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Boom!
Outside the White Tiger Ruin, at the top level of Baiyun Palace, a beam of light more than ten miles long shot up into the Nine Heavens, slamming through the Baiyun Palace Barricade and bursting outwards, while the Dark Tide roiled outside, surging towards the interior of Baiyun Palace.
But in that moment, a delicate and beautiful jade hand struck the breach, forcefully repelling the Dark Tide. The next moment, the Baiyun Palace Barricade was restored to completeness, blocking the Dark Tide from entering.
In the midst of the light column, a Phoenix's cry was heard as a Fire Phoenix emerged, spreading its wings and landing on a withered Wutong Tree.
Phoenix Chao Fei looked down at her own Wutong Tree, a flash of distress in her eyes. She turned to look at the beam of light, her teeth grinding in anger.
To outsiders, the beam of light was just that, but to Phoenix Chao Fei, it was an entirely different scene.
