The woman in the wedding dress seized the initiative with a slash. After a brief pause, just as Wang Xianzhi was forced close by Wang Yue, she finished gathering her strength and swiftly struck with her second slash.
Her blade was still incredibly fierce. Even at the height of his power, Wang Xianzhi wouldn't have dared to take it head-on, let alone in his current state. He was forced back several steps once more, barely dodging the slash.
But as soon as he retreated, he was met by Wang Yue's next attack, with man and sword as one. He could only fend off Wang Yue's sword energy, and was driven back to the side of the bridal sedan.
Fortunately, after taking two slashes, he had judged the red-clothed woman's level. She was only at the Finger Profound Realm.
Seeing that Wang Yue wasn't using Unfettered Distance, he assumed Wang Yue had brought the woman along merely to help find an opening in his defenses. He spared only a little attention for Nangong Puye and focused most of his efforts on Wang Yue.
What he didn't know was that Nangong Puye had seized the initiative. Each of her slashes had a brief pause to gather strength, but their momentum stacked with every strike, making each one sharper than the last and steadily increasing her aura.
When Wang Xianzhi was forced close to the sedan for the eighteenth time, he felt the accumulated momentum of her blade take on the might of a Heavenly Human, even surpassing the power of Wang Yue's sword.
Only then did he realize he had been tricked. This entire arrangement had been prepared for him, and the real killing move was being carried out by the woman.
But it was already too late for him to escape.