The Three Ran Off, and the Three Asked

The unconscious Liu Piaopiao never saw what happened in the courtyard.

The instant that dragon-like Sword Qi burst through the courtyard gate and lunged toward Wang Xian—

Wang Xian's Deer-Splitting Saber flashed out, drawing a single horizontal stroke through the air.

The first stroke of the character "天" was a horizontal line.

Carrying the devouring force of the Immortal Longevity Scripture, it swallowed the Sword Qi dragon, which Liu Piaopiao had formed from the power of heaven and earth, in the blink of an eye.

Yang Wanjin watched the scene before her in silence.

Her eyes widened as she saw Wang Xian swallow the Sword Qi dragon with a single swing of his saber.

Liu Piaopiao had been about to charge into the courtyard, yet after shouting once, she had toppled stiffly to the ground.

It was as if she had run into an invisible bronze bell. Liu Piaopiao simply hadn't had enough strength to knock it over; she'd bounced in the air, cursed once, and then fallen.

The two followed the path of that saber stroke, watching as it was about to swallow Liu Piaopiao.

But the old man sighed and waved his hand. The terrifying devouring force suddenly swept past Liu Piaopiao and soared into the sky, where it gradually disappeared.

Even the old man couldn't make sense of the devouring force in that stroke.

Unable to bear it, and knowing Wang Xian didn't want to kill the woman before him, he had stepped in to stop him.

Yang Wanjin hadn't sensed how terrifying that stroke was either. By the time she realized, the old man had already intervened.

Now, seeing the woman lying outside the courtyard, she furrowed her phoenix brows and murmured under her breath.

The devouring blade light had already swept through the alley