Lu Xiaotian had thought that this sword strike would surely leave his opponent gravely wounded. After all, his Misty Flying Sword was nearly as powerful as Ye Ziyu's. Forget an ordinary sword cultivator—even Lu Xiaotian himself couldn't have endured being cleaved in two by such a blow.
To his surprise, the purple-robed freak's body split in half, yet he could still move as if nothing had happened. In an instant, the two halves turned into streaks of light and fled into the distance.
The sword barrier that had been tightly enclosing the hundred li around Ye Ziyu suddenly collapsed. Its countless strands of Sword Qi shot into the two halves of the man. He fled so quickly that even Lu Xiaotian hadn't fully reacted in time—or rather, he was stunned that the man could still move freely after being cleaved in two. That moment of distraction was more than enough for a Body Integration Realm old monster to escape a considerable distance.
Lu Xiaotian raised his brows. This fellow, who had cultivated the Twin-Birth Sword Art, was no ordinary opponent. If he hadn't been fighting Ye Ziyu and thus failed to notice Lu Xiaotian, Lu Xiaotian would have unleashed all his treasures in an instant, leaving the freak no time to respond. If they had fought head-on, it wouldn't have been so easy to land a blow.
Lu Xiaotian didn't believe the man could truly be unaffected after reaching this state. He had taken a full strike from Lu Xiaotian's Misty Flying Sword, and Sword Qi had entered his body. How could he possibly have escaped unscathed? The speed he was showing now was merely a flash in the pan; it couldn't last.
"Let's catch up to him first." Lu Xiaotian spoke to Ye Ziyu, then gestured and recalled the