Lu Xiaotian had changed moves too quickly. Just a moment ago, he had been as wild and domineering as a beast king. In the blink of an eye, he had become a nimble swordsman, and his sword had swooped in like a heavenly steed soaring across the skies.
The demonic aura inside the Moonfiend Mazi had to suppress the spread of the Corpse-Devouring Evil Saliva Worm's venom. It had also just blocked Lu Xiaotian's nearly fatal strike. Now, he could do nothing about this sword.
Amid a piercing scream, the Misty Sword Embryo slashed straight into the Moonfiend Mazi, spraying a great cloud of blue blood.
Within the bloody mist, the Moonfiend Mazi's body turned into a streak of blue light. When he reappeared, he had withdrawn his enormous beast form and returned to his humanoid shape with a dragon's head. But his right arm had been severed at the shoulder, and blood poured from the wound. He stumbled forward. The severed arm lying on the ground had yet to lose its vitality, and twitched in futile protest.
"It's you!" The Moonfiend Mazi clutched his severed arm and stared at Lu Xiaotian in utter shock. He had never imagined that the silver-haired young man, who should have been the first to leave this place, had stayed behind to ambush him. Nor had he expected the man's strength to be so formidable—his explosive power was already on par with his own. The Moonfiend Mazi had indeed been distracted while pursuing that traitorous Yin-Yang Lame Freak, but the other man had appeared silently behind him and unleashed a thunderous strike.
What chilled the Moonfiend Mazi even more was that the silver-haired young man had chosen to ambush him right here. Had he somehow known in advance that the Moonfiend Mazi would take