"This... is indeed the case. We can't let him escape." Xia Ruize was speechless as well. After all, given the current situation, we'd been outmaneuvered by our opponent. If we took away the Azure Ox, the Formless Bowl would be able to activate its invisibility again. If the enemy took the opportunity to flee, we'd be sacrificing the greater goal for the lesser one.
Faced with this dilemma, the only option now was to destroy the evil beasts summoned by our opponent. Within the clouds and mist, evil beasts rampaged everywhere. Mountain-sized monsters roared madly, sweeping their tails or swallowing the sky with their giant maws. On top of that, swarms of small berserk bees flew toward us.
They'd clearly set a trap for me this time. Staying here was useless. Seeing that the cooldown for my Super Great Dao Art was almost over, I immediately prepared to withdraw from the Azure Ox's Dao Transformation Art's range.
But just as I was about to retreat, flocks of small birds around me charged over. These birds had beaks as sharp as swords. Once they accelerated, they shot forward like sword rays!
I swept out with my long sword, instantly wiping out a huge swath of them. However, several still charged straight at me, smacking against my body with a series of crackling sounds and leaving me with an itchy sensation.
The middle-aged monk naturally saw this scene. Judging from his wide-eyed, dumbfounded expression, it was clear that he was utterly stunned. After all, my defensive ability was terrifying. After merging my Nine Meridians into one, my body's defenses were extraordinary. Let alone a few birds—even ten million of them couldn't do anything to me, unless they possessed sword rays as unstoppable as Ling'er's.
Xia Ruize, meanwhile, had the Black Dragon baring