Once everything seemed to return to normal, Feixiao plummeted from the sky.
Bang!
She crashed onto the Wardance Ceremony Arena, kicking up a massive cloud of dust that blanketed the entire arena.
"Cough, cough..."
The trio slowly approached, waving away the dust.
Soon, Feixiao's figure emerged from the haze.
"General?" Yanqing called out softly, his voice tinged with confusion.
"..."
Feixiao didn't respond. She slowly rose to her feet as tendrils of black, ominous gas surged into her body.
A murderous, frenzied aura gradually coalesced around Feixiao, causing the trio to exchange grave glances.
"Be careful! General Feixiao's condition... isn't right."
The trio drew their weapons, assuming defensive stances.
"Borisin... prepare to die!"
Sensing the presence behind her, Feixiao glanced sidelong at the trio, her face twisted with animosity as she glared at them.
"Bo... Borisin?! We don't have ears on our heads!" Hearing Feixiao mistake them for Borisin, Yunli frantically patted her own head.
"I will never let you leave the Skysplitter!"
"Prepare to die!"
Feixiao's lips curled into an eerily "healthy" smile.
With a swift push off her front foot, she appeared before the trio in the blink of an eye.
"!"
"Haaah!"
Bang!
A single strike scattered the three like leaves in a storm.
"Cough, cough... How are we supposed to fight this?" Yunli gasped, though she had no clear idea of Feixiao's true power.
But judging from how easily the Alchemy Commission had intercepted their combined attack with just a few fingers, it was clear:
This opponent is far beyond our current capabilities!
"What do we do? Fight or run?"
Since this was the Luofu's Wardance Ceremony Arena—their home turf—Yunli turned to Yanqing for his opinion.
"What choice do we have? What's our alternative to fighting?" Yanqing retorted, hearing Yunli's words for the first time making him think she was an idiot.
Letting this walking nuclear warhead roam freely on the Luofu would be a catastrophic disaster...
But...
"We can't even scratch her!" March 7th moaned, sprawled on the ground, staring at the invincible General Feixiao with no hope of victory.
This is way beyond our level!
How did we end up fighting an Emanator again?!
Something feels off.
At first, March 7th thought the Astral Express Crew was just visiting the Luofu for a vacation.
But after understanding Jing Yuan's intentions, she merely thought they were here as witnesses.
Then... she inexplicably became the disciple of Yunli and Yanqing, got dragged into Borisin's conspiracy, and ended up as the Luofu's Defending Swordsman...
Arriving at the Wardance Ceremony Arena, she figured a quick Hoolay would settle the match.
But she never expected...
Why am I fighting an Emanator again?!
Back when they first arrived on the Luofu, March 7th had already declared she had a phobia of Emanators.
Still, Sister Lumina had assured her that with the Xianzhou's three Generals present, no calamity could possibly occur.
March 7th had believed her then. After all, with three Generals around, even if the opponent was an Emanator, it was unlikely a newbie like her would need to get involved.
But...
Can someone please explain why I have to fight a Xianzhou General?!
In the span of a single second, March 7th managed to rant about every possible complaint.
Snapping out of it, she looked at Feixiao, her eyes flickering with thought before hardening with resolve.
March 7th slowly rose from the ground, her left fingertip brushing the ring on her right hand.
A surge of green light slowly flowed from the ring into March 7th's body.
The Phantylia incident on the Xianzhou Luofu, Aventurine and Sunday's schemes on Penacony—the resentment simmering in March 7th's heart had finally reached its boiling point.
And at this moment, all that resentment was about to erupt.
March 7th prepared to unleash the foreign power contained within the ring.
She intended to detonate it directly with Feixiao.
"Hush, little March. Leave it to me."
But just as the energy began to transfer, it abruptly withdrew.
A gentle voice whispered in her ear, soothing the resentment in her heart.
"Sister Lumina."
Hearing that voice, March 7th's face lit up with joy.
Recent events had filled March 7th with so much pent-up anger that she hadn't immediately thought of Lumina.
Lumina's appearance instantly restored March 7th to her normal self.
"Lady Lumina," Yanqing said, breathing a sigh of relief as he saw Lumina step forward.
Although this was a Xianzhou matter, having Lumina, a guest, intervene felt somewhat... inappropriate.
But with things having reached this point, there was no time to worry about such formalities.
This was a lesson Yanqing had learned from the General himself, and now he was putting it into practice.
Indeed, the General truly lives up to his title.
"Leave the rest to me. You all just watch," Lumina said with a smile, gesturing casually before stepping forward and slowly approaching Feixiao.
"Abundance... Abomination..."
"Abundance Abomination!"
"Die!"
A familiar aura surged around Feixiao once more, as massive Flying Aurei materialized to surround her, their eyes burning with bloodlust as they glared at Lumina, as if eager to tear her apart.
"..."
"Sigh..." Hearing the derogatory term, Lumina clutched her head in exasperation.
"Another day, another time I'm called an 'Abundance Abomination'..."