"Ah—!!!"
A shrill, inhuman scream rang across the platform!
A burst of blood mixed with black qi and purple-gold lightning exploded from the black-robed figure's forehead. His entire head snapped backward as the black mist shrouding him churned violently and dispersed, revealing the face of a middle-aged man—pale, twisted, and webbed with black veins. His eyes were filled with incredulous terror and venomous hatred.
He clutched his forehead desperately with both hands, but could not stop the purple-gold lightning from raging within his skull, obliterating his soul!
"E-Elder Shadow Kill?!" Not far away, a Mystic Heaven Sword Sect disciple who was fleeing in disarray caught sight of this and cried out in shock.
Elder Shadow Kill, one of the Shadow Council's core elders, possessed early Longevity Realm cultivation. He excelled at concealment, assassination, and soul attacks. His vicious reputation was renowned, and he had successfully assassinated more than one Longevity Realm cultivator!
Yet Lu Chen had severely wounded his soul with a single arrow?!
This sudden turn of events sent a tremor through the minds of everyone fleeing in chaos, and many instinctively slowed their steps.
After firing his arrow, Lu Chen did not even glance at the result. Enduring the agonizing pain in his back and the injuries to his internal organs, he did not pause for an instant as he charged toward the stone steps above, which had not yet fully collapsed!
"Lu Chen! Hand over your life!"
A furious, piercing howl came from above and to the side!
Luo Jinghong had actually returned. His azure longsword transformed into a heaven-piercing rainbow, carrying a chill that froze the soul and a resolve to sever all things as it slashed down through the air!
Wherever the sword light passed, even the falling blood-fiend snowflakes were frozen solid and shattered!