Essence of Baleful Water
Cao Fang followed up with an axe slash. Flames roared as an enormous axe-shadow cleaved through the air. The faint figure had already been blocked by the curtain of stars; in such a hurry, how could it escape smoothly? Yet the figure was clearly no pushover. It merely pointed a finger, and the sound of surging waves welled up. A finger-shadow blocked Cao Fang's terrifying axe strike.
Yuan Ba's massive palm, as solid as a vajra barrier, slammed toward it. The faint figure froze in midair, then instantly scattered into wisps of green smoke. Yuan Ba's massive palm and the axe-shadow Cao Fang swung again crashed into the starry barrier behind them. With a boom, a huge gap appeared in the barrier.
The faint figure, now a wisp of green smoke, darted toward the gap.
The scattered starlight suddenly coalesced into a long whip and lashed down at the faint figure. It had clearly not expected the Old Monster Xingyan to have another trick up his sleeve. Of course, the figure had been fighting three opponents alone while also controlling the Five Baleful Waves to hold back the other Profound Immortal-level powerhouses. It was evidently at its limit; it was only natural for the successive attacks from Old Monster Xingyan and the others to expose an opening.
With a pop, what seemed to be a hard shell on the faint figure's body shattered under the blow. An old man with grizzled hair and a gloomy face stumbled out. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, swept his sharp gaze over everyone, then flashed away again, fleeing toward the starry barrier, where a large breach had already been torn open.
Ever since the grizzled old man had been injured, the Five Baleful Waves seemed