The older woman immediately gave up any thoughts of saving her dying kin and instead put all her attention into fighting Pearl. She took her original form—a blue bird that was a mix between a vulture and a hawk—and charged talon first into the incoming Pearl.
Talon met rosesteel, creating a ringing sound that reverberated throughout the forest. He stepped back, throwing out a spear attack again. The woman flapped her wings, creating an icy wind around her that blocked Pearl's attack.
Pearl teleported in another direction, using his Heavenly Revolving Spear Strike technique to strike at her. However, the woman easily blocked it with little to no effort.
Now that she wasn't fighting to protect, she could finally focus on her own strengths, which were obviously much higher than Pearl's.
Pearl frowned as the situation became clearer to him. How the hell was an Immortal Transcendent realm cultivator meant to defeat a beast that was an entire set of cultivation realms higher than him?
