"Whoosh!"
The sound of the clash Jiang Liu had expected did not come. Instead, there was only a sharp sound as something tore through the air.
Clearly, the Godslayer Blade had cleaved through empty space and failed to hit the long serpent.
Jiang Liu immediately retreated, withdrawing directly into the distance.
"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"
A gigantic snakehead appeared where Jiang Liu had been standing moments ago.
A long tongue followed, lashing toward him.
However, the attack of this Long Tongue also struck nothing but empty air.
Jiang Liu's figure appeared behind a wrinkle in space.
Looking at the long-serpent Phantom Beast in the distance, his expression grew solemn.
He truly had not expected the illusion Power of Rule of this long-serpent Phantom Beast to be so formidable that even he could be deceived.
It seemed that when facing this long-serpent Phantom Beast, he would have to be even more careful.
Otherwise, he might overturn the boat in the gutter at any moment.
But he had clearly injured this long-serpent Phantom Beast just now.
Why, then, could he no longer sense where its injuries were?
Jiang Liu's heart jolted. Could the reason this Phantom Beast had transformed into a long serpent be to conceal the location of its injuries?
It seemed that if he wanted to defeat it, he would first have to completely shatter its illusion.
Alternatively, he would have to find the place where it had been injured before he could deliver a fatal blow.
The two attacks just now had already shown Jiang Liu that this Phantom Beast was no easy opponent.
If he had not injured it right at the start,
then, with his current strength, defeating it would have been nothing more than wishful thinking.
The strength of this Phantom Beast had completely exceeded Jiang Liu's