Seeing its true target emerge, the lightning-fire wasted no time. Swirling and intertwining into a mass, it descended like a pillar of fire reaching the heavens, plummeting straight towards Hao Fei's head with thunderous might and the terrifying power to destroy all creation.
Hao Fei exerted all her strength, activating every defensive spiritual artifact on her body. Following that, layers of thick defensive barriers, powered by divine energy, rose before her, meant to withstand the lightning-fire.
At this moment, the spiritual energy surging around her billowed her robes and waist sash upwards.
Hao Fei, dressed in white, floated gracefully above the main courtyard of Fanghua Temple. Her entire being seemed enveloped in an ethereal glow, like an ascending immortal, so beautiful that the crowd of onlookers gazed with wide, almost glazed, eyes.
Hao Fei was originally sweet-faced, and despite being nearly a hundred years old, she showed no signs of aging, appearing like a graceful woman in her thirties.
As she underwent the Five Spirit Reincarnation Tribulation, in the eyes of the crowd, she exuded a unique blend of strength and softness.
In a flash, quicker than words could describe.
The lightning-fire from the sky crashed onto the defensive shield Hao Fei had erected.
Qiao Mu watched with her own eyes as spiderweb-like cracks appeared on Hao Fei's outermost defensive barrier, spreading inch by inch.
In but a moment, it shattered with a resounding crack.
"Hahahahahaha!" Hao Fei let out a wild laugh, a cold glint in her eyes. She propped herself up with a heavy metal sword, specially crafted, supporting her swaying body.
"Who said that the success rate of our female cultivators' Five Spirit Reincarnation Tribulation is only one in ten thousand? Today, I, Hao Fei, will prove to everyone in the Divine Land that we women are not necessarily inferior to men!"
Before, when no one helped her, she had felt despair and thought she might die, but she held onto a thread of determination, vowing to fight this damned Heaven's Dao to the very end, even if only a sliver of her life force remained, she would never give up.
Now that even a little girl she didn't know was willing to help her, what more did she have to fear?
She wasn't fighting alone!
All the cultivators watching, regardless of gender, couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration in their hearts.
Some rogue female cultivators even cheered excitedly, "Sister Hao, well done! Sister Hao, we believe in you, you'll definitely get through this!"
"Sister Hao, Sister Hao!"
The rolling lightning-fire above hovered angrily for a long while. Spotting an opening, it suddenly transformed into a purplish-red fire dragon, roaring and brandishing its claws as it charged towards Hao Fei.
At this, everyone's hearts leaped to their throats.
Even the male cultivators who enjoyed watching the spectacle couldn't help but feel a sudden jolt in their hearts.
This is going to be brutal, the lightning-fire has taken form!
A scene of a raging dragon charging directly, and lightning-fire striking directly, hadn't been seen in hundreds of years.
Who could possibly withstand such an enraged lightning-fire from heaven?
"Sister Hao!" A few female cultivators who were close to Hao Fei cried out, tears welling in their eyes.
Hao Fei...
Was about to be annihilated, body and soul.
Hao Fei burst into laughter, facing the impending death with a serene expression. "You can only destroy my body! But you can never destroy the upward-striving heart of us women!"
"You're going too far!!" Qiao Mu roared, pointing a finger at the sky.
Crown Prince Mo's face changed drastically. Before he could even stop his little wife, he saw the small figure shoot out like an arrow.