Shen Luo frowned slightly at the sight before him.
This was not the sea. After luring the golden-skinned man away with a scheme, he had brought him into the cavern where the Mirror Demon had arranged the Two-Extremes Dust Formation. This expanse of sea was an illusion created by the formation.
Shen Luo, Bai Xiaotian, the Mirror Demon, and Yuan Qiu were concealed nearby, using the formation's cover to besiege the golden-skinned man.
He had originally thought that the four of them, aided by the Two-Extremes Dust Formation, could easily capture this man. Yet the golden-skinned man truly deserved to be called a Mahayana Late Stage cultivator. Though fighting one against four and completely on the defensive, he still showed no signs of defeat.
"This won't do. The people in the karst cavern will break free soon enough. We must capture Minchuan quickly." Shen Luo waved both hands, sending out a white and a golden streak of light.
The golden light flashed before the man's face. It was the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword, slashing down through the air.
The golden-skinned man seemed to have found a way to handle the situation. When the Demon-Slaying Sword was still thirty feet away, a golden cymbal spun forward to meet it.
Unfortunately, the golden-skinned man had miscalculated this time. What came at him was the Demon-Slaying Sword.
With a crack, the golden cymbal was cleaved in two, and the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword slashed toward the golden-skinned man's shoulder.
Just as Zen Master Bao Shan had guessed, Shen Luo had gone to such lengths and used Lili'er to disrupt the situation because he wished to capture Minchuan and question him about something. He had therefore not struck to kill.
Greatly alarmed, the golden-skinned man immediately dodged to the side. Unfortunately, he could not evade completely.