Seeing that the Earth Dragon remained silent, Shen Luo had no time to waste on him. He immediately raised his staff and smashed it down at his head.
Caught off guard by Shen Luo's sudden killing blow, the Earth Dragon's expression changed in panic. An earthy-yellow halo strangely emerged around him, and his body actually tore itself apart at the spot where the Gourd-Gold Rope bound him.
Shen Luo frowned slightly, but his movement did not pause as he brought the staff crashing down.
Bang!
The Earth Dragon's head exploded at once, and his entire upper body was reduced to powder.
Yet astonishingly, his remaining lower half continued to sprint several zhang away before suddenly burrowing underground and escaping.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of Shen Luo's distraction, Purple Pheasant ignited in violet flames. With a spread of her arms, two purple wings grew from her back, and she flapped toward the sky.
Seeing this, Shen Luo fiercely tugged the Gourd-Gold Rope with one hand while thrusting his staff like a spear with the other. The Zhenhai Refined Iron Rod instantly extended more than tenfold and, with a pfft, pierced through Purple Pheasant's heart.
As the violet flames on her body gradually died out, she fell from the sky.
"It's all right now. Let's go." Shen Luo flicked his wrist, retrieved the Gourd-Gold Rope, and turned to speak to the others.
Xiao Yu and the others felt greatly reassured and hurried after him.
But just as they left the valley entrance, they saw a slender female figure slowly approaching through the thick smoke of the battlefield ahead.
Though her face was covered by a mask, Shen Luo recognized her at once. She had many identities now: Azure-Spirit Mysterious Lady, one of the Demon Clan's twelve venerables—but the one Shen Luo knew best