On a night of the full moon, atop the Forbidden City, it was only fitting to pair it with a sword coming from the west—Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens.
Otherwise, it would be like eating fries without ketchup, going to bed without peeing, or reading without voting or subscribing. It always felt as though something was missing.
So, naturally, he had to unleash "A Sword Comes from the West, Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens."
That was why Tang Luo had used Mystic Transformation in its sword form against Lü Bu. Otherwise, smashing Sky Piercer Halberd against Sky Piercer Halberd would have been more spectacular and drawn more attention.
But that would have created an entirely different image.
Tang Luo's current image was that of a powerful, aloof supreme grandmaster—a celestial being.
Yes, everyone had already reached an unspoken understanding and consensus: whoever won this battle would be the supreme grandmaster.
And because of Tang Luo's Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens, the vague image of a celestial being had also emerged.
Tang Luo himself naturally could not perform Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens. The reason he had been able to use such a dazzling move was entirely thanks to the illusions of Pig Bajie and Ao Yulie.
Yes, those afterimages were all fake—illusory phantoms.
The real situation had been this: Master Tang gripped the Mystic Transformation sword and secretly used the Great Hand Seal to restrain Lü Bu. The subsequent sword-wielding afterimages and torrent of black sword light were all illusions.
What Lü Bu himself saw was no different from what everyone else saw.
When darkness descended, Tang Luo used Thousand Hands Unblockable to grievously wound Lü Bu.
Oh, and there was one more thing—the enormous full moon in the sky was also an illusion. It was a fake moon.
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