The woman in white robes among the clouds was graceful and alluring as she gazed at Wang Xian from afar.
Her eyes brimmed with endless longing, and her lips whispered like a mother's.
Wang Xian tried to close his eyes, but in his horror, he discovered he no longer had eyelids.
After a moment of silence, he took out a piece of black cloth and covered his eyes.
He said quietly, "You're not my mother..."
With his eyes shut, he relied on his powerful, star-sea-like spiritual sense. In his mind, he saw a demon god.
Above the clouds, she was no longer a mother longing for her child. She was a demon god shrouded in black mist, a pair of wings growing from her back!
The demon god sang in a low, lilting voice, trying to lure him in.
The moment he had stepped into the Kunlun Mirror, the illusion had activated. Its purpose was to lure Wang Xian here!
All along the way, he had reminded himself: "This is an illusion!"
He looked up at the demon god above the clouds and shouted coldly, "Get lost!"
Then he strode forward and continued on his way.
But the woman in the clouds suddenly went berserk. She leaped from the sky and flew toward Wang Xian!
Midair, the woman beat her wings, letting out a terrifying, whooshing sound!
Her face grew more and more twisted, and she gradually revealed her true form: a demon god with two heads like a monstrous bat, gripping a long saber!
She shrieked as she beat her wings, rushing toward him like a whirlwind!
"Brat, you saw through my true form? Then die!"
In an instant, before Wang Xian, specks of starlight descended, and lotus flowers filled the sky as if the starry heavens had bloomed.
They danced through the air and drifted slowly toward the ground. Within each lotus flower was the phantom of a god or devil.
In that instant, the shadows of devils filled the sky. The gods and devils meant to keep Wang Xian here and make him stay with them.
The monstrous bat flew toward him with its wings spread, as if turning from illusion into reality. Its body of gods and devils slowly coalesced in midair, and it slashed at Wang Xian with its saber.
It giggled as it said, "Come here. You're mine. You can't escape!"
"Give me back my senior sister!"
Wang Xian remained calm and slashed out with his sword!
Clang! A streak of swordlight shot into the sky.
One Sword Chills Autumn...
A faint force of flame crashed into the lotuses filling the sky.
Boom... One lotus, then two, then countless others burst into flames!
The monstrous bat swung its saber, and a gigantic vortex abruptly appeared in the sky.
The rapidly spinning vortex swept up the lotuses and the gods and devils, drawing them together as they surged toward Wang Xian!
Before the terrifying vortex could reach him, Wang Xian slashed out with his sword!
Questioning Heaven!
Clang... An unparalleled Sword Qi slashed toward the sky!
Rumble!
The lotuses shattered, and the gods and devils exploded in midair, turning into billowing black mist that spread in every direction.
Wang Xian moved like lightning, streaking forward.
Before the vortex could crash into him, a terrifying explosion rang out behind him.
The monstrous bat, like a god or devil, vanished along with the lotuses filling the sky.
Wang Xian did not pause for a moment. He broke into a sprint and raced ahead.
He ran an unknown distance before finally stopping. When he took out his waterskin, his throat parched, he discovered that he had regained his flesh-and-blood body.
As expected, it had all been an illusion!
The wind was howling.
As Wang Xian ran, his body suddenly grew light, and he leaped up into the treetops, startling himself.
He clung to a lofty branch and spotted a scene not far away.
A long saber gleamed in the light. A burly, six-foot-tall man was staring coldly at him.
Before Wang Xian could speak, the man pounded his chest and roared, "What kind of savage are you? How dare you trespass on my territory! Get over here and die!"
Then he charged like a roaring tiger, pouncing toward Wang Xian in the blink of an eye.
Wang Xian closed his eyes. What he saw before him was clearly a black-furred, hideous demon ape.
Looking at the savage gleam in the demon ape's eyes, he imagined the senseless slaughter that would follow.
He couldn't help grumbling to himself: Why had Senior Sister come into such a dangerous place?
There was nothing fun about this place!
He had simply forgotten one thing: his experiences at the Sword Sect had been no easier than this.
Fifty zhang, thirty zhang—closer.
The demon ape pouncing at him could already make out Wang Xian's face in the tree. It snarled with a grin.
Its roar shook the surrounding forest. Then the demon ape wrapped both arms around the tree and shook it with all its might.
Whoosh!
Wang Xian knew he was in trouble. He darted forward like a giant bird.
At that very moment, the demon ape released the tree in front of it and swung its saber with all its strength at Wang Xian, who was still in midair.
A sharp whistle rang out from the blade. Wang Xian felt a fierce killing intent bearing down on him.
Without thinking, he instinctively tilted his head to the left. A deathly chill whooshed past his ear and grazed his cheek.
On closer inspection, it was a long bamboo spear!
Furious, he kept running without stopping.
The demon ape realized something was wrong. The brat hadn't been hurt!
Wind seemed to rise beneath its feet, and black mist swirled around it as it charged after him at greatly increased speed.
Wang Xian was getting farther away, but the distance slowly shrank to fifty zhang.
"Shoot him dead!"
The demon ape swung its arm, and its saber flashed like a streak of lightning, but it failed to hurt Wang Xian.
Just then, whoosh! An iron arrow pierced through the air and shot toward Wang Xian like lightning.
Wang Xian heard it whistle and was startled. He swung his sword behind him!
Clang! The iron arrow was sliced in two.
At that moment, several more arrows whistled through the wind.
Three more arrows came screaming toward him.
He had never imagined the demon ape had a companion, standing on a distant mountainside and aiming a bow at him.
You've got to be kidding me. What kind of place was this? Even a demon ape could shoot arrows, and shoot them to kill!
As Wang Xian dodged, he began to worry about his senior sister.
Even so, the black mist had dissipated considerably, revealing the man's body.
The demon ape chasing from behind leaped into the air, once again closing the distance with Wang Xian. It was now only twenty zhang away.
The distant demon ape nocked another arrow and quickly fired at Wang Xian.
One, two, three—five arrows in a row!
The five iron arrows came shrieking toward him. Seeing them, Wang Xian furrowed his brow and simply veered right.
If I can't beat you, can't I run?
Come on, chase me!
In the blink of an eye, he had put a great distance between himself and the demon ape with the bow!
The saber-wielding demon ape let out a low growl and slashed at Wang Xian with a vicious look!
Wang Xian swung his sword behind him and used Questioning Heaven!
Crack! The demon ape's right hand was slashed, leaving a wound.
"I'll cut your head off!"
The demon ape didn't care about such a minor wound. It didn't even look at it, only grinning savagely as it charged after him. It was almost upon Wang Xian.
"Woo!"
Seeing its prey nearly within reach, the demon ape excitedly roared to its companion.
At the moment the demon ape caught up with him, Wang Xian's face turned pale. Yet when he looked back, his gaze carried a deathly chill.
Unbeknownst to him, he had gathered the cold Yin power left inside his body by the two elders of Hundred Flowers Valley and concentrated it on the Azure Edge Sword.
He gave up running, gripped the sword with both hands, and stood motionless in the wind.
The pursuing demon ape came faster and more fiercely.
Clutching its saber, it pounded its chest and roared, "Come on, die already! Let your grandpa eat you!"
"Come on!"
Wang Xian shouted coldly, secretly preparing the move One Sword Startles Gods that Bai Youyue had taught him.
This sword strike, which he had not yet mastered, reached its absolute peak in that instant.
In the blink of an eye, the demon ape was three zhang away, then two, then one!
Buzz!
The long saber in the demon ape's hand rang out as it crashed down toward Wang Xian!
If that saber struck him, Wang Xian would die without a doubt!
At that very moment, Wang Xian suddenly raised his head.
A deathly stillness gleamed in his eyes, and the Azure Edge Sword in his hand rang out.
Like the sword strike he had unleashed from the high platform of the Kunlun Sword Sect, soaring into the sky!
One Sword Startles Gods!
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