Black Tiger Dao Lord
A great demon with a tiger's head and a human body appeared beside Evil Sword and swept a cold gaze over the Ask Immortal Pavilion party. "Evil Sword, you deal with Kumu. Leave the rest to me."
"No problem."
Evil Sword reached out, and the greatsword on his back flew into his hand. He cruelly licked the blade, his eyes tinged with blood.
In his eyes, Lu Changsheng and the others were already corpses.
"Black Tiger Dao Lord, a great demon at the fourth layer of the Dao Palace Realm in Desolate Province. He often devours humans of the Wilderness Tribe and is cruel and bloodthirsty by nature. This is bad."
Elder Kumu had lived for eight hundred years and had seen much of the world. He also knew something about the Rogue Cultivators of Desolate Province.
Elder Kumu could keep Evil Sword, an elder of the Reincarnation Hall, occupied, but he could do nothing about Black Tiger Dao Lord.
So Elder Kumu secretly transmitted a message to Lu Changsheng, Xia Ningxue, Luo Feng, and the others, telling them to find a way to escape.
"Attack!"
Hundreds of Demon Sects disciples, armed with all manner of weapons, surrounded and attacked Lu Changsheng's party from every direction.
"Follow me and fight your way out."
Xia Ningxue drew a snow-white longsword. Sword Qi crisscrossed the air, cutting down several Demon Sects disciples as she led the group in a breakout.
"You followers of crooked paths and Evil Dao, you're courting death!"
"Heaven-Burning Sword!"
Luo Feng unleashed a treasured sword, whipping up a raging inferno. The Demon Sects disciples caught in the flaming Sword Qi turned to ash before they could even scream.
The Ask Immortal Pavilion was one of the Six Great Orthodox Sects. Its Dao Palace Realm elders were no ordinary people.
However, two Dao Palace Realm elders of the Reincarnation Hall joined the battle.
Chains rattled through the air, and the scythe at the end of one slashed across the distance toward Xia Ningxue!
Xia Ningxue met the scythe with her longsword, but the chain wrapped around the blade, and the scythe continued flying toward her.
"Break!"
Xia Ningxue struck with her left palm, blasting the scythe out of the air as it hurtled toward her!
"Break again!"
Xia Ningxue swung her sword in her right hand, and its razor-sharp Sword Qi severed the chain!
"A high-grade Houtian Spirit Treasure?!"
The Reincarnation Hall elder who had attacked Xia Ningxue was stunned. Her longsword was incomparably sharp; its Sword Qi had even severed his chained scythe.
"One Sword, Frost Chill!"
Xia Ningxue unleashed a frigid Sword Qi over ten zhang long. Wherever it passed, even the air froze into ice!
The Reincarnation Hall elder could not dodge in time, and Xia Ningxue's Sword Qi severed one of his arms!
His wound froze, and the Reincarnation Hall elder's face twisted in pain.
He too was at the Dao Palace Realm, First Layer, but Xia Ningxue had a Spirit Wa Saint Body and an innate Spirit Vein, as well as a high-grade Houtian Spirit Treasure. She utterly overwhelmed the Reincarnation Hall elder.
"Near at Hand, Far Away."
Xia Ningxue took one step forward and instantly appeared before the Reincarnation Hall elder, killing him with a single slash!
Lu Changsheng, who was fishing in troubled waters as he dealt with the Demon Sects disciples, was secretly astonished.
Sure enough, Xia Ningxue was no ordinary elder of the Ask Immortal Pavilion.
"Useless trash!"
Black Tiger Dao Lord's muffled voice rang out as he conjured a gigantic beast claw and swiped it at Xia Ningxue!
"Frost Sword Domain!"
The air around Xia Ningxue froze into ice, and ice blades formed Sword Qi that stood before her.
Smack!
The beast claw shattered the icy Sword Qi and struck Xia Ningxue!
"Pfft..."
Black Tiger Dao Lord's claw injured Xia Ningxue. She spat blood, her face pale.
Though she was nearly invincible among those at the same realm, Black Tiger Dao Lord was a great demon at the fourth layer of the Dao Palace Realm, three realms above her.
"Black Tiger Dao Lord, you've colluded with the Reincarnation Hall. Aren't you afraid of the Six Great Orthodox Sects?"
Xia Ningxue's expression was icy. The more dangerous the situation, the more she needed to keep a clear head.
"The Six Great Orthodox Sects aren't worth a damn. One day, I'll march on Shushan and devour its hundred thousand disciples!"
"Die!"
Black Tiger Dao Lord showed no mercy to the fair flower before him, striking again with his beast claw!
Xia Ningxue stepped onto her flying sword and tried to evade the claw.
But the beast claw grew as it met the wind, becoming like a small mountain as it slammed down at her all the same!
"Pfft!"
Xia Ningxue spat blood again, all color gone from her face.
The gap of three realms was a heavenly chasm Xia Ningxue could scarcely cross.
"Junior sister!"
Luo Feng was locked in a fierce battle with another Reincarnation Hall elder. Catching sight of Xia Ningxue about to be killed by Black Tiger Dao Lord, he was frantic with worry.
But he and the Reincarnation Hall elder were both at the Dao Palace Realm Second Layer. Their battle was deadlocked, and he could not break away.
"Die!"
Black Tiger Dao Lord struck again and again. Beast claws blotted out the sky as they came crashing down, shaking the earth.
Xia Ningxue was somewhat bedraggled and could only ride her sword to dodge.
"Ah!!!"
Another Ask Immortal Pavilion disciple was killed and fell from the sky.
Under the Demon Sects' siege, the Ask Immortal Pavilion party of more than twenty was soon reduced to a little over ten.
Lu Changsheng circulated the Taiqing Wuji Art and wielded the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword, fighting three Nascent Soul Realm elders of the Reincarnation Hall alone without falling behind. As the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword swung, wind and thunder surged, cutting down two Reincarnation Hall elders!
According to the Reincarnation Hall's intelligence, Lu Changsheng was a Nascent Soul Realm elder of Shushan, but he was actually already at the Dao Palace Realm.
The Reincarnation Hall paid dearly for its faulty intelligence. Lu Changsheng grew braver as he fought, cutting down another seven or eight Reincarnation Hall disciples.
Black Tiger Dao Lord is the greatest problem. Even if I kill every Demon Sects disciple, if Xia Ningxue is killed by Black Tiger Dao Lord, I won't escape this calamity either.
Lu Changsheng steeled himself and attacked Black Tiger Dao Lord from behind with his sword.
"Hmph, a mere Nascent Soul Realm Daoist brat dares sneak up on me?"
Black Tiger Dao Lord sensed Sword Qi approaching from behind and turned, casually striking out with his palm.
"Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect!"
Lu Changsheng circulated the Taiqing Wuji Art frantically, and vast quantities of Spiritual Qi surged from his Dantian!
More than ten thousand spirit swords formed from Spiritual Qi appeared in midair and stabbed toward Black Tiger Dao Lord!
In that instant, Lu Changsheng no longer concealed his strength, but unleashed his full power!
"What? You're at the Dao Palace Realm!"
Black Tiger Dao Lord was caught off guard. Because of his miscalculation, he had put too little force into the palm strike he used to block Lu Changsheng.
Black Tiger Dao Lord's palm strike destroyed only three thousand spirit swords, leaving seven thousand to bombard him.
Boom, boom, boom!
Caught off guard, Black Tiger Dao Lord was struck repeatedly by the spirit swords and left in a sorry state.
"Let's go!"
Lu Changsheng knew that a sneak attack might allow him to gravely injure Black Tiger Dao Lord, but bridging a gap of three realms to kill him was far, far too difficult.
Xia Ningxue looked on in shock. Lu Changsheng was actually at the Dao Palace Realm too, yet he had previously endured Luo Feng's mockery.
The Ask Immortal Pavilion party fought as they retreated. Led by the three Dao Palace Realm cultivators, they fought their way out of the encirclement.
"How dare you injure me! Unforgivable! Black Tiger Heart-Devouring!"
Black Tiger Dao Lord flew into a rage, and a cloud of black mist surged out toward the Ask Immortal Pavilion party.
"Not good, he's attacking our souls!"
"You all go. I'll hold him off! Dao Emulates Own Inherent Spontaneity!"
Xia Ningxue stood behind the others and forcibly bore the brunt of Black Tiger Dao Lord's attack.
The moment the black mist struck her, Xia Ningxue's soul felt as though it had suffered a heavy blow, and her eyes went blank.
"Struck by my Black Tiger Heart-Devouring Dao Art, her soul will scatter before long."
Black Tiger Dao Lord had great confidence in his Dao art.
He had lost count of how many outstanding talents he had killed with this move.
"Take this pill."
Lu Changsheng could not escape Black Tiger Dao Lord's pursuit alone, so he decisively took out a seventh-grade Nine Nether Soul-Gathering Pill and fed it to Xia Ningxue.
Xia Ningxue's soul gathered together again, and her eyes regained their brightness. Having narrowly escaped death, she still found it hard to believe.
"Hm?"
Black Tiger Dao Lord had expended a great deal of Spiritual Qi to perform his unique Dao art, yet Lu Changsheng had easily saved Xia Ningxue.