As for the second reason, that was simple enough.
Something was off about Xiao Tianyang's current state.
When the White-robed Venerable had fought him earlier, he had not felt so constrained.
But now, Xiao Tianyang held almost all the initiative in battle.
He attacked when he wanted to attack and defended when he wanted to defend.
The two of them stood there like wooden posts, at his mercy.
Although it was the Black-robed Venerable's first time fighting Xiao Tianyang, he found that feeling equally unpleasant.
"Didn't you say you had already figured out his methods?"
The Black-robed Venerable asked coldly, "Then what is this move?"
"Why don't you go try it yourself and find out!"
The White-robed Venerable snapped back, "When it was time to fire the first shot, I told you to go, but you refused."
"Now you're blaming me? Do you even have the right?"
The Black-robed Venerable could not help twitching the corner of his mouth at those words.
But honestly, the White-robed Venerable was not wrong. It was the truth.
For a moment, he truly did not know how to refute him and could only respond with silence.
Of course, they were saying all this while fleeing and dodging.
If they stopped now, even if they had three times the courage, they would not dare do so.
Xiao Tianyang's slash was clearly coming with overwhelming force; its power was certainly extraordinary.
And when there was clearly room to evade, choosing to take it head-on anyway... they were not capable of such stupidity.
But they had overlooked one thing.
Xiao Tianyang's attainments in martial arts had already reached the pinnacle. Could he possibly be unaware of the weakness in his own slash?
Yet since he had swung that blade, there was certainly a chance of making his