The young woman bent down to dodge the black flame sword before warping to each spot to use her sword to slay Huashan's clones.
Soon, Huashan's thousands of clones were reduced to only two.
The young woman leapt toward one of the clones, suddenly raised the hilt of her sword, then struck quickly and directly at that clone's chest area.
His chest area then had a slash wound with blood splattering out before he perished within a fraction of a second.
The young woman swiftly dodged the black flame blade from one of Hua San's clones.
Then, her fair, delicate foot launched her high into the air.
In an instant, she swung her silver sword around which tiny white lotus flowers revolved and cleanly severed the clone's head from its body!
As the final clone was slain, she narrowed her eyes coldly and turned to glare at Hua San. Her white hair, like crystal, fluttered slightly. Her moist, pink lips gleamed with striking beauty.
Hua San, floating calmly in the air, stared at her in stunned silence for a moment. He was astonished that she had managed to eliminate thousands of his clones in such a short time. Her skill must clearly surpass the level of an Immortal King seated on the throne!
"Impressive... I didn't expect you to have such skill," Hua San sneered, his eyes gleaming with a wicked glint. He clapped his hands a few times and then rested his large hands at his sides again.
"Hmph!" The woman flipped gracefully and lunged forward, her silver sword shimmering brightly as it struck toward Hua San's body. He teleported behind her at a distance of less than two meters and said,
"My beautiful lady, are you trying to kill me?" Hua San ascended even higher, his eyes locked on the lovely face of the woman in the distance. His rough feet remained motionless. He raised one hand and stroked his long beard thoughtfully.
'This woman is truly beautiful,' he thought, smiling absentmindedly, his expression glowing.
"Hmph! Who gave you permission to call me 'beautiful lady'? Shut your mouth at once! Every word from you is utterly disgusting!" the woman snapped angrily.
"Disgusting, is it? Then I'll call you…" Hua San hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly noticed a figure darting toward him from nearby followed by two more shadows behind it.
The first figure turned out to be a young boy with light brown hair and radiant golden eyes that sparkled like magical gems.
Judging by his appearance, he looked about five years old. Behind him stood two elderly men, one on each side. They had appeared from beside Hua San.
"Is this the woman, Father, that you want to kill?" the boy asked calmly, his gaze sweeping toward the beautiful woman. Then, his eyes shifted and landed on a distant dark-blue cage.
Inside the cage was a young girl with a sweet, gentle face, staring at him with a strange look in her eyes. But that look was not friendly!
Seeing that Hua San was distracted, the woman seized the opportunity and darted toward the oval-shaped cage to destroy it but it was far more resilient than she had expected.
Hua San slowly turned to look at his son and said,
"Yes, I want to kill her. But who gave you permission to come here? How many times have I told you to stay inside the universe?! Why are you so stubborn!"
He scolded loudly, frowning, before his expression softened upon hearing his son's reply.
"Father, I came to help you kill her! So that one day, I can be as brave as you!" the boy replied, looking at his father. His light brown hair fluttered gently behind him.
Hua San now looked displeased.
"We offer our respects, Your Majesty. We tried to stop the prince, but he insisted on coming. So we followed to ensure his safety," said the two elders standing behind the boy. They bowed slightly in respect.
Hua San merely glanced at them without reprimand.
"Take my son back! As for you capture that woman for me! I will observe from here. I want to see what you're capable of. So capture her alive!" Hua San ordered firmly, pointing at one elder to take his son back into the universe, and then motioning the other to seize the woman.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I will take the young prince back immediately," one elder said before grabbing the boy's delicate wrist and vanishing with him in a flash. The remaining elder bowed once and then darted toward the beautiful woman, who was using bright blue energy to try and break the blue cage.
"Mother! Watch out behind you!" the little girl shouted loudly in panic.
Hearing this, the woman quickly teleported away to another position.
She landed with one foot angled slightly, her eyes sharply scanning until they landed on the elder with white-streaked black hair. The elder turned toward her new position and lunged, aiming to wound her with a bizarre flaming palm. But she dodged once more, causing the elder to grow frustrated at having to follow her movements.
Still, he remembered the emperor's order: capture, not kill.
He reluctantly continued his pursuit, unleashing a dark light from his right hand at the woman, who was darting ahead. But she dodged just in time. He launched another burst of dark light, then continued firing rapidly without pause.
The woman remained highly alert of her surroundings, especially behind her.
She moved like a dazzling marble rolling and swerving left and right agile and precise evading each wave of dark energy from the elder with swift, fluid motion!
"This elder possesses an extremely high level of power as well... Likely at the level of a Divine Emperor of a Thousand Realms. However, still several tiers beneath me,"
the young woman thought to herself after narrowly evading the elder's attack. She moved with agility, dodging the rapid volleys of dark beams being unleashed from behind by the elder. In a flash, she teleported and reappeared right behind him.
Without hesitation, she struck with her silver sword its blade encircled by tiny lotuses slashing fiercely across the elder's back. Fwip! Slash! Fortunately for the elder, his swift reflexes allowed him to move just in time, resulting in a wound that wasn't too deep. A small amount of blood trickled from the cut.
The elder quickly spun around, his expression clouded with anger. His eyes darted toward the one who dared harm him with just a single glance. Then, he extended his right palm forward where a sharp, blue sword suddenly materialized in the center of his hand, as if forged from pure hatred.
In the next instant, the elder's body surged forward toward the young woman. The blue sword sliced downward with lethal intent, aiming to cleave her in a single blow. Yet the woman drew her radiant silver sword just in time to block the strike. The sound of clashing metal rang through the air, echoing clearly before she twisted her body and gracefully evaded to the side.