Two early Integration stage corpse puppets—at close range, the power of their self-detonation could absolutely threaten a peak Integration stage cultivator. But the self-detonation had occurred a hundred zhang away, so its power was naturally greatly weakened.
As an Elder Zhu at the late Integration stage, he escaped the sweeping explosive energy with ease.
Although the self-detonation of the two corpse puppets had not caused cultivator Zhu much harm, it had still filled him with alarm. It went without saying how furious he was now.
The last time he had fought that Chu surname cultivator, he had suffered at the hands of the two corpse puppets. If he had been alone, he was confident he would have found it difficult to defeat the Chu surname cultivator. But now that his opponent no longer had the corpse puppets' assistance, he was utterly certain he could kill him.
His figure flashed violently. The magical power within him surged, and a sharp blade formed by a secret technique shot out in a flash.
With his divine sense locked on, Elder Chu saw the sharp blade emerge, radiating majestic power. Although he could not dodge it swiftly, he did not panic in the slightest. He swept a hand backward, and a magic treasure he relied upon greatly flashed into existence. It expanded in the wind to more than a zhang in size and moved to block the other party's secret-art attack.
Amid a thunderous boom, the black giant blade several zhang long was shattered on the spot by Elder Zhu's secret technique.
The two of them were already separated by an entire stage. Under the full-powered secret-art attack of the other party, even with Elder Chu driving his magic treasure with all his might, he could only barely withstand the blow.
The magic treasure