Boom!
The instant Xiao Mo brought his saber down on Wang Xin, the jade Buddha pendant in her arms burst into light and blocked the strike.
A deafening crash echoed through the woods. The ground behind Wang Xin split open.
Beneath that savage saber energy, Wang Xin was flung backward. Her frail body smashed through several trees.
Just as Wang Xin struggled to her feet, Xiao Mo brought his saber down again.
Wang Xin touched the ground lightly with her toes, lotus flowers blooming beneath them, and barely managed to dodge to the side.
"Xiao Mo."
Looking at him, Wang Xin pressed her lips together. She knew he had tried something to repair his Spiritual Meridian and Root Bone.
From that last strike, it seemed Xiao Mo had indeed succeeded. His cultivation had returned to the Jade-Pu Realm.
With just one strike, he had split the protective jade pendant her Abbot Grandpa had given her.
But Xiao Mo had completely lost his reason. He was like a ferocious beast in human form.
Just as Wang Xin wondered what she should do, Xiao Mo swung his saber for the third time.
Boom!
With a deafening crash, Xiao Mo sheared the top off a barren mountain in the distance. Broken rocks came tumbling down.
Wang Xin turned and flew away, hoping to lure Xiao Mo somewhere farther off.
Seeing his "prey" fly away, Xiao Mo, lost to reason, naturally hurried after her.
But just as they flew over a plain, Xiao Mo suddenly plunged toward the ground.
Wang Xin glanced down.
A caravan of armed escorts was transporting goods across the small plain.
"Oh no." Wang Xin felt a surge of dread.
Right now, Xiao Mo was like a killing machine.
The moment he saw a living person, he would strike them