As he ran, Xiao Mo looked up and saw Zi Xia locked in battle with a cultivator.
His opponent was an elder of the Mountain Ghost Sect, whose cultivation was on par with Zi Xia's, if not slightly higher.
Facing the puppet controlled by her opponent, Zi Xia had fallen into a disadvantage.
"Zhou Ye, today I'll make sure you die here!"
The Danyang Sect's sect master roared and forcibly broke through into the Nascent Soul Realm.
The sect master had already been just one step away from the Nascent Soul Realm.
He had originally needed only to take pills refined from boys and girls with a certain degree of Root Bone for another half a month before he could break through successfully.
But there was no time for that now.
Even if forcing this breakthrough severed his path to the Great Dao and left him unable to advance another step for the rest of his life, as long as he killed Zhou Ye, he would accept it!
Sure enough, after breaking through, the Danyang Sect's sect master—though his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation was extremely unstable—was still able to fight Zhou Ye!
Zhou Ye was driven back again and again.
Every puppet he summoned was cleaved in two by the sect master.
"This junior begs you to intervene, senior!"
Just as Zhou Ye was about to be overwhelmed, he looked up and shouted toward the distant horizon.
The instant his voice faded,
a red saber descended from the sky, cleaving straight toward the Danyang Sect's sect master.
The blow carried the oppressive might of heaven and earth. Everyone felt their hearts seize, their souls trembling beyond their control!
Boom!
In the blink of an eye,
before the Danyang Sect's sect master could even react,
he burst into a cloud of