Maiden Of The Splitting Moon

"Hellish Fireshot!"

As the black arrow flew up, it left a trail of screams as if flew through the barrier, piercing the Idol of Chaos in the back. It was quick, too quick for this grand being to catch and it was not destroyed by the energy within it. Rather, it stuck out of his body like a beacon. 

It then crackled and sparked, matching the electric fury in his body. But it was not its energy and the arrow began to spread throughout its body. Dozens of arrows formed all over the Idol of Chaos before bursting out into black flames, burning up its energy. 

"What? What is this blasphemy?! Who dares attack the Idol of chaos?!" 

It shouted out in rage, the hundreds of voices of the Hundun Clan all speaking at the same time. They could not ignore what had happened to its body. The lightning had all stopped as the Idol tried to expel the flames. 

Xuan Yin watched him as did everyone else, who looked at her. All of them had seen her shoot the arrow and all they could think of was one thing.

"Terrifying!"

After all, she was a master of the Dao of Archery, capable of using her grandfather's techniques. However, this powerful archer had created her own techniques and her own path in archery. She might be the granddaughter of the Dancing Archer, known for his grace and nimbleness but Xuan Yin had a different name. 

{The Hell Court's Archer}

After what had happened in Maple Root City as well as the Red Mist Sanctuary, she developed a sense for justice, to seek out crime and corruption. This led her to hunting down anything from bandits to killers to even evil officials. No one was above her bow. 

And her techniques were akin to punishments, just like the "Four Sins" technique, where each arrow represented one of the sins. And in accordance, they acted differently. 

The same applied to "Hellish Fireshot", an attack that would replicate the fires of Hell itself, eternal and excruciating. 

"Another one might be enough." 

Xuan Yin pulled back another arrow before Zi Jing stopped her. 

"Wait! Let me finish up the defenses! I'm in a bit of a rush here and nothing better interrupt me!" he shouted. 

The archer looked at him before pointing her bow down. Glancing at her one more time, he looked at the Idol of Chaos, who struggled to expel these black flames from its body. 

How the energy of the Primordial Chaos did not destroy the attack was a mystery. 

Still, this genius had a bit of time. 

He ran about before stopping at the center of the camp, cutting open the palm of his hand with one of his swords. As the blood spilled to the ground, he began chanting and the ground started to tremble. 

One by one, the flags started to glow as the markings he painted did the same. 

With the seven barriers, they all began to ring out together, merging into a single sound. It resembled that of a bell toll, like a warning of some sort. And when that toll finished, all seven barriers combined together into a clear and gold one. 

A new formation had been made and at its completion, it caused a shockwave so powerful that the ground began to crack and the Hundun Clan's champion was knocked back. 

"Hah, hah, hah, It worked, it worked! Ahahahaha!"

Zi Jing took in several deep breaths before raising both hands up high in joy. Despite his happiness, his knees buckled as he dropped to the ground. His forehead was covered in sweat and any attempt to even move a muscle resulted in nothing. 

"Damn... as I thought, using a formation like this drained me of everything. Still, I did it on the first try... they don't call me a genius for nothing."

While the commander was not dead, he was in no condition to fight. But this great barrier had been created and surely, nothing could break past it.

"Paltry attempts are wasted in vain! Return to Chaos! Repent for your heresy!"

Unfortunately, the fire on the Idol of Chaos's body had died out as this being gradually rose up again, staring at the golden barrier. It stared down at the camp before raising its hands up high. 

"Suffer the eternal end!" 

The clouds churned even more furiously as black and white lightning gathered. 

"It's trying something, quick attack while it's exposed!" 

All of the captains shouted before sending out an attack of their own. The soldiers followed as well, producing a wave of attacks at the Idol of chaos. And then, there were the cannons, over a hundred of them, firing off a barrage of shots. 

Nearly everyone attacked, except for Ming Yue, she waited and watched for she knew that it was not so simple. And she was right. As the strike clashed against the Idol of Chaos's body, it revealed a barrier of its own, one capable of defending against all of the attacks. 

And despite having nothing but two eyes, it seemed to sneer at them. 

"We are not fools! We will not fall so easily!" 

As it spoke, more and more power began to gather, so much so that the air seemed to tingle. And while it seemed to gloat and jeer, the camp continued the onslaught of attacks. The power of several thousand soldiers, all of this for one single being.

"Won't fall so easily? We'll see about that! Ming Yue are you going to attack yet?"

Xuan Yin looked at her as she drew back her bow and formed another black arrow. 

"We have to get rid of the barrier first! Follow my attack with yours!" said Ming Yue. 

She then took out her Pearlstone Dagger, gathering her power into the blade. It began to howl as sparks of iridescent light fluttered from it. 

"More power! I need to condense even more!" she thought.

Her body surged with strength, as a faint aura began to rise. This was not the product of Pale Moon but her own push to use as much energy as possible. 

The archer watched her, pinching the drawstring as tightly as possible. She waited for Ming Yue to be ready and soon she was. 

"Now!"

The Pearlstone Dagger lashed out, released a flying arc of pure power.

"Guillotine Shot!"

Not a moment slower, Xuan Yin shot her arrow, a black dot chasing after this crescent moon. The black arrow soon morphed into a thin and wide blade, resembling that of a real guillotine. 

The Idol of Chaos stopped mocking them as the strike came for it. However, its hands were still raised up, calling for more lightning. 

All it took was an instant for the attack to land and the barrier revealed itself. They clashed with each other, creating a shockwave as neither force was going to surrender. But then, Xuan Yin's arrow came through, pushing the attack even further. 

But then something happened, something unexpected. 

The Idol of Chaos screamed out as multiple voices roared in anger. Its barrier of lightning glowed before bursting out, knocking both techniques and causing them to dissipate. 

"What? How strong is that barrier?!" Xuan Yin exclaimed in disbelief as she watched it happen. 

Ming Yue was the same, her eyes widened in surprise as the Idol of Chaos continued to gather more lightning. 

"What was wrong?" she wondered, "Certainly, it's gotten stronger but there's no way that barrier was able to defend against both of our attacks." 

Everyone's heart dropped momentarily as the thought of such an attack failing had crossed their minds. But someone's voice echoed through the camp, clear and strong. 

"Continue the attack! Don't let it strike down!" 

Walking forward was Commander Yu Zhen, dressed in her full armor and wielding her massive saber. She then charged forward before jumping onto the gate and leaping up, swinging her saber with both hands. 

With one swing, a great wind came before her blade, blasting the Idol of Chaos and knocking it back. 

"Push forward! Give it no quarter!"