"This wretch wants to bleed us dry!"
Lin Bai finally realized that the Azure Mist Kun Peng's goal was to drag things out until the moment Lin Bai's spiritual power was exhausted, then strike and kill him.
In the Azure Mist Kun Peng's eyes, there were two people in Lin Bai's group. Though they had the advantage in numbers, he seemed intelligent enough to sense a threat from Lin Bai.
So he had not rashly unleashed his full strength. Instead, he intended to first drain the spiritual power within Lin Bai's body, then unleash a killing move once Lin Bai was utterly exhausted.
And his plan had indeed nearly succeeded. Lin Bai had been using the Sword Control Art for a long time while maintaining a high speed, causing his spiritual power to drain rapidly.
Even with the Five Elements Dao Fruit within him, Lin Bai could not sustain such prolonged expenditure of spiritual power.
But now that Lin Bai had seen through the Azure Mist Kun Peng's intentions, he naturally could not foolishly fall into its trap.
"Things have come to this. We can only fight with everything we have!"
Lin Bai immediately made up his mind. He stopped his flying sword and landed atop the crown of a giant tree, coldly looking at the Azure Mist Kun Peng roaring toward him from behind.
"Why did you stop?" Chu Tinghan asked in shock. "You aren't thinking of killing the Azure Mist Kun Peng, are you? It's much stronger than we are!"
"You noticed it too?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.
"What?" Chu Tinghan was somewhat confused.
Lin Bai said seriously to Chu Tinghan, "You noticed it too... The Azure Mist Kun Peng is much stronger than we are, but it doesn't seem to have caught up with us?"