Lingering Ghosts

It turned out Victor's target from the very beginning had been Sun Wukong! In his view, a dead thing was still a dead thing. Even if the Phoenix-Breaking Hairpin truly could slay gods and immortals, it still had to be wielded by a living person. Victor believed that even with the Phoenix-Breaking Hairpin in his own hands, he might not necessarily be able to kill Sun Wukong or the Jade Warlord. Hadn't there been such a scene in the original film? Golden Swallow shot the Phoenix-Breaking Hairpin at the Jade Warlord, only for him to block it back! Sun Wukong, meanwhile, might not be much different from a dead object right now, but as long as the Ruyi Jingu Bang was delivered to him, he could come back to life and become Victor's aid against the Sun Wukong from the other world and the Jade Warlord!

Of course, this was the wiser and more practical choice when he could only choose one between the Phoenix-Breaking Hairpin and Sun Wukong's stone statue.

Victor had comprehended and mastered the "Law of Water." Thus, as long as there was water nearby, he could remain invincible. Unless he encountered someone who controlled the "Law of Fire," or someone who likewise controlled the "Law of Water" but had attained a higher level of comprehension, Victor would be at a disadvantage. At that moment, everyone was deep within the mountains and dense forest, where water vapor was abundant. Moreover, Victor had deliberately gathered the moisture within a five-mile radius, greatly increasing the humidity in the air.

Water was the softest thing under heaven. Though formless, it could assume countless forms.

Thus, within this area, Victor could use water as a medium to continually create water clones, and he also possessed an ability equivalent to instantaneous movement.