Both Perish, Setting Out for Sacred Cliff Mountain

However, amid the gaps in the spreading blood mist, Xu Wansun's attack arrived as well.

Moreover, in that brief span, Xu Wansun had abandoned the rather cumbersome Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation. Instead, his Nascent Soul left his body and, protected by a streak of talisman light, raced at top speed toward the Lüqiu Human King's true spirit dharma manifestation.

"Slash!" Killing intent flashed in Xu Wansun's eyes. Burning his Nascent Soul spirit body, he opened his Nascent Soul's mouth and spat out a blue needle-like gleam, shooting it toward the Lüqiu Human King's true spirit dharma manifestation.

Though this blue needle gleam was tiny, the instant it struck the Lüqiu Human King's true spirit dharma manifestation, it pierced straight through it and stabbed toward the Lüqiu Human King's actual body beneath its protection.

Boom!

This strike did not miss.

Yet, at the critical moment, the Lüqiu Human King suddenly felt a warning in his heart and sensed the danger. He twisted his head aside, preventing the needle gleam from completely tearing apart the sea of consciousness between his brows.

But after taking this strike, the Lüqiu Human King was not much better off. His true spirit dharma manifestation shuddered violently, faintly appearing unable to hold on any longer and on the verge of collapse.

"Now." In that instant of exchange, the blood mist surrounding the Lüqiu Human King finally caught Xu Wansun's Nascent Soul aura. A cold gleam flashed in his eyes as he said, "Reverse."

The blood mist formed from the essence blood he had voluntarily dispersed transformed into blood-colored vines, sealing off every route of retreat for Xu Wansun's out-of-body Nascent Soul.

Immediately afterward, a powerful suction force erupted from the Lüqiu Human King's body, seemingly intending to draw the surrounding blood mist back into himself.

Under this suction, even