In the blink of an eye, Whale One Soul's figure vanished into the darkness. A dozen or more black spheres then shot off in different directions at once.
The black spheres burst apart one after another beneath the Black Dragon's descending claws. Another pained grunt rang out, and one of the spheres transformed into Whale One Soul as he staggered out from under the attack. He spat out another mouthful of blood and shot a venomous look at Lu Xiaotian and the Black Dragon. With no time to retrieve his severed arm, he fled into the distance.
"That fellow certainly knows how to act decisively." Though they had forced Whale One Soul to reveal his true form, even the Black Dragon couldn't distinguish the precise aura within each of those dozen or more spheres. That had cost them a brief moment—and even such a fleeting instant was a rare opportunity for Whale One Soul. Now that he was using every means at his disposal to escape, even the Black Dragon couldn't stop him.
Meanwhile, the Azure Dragon that Lu Xiaotian had transformed into had struggled mightily to snatch the Xuan Chi Sea Command back from the enormous suction force at the passage's exit. At the same time, he beckoned with one hand, drawing over the severed arm with the spatial ring still on it.
"To have cultivated to this level and been sent by the Honghao Celestial Court to the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, how could he be an easy opponent?" Lu Xiaotian smiled lightly. Without the Xuan Chi Sea Command, Whale One Soul was a turtle in a jar even if he managed to escape. He might evade them for a while, but he couldn't escape Lu Xiaotian's search. What's more, the other fragment of the World-Breaking Stone was also inside