The Golden Cicadas swarmed toward Evil Child and Soft Matchmaker like a hive of bees, so when Jade Pine and Old Li saw the situation, they were instantly frightened into flying backward. It seemed that even Dao-Proving cultivators had things they feared—and there was probably something strange about the Golden Jade Cicada.
Kind Virtue still wore an expressionless face, but he said, "Soft Matchmaker, Evil Child, the two of you deal with that brat. Jade Pine and Li Liang are mine."
"Sure!" Evil Child quickly charged toward Li Poxiao. Although this fellow walked the unorthodox path, the cultivation art he used was actually the quintessential Grand Pure Transformation Dao Art. The moment he reached Li Poxiao, he struck out with one palm, instantly making half of Li Poxiao's minor sword techniques vanish!
But using the Transformation Dao Art in front of Li Poxiao was like showing off a broadsword before Guan Gong. Moreover, the special Transformation Dao Art he released this time still caught me off guard.
It turned out that when Li Poxiao was in the Sword Spirit Determination state, he could not use the Transformation Dao Art. After all, he needed it to suppress his own power and prevent it from rebounding against him, which meant the art was effectively in a permanent state. Yet when Evil Child blasted Li Poxiao with a strike of the Transformation Dao Art, a burst of golden divine radiance erupted. Evil Child instead came crashing down at once—a clear sign that he had been struck by a counterattack!
But Li Poxiao's Sword Spirit state was not canceled. A single Grand Sword Art strike even blasted toward Evil Child!
Evil Child, utterly shocked, could only pull out a blanket, wrap himself in it, and vanish without a trace!
Li Poxiao gave a cold