"The weakness is in the head... more precisely, the mouth."
Bai Xiaowen could see the scorpion monster's mouthparts hidden between its pair of compound eyes. The meridians nearby were as densely packed as integrated circuits, with streams of spiritual energy converging toward its mouth...
"Not good."
The scorpion monster Bai Xiaowen had been observing directly spat out a green beam of light.
The beam locked onto the space around Bai Xiaowen.
Although he could still use the Position-Swap Taoist Art, doing so while being targeted would clearly consume more Spirit Force.
Bai Xiaowen's body suddenly split into three, and the three phantoms charged toward the scorpion monster.
This was a modified version of Seven Flashes. Bai Xiaowen had long since cultivated this martial movement technique to mastery and could freely control the number of phantoms produced. As for Inch Step, the prerequisite skill for Seven Flashes, he had mastered it to perfection.
With fewer phantoms, the consumption was naturally minimal.
The scorpion monster's green beam grazed past by a hair.
The three phantoms merged, and Bai Xiaowen appeared before the scorpion monster. The tip of the Blade of the Steppe Brothers shot out a foot-long illusory blade, stabbing directly into the scorpion monster's mouthparts.
Formless Blade had also been cultivated to mastery. Releasing a Formless Blade from the weapon's tip carried the weapon's own sharpness bonus, and the Blade of the Steppe Brothers possessed S-Tier sharpness.
This Formless Blade pierced directly through the scorpion monster's passive Spirit Force protection.
In fact, after gathering its Spirit Force for that spitting attack, it had nearly drained itself dry. Only a thin layer of protective Spirit Force remained, utterly incapable of stopping the attack.
Expert Level 5 Spirit Force Mastery allowed Bai Xiaowen to execute a scalpel-precise melee strike. The Formless Blade did