Clash at the Peak

The sudden turn of events caught everyone present off guard.

The darkness already made it hard to see, and deep in the mountain forest, visibility was worse still.

Most unsettling of all was Hua Qianxiong himself.

His body had clearly been split in two, yet somehow he had come back to life without a sound... and slipped behind Chen Tieniang while she was distracted to strike from the shadows.

No one else saw how he had done it, but Xie An did.

Cocoon Force!

Somehow, Hua Qianxiong had turned into a Specter and gained profound mastery of Cocoon Force. Just now, he had twisted everyone's Six Senses.

Chen Tieniang had never learned the Spirit Preservation Method, and that was why she had fallen for it.

Though Xie An had been unaffected, his vigilance surged to its limit. He gripped the Five-Venom Blood Saber tight, drove the Spirit Preservation Method to its fullest, and used Qi-Gazing to keep his eyes fixed on Hua Qianxiong clinging to Chen Tieniang's back.

The qi kept sinking. Its sheer magnitude was more than twice Su Hongxiu's, proof that Hua Qianxiong was far more terrifying as a Specter than she had been.

And besides...

Why did Hua Qianxiong have only the left half of his body!?

A man with only half a body left, running around stabbing people... it sent a chill down the spine.

Just then—

"Get off me!"

Chen Tieniang suddenly roared. Her seven-foot-two frame swelled another size, and surging Dark Force burst through her body into Hua Qianxiong on her back. A thunderous boom followed. The ground shook violently, and a fierce wind swept outward.

But the Dark Force had no effect on Hua Qianxiong. He stayed latched to Chen Tieniang's back, constricting her body like a python.

No matter how she struggled