Xiong Ao's substitute was indeed far stronger than Xiong Ba. The Sword Qi that had tormented Xiong Ba half to death earlier inflicted only light wounds on Xiong Ao's substitute, without harming his foundations. Yet he had only just rushed out when the Scarlet-Black Treasure Pagoda controlled by Chi Yunsang crashed down once more upon the Two-Headed Corpse Vulture, which had already suffered repeated heavy blows.
The once incomparably formidable Two-Headed Corpse Vulture shattered into several pieces like a withered leaf.
Having finally escaped its predicament, it had been hurrying over. But under such circumstances, though Chi Yunsang, Iron Corpse Sheath, and Lu Xiaotian each harbored their own thoughts, they all clearly judged the situation before them. They understood even more clearly that only by taking advantage of the separation between the Two-Headed Corpse Vulture and Xiong Ao's substitute to kill it could they win their sole path to survival. Thus, though the three were not particularly close, in that fleeting instant they launched an exquisitely coordinated joint attack. Even the Two-Headed Corpse Vulture possessed by Ghost Venerable could not withstand it for even a moment before the three of them directly destroyed it.
Xiong Ao's substitute's charge immediately stalled. Without the Two-Headed Corpse Vulture possessed by Ghost Venerable, even if he forced his way forward, his fate would not be much better than the vulture's. Though none of the three could defeat him alone, their combined terrifying strength was no longer something a mere substitute could suppress. Perhaps only the true body himself could manage it.
"Should we simply destroy this substitute as well?" Iron Corpse Sheath's cold gaze swept back and forth over Xiong Ao's substitute, his expression openly malicious. With the Two-Headed Corpse Vulture dead, the balance of power between the two sides had been broken.
"Fellow