Li Poxiao's appearance immediately turned the tide of battle. The two sword pills caught up with Shang Wanqiu at astonishing speed, aiming to pierce straight through her body!
Shang Wanqiu seemed to realize that killing me in this battle was impossible. She immediately tucked a small Buddhist shrine into her sleeve, then vanished into the darkness! At that very moment, the two sword flashes, swift as thunder, also missed their mark. After stabbing into a massive stalactite pillar, they were recalled by Li Poxiao!
After tearing apart countless layers of space, my thought-sword was also drawn back to me. When I opened my eyes, Shang Wanqiu's figure flickered ahead and vanished without a trace, while Sun Chongyang and Yuanci had already chased after her. Zhao Xian'guan and Yin Ge flew over from a distance, both wearing faint expressions of relief.
"I never thought she'd still manage to escape. But she seems to have taken one of your swords, so she must be in bad shape," Zhao Xian'guan said, still shaken.
"She's at the Ten Directions Realm and carries such a powerful treasure. That Heavenly Ghost Tathagata has practically become a demon. I've stayed in Purgatory for so long, yet I've never seen anything this formidable. She could even use a spatial formation to hide you away." Yin Ge gave a bitter smile.
"She'll come again. That woman is far too sinister—she actually set up a formation here and waited for us," Sun Chongyang said when he returned.
"Where's Yuanci?" Yuanci had chased after her and still had not returned. I immediately began to worry.
"He said he smelled a trace of evil energy and wanted to take a look. He's just ahead." Sun Chongyang pointed to a spot not far away. I hurried over with Carefree Movement and, sure enough,