Dangerous was the only word for it, but no matter what, he had finally escaped the Sea-Overturning Halberd's strike, turning peril into safety in an utterly wretched state.
Yet at that very moment, a sudden change arose. In the air beside him, strange ripples surfaced without the slightest warning beforehand.
"Not good."
Elder Zhong's face changed drastically, but it was already too late to dodge. Still, this old fellow was no ordinary immortal cultivator. In that frantic instant, his body abruptly twisted to one side.
His movement could not be called slow, yet the right side of his chest still suddenly heated up, pierced through by a black, fierce gleam, and fresh blood instantly surged out wildly.
That fierce gleam was only as thick as a thumb, yet both its speed and its force were enough to make one gape. It was absolutely not something ordinary Five Elements spells could compare to.
Elder Zhong whipped his head around and saw, more than a hundred zhang away on his left, another Lin Xuan emerge. Aside from his skin being slightly darker, his facial features and build were all extremely similar.
"External Incarnation!"
Elder Zhong's expression was full of venomous resentment, his eyes widening in disbelief. This incarnation was actually also at the Spirit Division Stage—this was simply too inconceivable.
Yet even with his broad experience and knowledge, he absolutely could not have expected that Lin Xuan's incarnation was vastly different from an ordinary External Incarnation.
Seeing that the Ink Spirit Drill had failed to achieve the effect of killing in a single blow, Lin Xuan was not anxious either. The incarnation swept a hand, and that ancient book appeared. Then its other arm brushed through the air, offering up the Thunder-Crushing Ancient Mirror as well. The two treasures joined together, and