power, more and more invisible cracks appeared, and the frozen Spiritual Power began to break free from its bondage.
If things continued like this, he could unexpectedly free himself from the restraint before the arrival of that sword.
Just as Xu Yuan was thinking this with surprise,
However, at the same moment, Xu Yuan abruptly realized that the snow-white long sword, which in his eyes was moving incredibly slowly, had somehow already traversed the long distance between them and arrived within three feet of him.
It had gone from extremely slow to extremely fast in an instant.
The cold body of the sword clearly reflected his current handsome yet extremely pale face.
"..."
At that moment, the Spiritual Power he had just freed up no longer bothered to aid other Spiritual Power, but instead gathered frenziedly in front of him, rallying the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power in an attempt to suppress it before the tip of the sword pierced him.
But it was too weak.
Despite Xu Yuan's best efforts to mobilize both the Spiritual Power within his body and in the world under his control, against that sword which could freeze an entire imperial city or even Dawn City, let alone stopping it, he couldn't even cause it to tremble slightly.
Boom!
The hastily formed Spiritual Power shield didn't even last a breath before shattering.
Xu Yuan could only watch helplessly as the snow sword, which brought the scent of death, kept magnifying in his eyes.
Just when he thought he was going to fall right there,
Whoosh!
A surprising whooshing sound rang out at that moment.
Along with the whooshing, there came an extremely indifferent voice.
"Liuli... Heaven."
A freezing emerald luster appeared above his head and then enveloped him.
Hum—
The Liuli light that had caused Xu Yuan so much trouble shone on the snow-white sword, causing the incredibly fast thrust to slow down instantly, just like before.
However, the unstoppable momentum on the Snow Sword not only didn't weaken but became even stronger.
Nonetheless, Tian Liuli didn't think that just this move could stop the opponent's sword.
What she needed was just to buy some time.
In Xu Yuan's astonished gaze, Tian Liuli became like a moth plunging into the flames, transforming into a green comet, cutting upwards from below him.
Following the comet was the Palace Master of Qiushui Shengong, who looked extremely distressed as she watched this scene unfold.
In front of her, an abyss that radiated an extremely terrifying aura and a small tower that emitted the divine charm of Dao stood suspended before her, blocking her from intervening to stop Tian Liuli.
Under the shocked and astonished gaze of everyone, Tian Liuli inserted herself swiftly between Shi Ruoyu and Xu Yuan, then spun around, her fingers shining with Liuli luster clenched into a fist, and swung it forward.
"I said that as long as I am here, no one can harm you,"
Tian Liuli stood in front of Xu Yuan and spoke calmly, but her brows bore an increasingly aggressive aura.
The momentum erupting from her body at that moment actually overwhelmed Shi Ruoyu and several other Primordial Spirit True Persons!
Clearly, she used some sort of life-preserving secret technique that greatly damaged her body in exchange for this burst of power.
Shi Ruoyu's eyes showed a trace of admiration, but then, it was filled with pity and regret.
The next moment, the bright sword body shone even more brilliantly!
As she had just chanted, one sword chills the Nineteen States.
Therefore, under the light of this sword, no matter if it's an Outer Domain Demon or the reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor, all would be utterly subdued.