A Downpour Foretold (3)

"Tch!"

True Person Yulan clenched his teeth. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Yu Xuan True Person closing in from behind. Yu Xuan gripped his heavy iron hammer firmly in his one hand, its head gleaming coldly in the sunlight as he sealed off Yulan's last avenue of escape.

Caught between them, Yulan had no path to heaven and no door into the earth.

—He had no chance of winning.

With the two pressing him step by step, True Person Yulan had no chance even to catch his breath. The thought of triggering the trap he had planted had barely surfaced before Yu Xiao True Person's relentless sword intent crushed it.

At the slightest movement from him, that edge capable of purifying all evil would sever his connection to the spell completely, destroying it at its root before he could work any of his sinister arts.

He knew full well that the outcome had been decided the moment Yu Xiao True Person appeared. There was no way he would leave this confrontation unscathed.

True Person Yulan stopped concealing his intent and threw back his head in wild laughter. The shrill, crazed sound sent the lingering demonic energy around them surging. "Good, good, good! If you won't let me live, don't blame me for what comes next!"

Before the words had faded, the demonic energy around him roiled like water at a full boil. His figure resonated with the Demon Shadow on Black Wind Mountain, ripples spread through space, and the two instantly exchanged places!

The Demon Shadow had only just been transported over. Its form still wavered amid the distorted light, not yet fully solid, when Yu Xiao True Person's sword arrived.

There was no wasted movement, not even a moment's pause. The sword light struck