On the arena floor,
Yue Lan's legs began to stumble, then weakening as she was about to fall to the ground.
However, a hand landed softly on her shoulder.
"Child, enough. You've done well," Elder Yu Lianru's calm, feminine voice reached Yue Lan's ear as she felt a powerful presence beside her.
Elder Yu Lianru's presence was like a soft breeze, calming the tense aftermath of the battle in the arena.
With one graceful hand, she help steadied Yue Lan, while letting a stream of spiritual energy flow into her body, easing the strain and fatigue that weighed her down.
The audience stirred once more, murmurs of respect rippling through the crowd as their eyes fell upon Elder Yu Lianru who draped in the flowing blue robes of the Azure Moon Sect, her graceful and mature bearing left no doubt that another esteemed elder of the sect had arrived.
Then—
Whoosh!
