When the pitch-black short staff was raised, the grass before Elder Yinluo silently withered and curled.
He said nothing. He skimmed several dozen yards along the slope, just avoiding Su Yu's line of sight as he faced the beast herd. A giant beast ahead was cut down by Sword Light, and before the splashed mud had even settled, the short staff had already thrust forward.
A wisp of gray-black radiance hid within the rolling dust, shooting straight for Su Yu's back.
At the same time, two Demon Beasts pounced from the front, their sharp claws and fangs completely sealing off his path.
Elder Yinluo stared at that white-robed figure as True Essence continued surging into the short staff. If this strike could injure his opponent, everything afterward would be much easier.
However, when the gray-black radiance was still several yards from Su Yu, the Cold Abyss Sword suddenly turned.
The sword edge traced half an arc of light, first severing the wolf claw lunging from the front before turning toward the rear.
Clang!
Yin Corrosion Power slammed into the sword, sending a ring of gray-white waves of air trembling outward. Su Yu borrowed the force to step aside and evade another Demon Beast's charge, then turned his head toward the slope.
"Elder Yinluo."
He could never mistake that power that corroded flesh and blood.
Seeing that his ambush had failed, Elder Yinluo's expression darkened slightly, but his feet did not stop. The black short staff swept out again. The Demon Beast that had pounced between them was struck by gray light and rolled screaming down the slope.
"You recognized me. That saves this old man the trouble of saying it."
He struck three times in succession. Interlocking gray-black arcs of light pressed forward, sweeping all the beastly shadows near Su