Lu Xuan's actions had been far too swift and decisive.
He used the worm to seek out the enemy, stirred the waves to reveal his form, and slew him in an instant.
Without the slightest hesitation, he drove both his cultivation and Qi nature to their peaks. He had even used the Tiger-Wolf Method to raise his realm, and in but a single moment, he beheaded a Qi Refining Third Layer demonic cultivator above the great river.
Then he immediately withdrew. As Wei Zhixing and the others rode the clouds away, he led Uncle Yuan to temporarily leave this "place of trouble."
The river churned, the mist closed in, and aside from a trace of blood staining the surface red, it seemed as though nothing had happened across the entire river region.
Only after a long while did two figures appear on the riverbank.
"Junior Brother, did you see that? That was a True Qi cultivator..."
"Though Little Junior Brother had been affected by my Greed Worm, his combat strength was untouched. He was a genuine Qi Refining Third Layer cultivator who had gathered Clear Qi, and he carried a treasure worm and formation array. Yet when that man struck with his life on the line, Little Junior Brother died in an instant."
"Such methods are simply terrifying."
The peach-blossom-eyed Daoist shook his head and sighed, deeply moved.
The reason he had known Little Junior Brother was bound to lose was because he had seen the wonders of True Qi and witnessed the battles of great sect disciples. Their swords crushed mountains and seas, severed rivers, and cleaved the moon.
Even a Qi Refining First Layer cultivator could not be judged by ordinary standards.
With the [Eye in the Mist] and [Wood-Listening Art], Little Junior Brother could hide within the