Playing Off Each Other! "Yes!"
Lü Xuan responded and rose into the air.
But she suddenly shouted.
"Wait, stop!"
Because Song Wen had already condensed a fourth bolt of black lightning, which cleaved straight toward the black-robed Daoist.
As Lü Xuan shouted, she had already passed beyond the flying ship's formation barrier.
A flash of sword light instantly condensed before her. Yet instead of striking at the black-robed Daoist, it attacked that black bolt of lightning.
However, Lü Xuan had acted too late after all.
Before the sword light could arrive, the lightning had already closed in on the black-robed Daoist.
The black-robed Daoist had clearly heard Lü Xuan's cry of "stop" and believed he had a chance to live. He drove the chains with all his strength to defend himself.
The chains coiled around and around in the air, forming a spherical shield that protected his entire body within.
Boom—
The lightning struck the chain shield.
Perhaps the chains were ghost-path magical treasures and were restrained by lightning; or perhaps the lightning's power was simply too great.
The chain shield collapsed in a single strike, crumpling abruptly.
The lightning took the opportunity to close in and struck the black-robed Daoist in the chest.
Aah—
Amid the black-robed Daoist's miserable scream, the lightning exploded instantly.
Rampaging lightning light enveloped his entire body.
His flesh rapidly shattered and turned to drifting ash.
Only then did that flash of sword light arrive belatedly, merely scattering a cluster of fragmented lightning light.
"This Immortal told you to stop. Did you not hear me?"
Lü Xuan shouted coldly. The sword light immediately changed direction and flew straight at Song Wen.
Song Wen looked as though his spiritual power had been excessively depleted and he had fallen into weakness. Combined with the wounds covering his