Had his legs not been inconvenient, even if the gaunt ghost cultivator's Orchid Ghost Evasion Art was exceedingly strange, such short-range evasion would never have gained much advantage against his explosive power. Even so, no matter how quickly the gaunt ghost cultivator retreated, he could not outpace Lu Xiaotian's instant-cast spells. Though shattering the Frostwaste Seal took little time, it was enough for Lu Xiaotian to launch another attack. The earthen puppet was almost immediately summoned and struck at the gaunt ghost cultivator through the air.
However, the true killing move was not either of the first two attacks, but the Earthsplitter Saber Lu Xiaotian had hurled out. The gaunt ghost cultivator had just blocked the first two strikes, consuming spiritual power and leaving himself without even a moment to recover his breath, when Lu Xiaotian's third attack arrived without the slightest gap. One strike followed hard upon another.
The gaunt ghost cultivator hurriedly resisted with all his strength. A black, elongated iron claw appeared in his hand again and reached for the Earthsplitter Saber. A mass of pitch-black aura clung to it. Yet that black cloud of aura was cleaved straight down the middle by the incomparably sharp Earthsplitter Saber and sent flying from his grasp.
The gaunt ghost cultivator was horrified. Pressing his palms together, he muttered a string of obscure incantations. The black robe with gold trim that had originally covered his body suddenly swelled as though inflated. Mysterious skull markings appeared across it, like the shrieks of vicious ghosts. This black-and-gold robe was actually a ghost-path artifact with formidable defensive power.
The Earthsplitter Saber slashed directly into the inflated black-and-gold robe, burrowing deeper and deeper, though its speed visibly slowed.
Yet the gaunt ghost cultivator's face also twisted in unbearable pain. Clearly, to block this blow,