Under normal circumstances, Lu Xiaotian reckoned he wouldn't have been a match for the other creature after just a few exchanges. The giant wyrm was cunning, too. It must have discovered him ahead of time, then seen him killing the Stone-Armed Demon Monkey. Since it was badly weakened, it had stayed hidden in the mud beneath the monkey, holding its breath and concealing its presence.
The giant wyrm had used the silt to conceal itself, and it was good at suppressing its aura. At first, Lu Xiaotian had focused only on the Stone-Armed Demon Monkey; he hadn't noticed that an even more terrifying creature was lurking below.
The giant wyrm might have escaped unscathed, but it had been injured by Sword Qi when it forced its way through the spatial restriction earlier. The wound was severe. Later, it had tumbled helplessly through the mudslide. Ordinary demonic beasts could scarcely withstand a mudslide like that, but for the giant wyrm, it was only a somewhat bigger nuisance. The real problem was the Sword Qi that had already invaded its body and was now running rampant.
Unable to withstand the Sword Qi's ravages, the giant wyrm hadn't managed to fully suppress its injuries. A trace of its aura had leaked out just now, alerting Lu Xiaotian. When he brought his blade down, the wyrm knew it could no longer hide, so it flew out of the silt and tried to flee.
But how could Lu Xiaotian let such a heaven-sent opportunity slip by? With his own strength, he wouldn't have had the slightest chance of killing a Ninth-Tier Peak demonic beast under normal circumstances—especially one like the giant wyrm, whose combat prowess far surpassed that of beasts at the same tier.
Lu Xiaotian held nothing back. He summoned Di Kun and, sparing