The first to charge at Liu Changxu and his companions were a fourth-tier high-grade Lightning Dove and two fourth-tier middle-grade Lightning Doves. Relying on their superior speed, they sought to stop Liu Changxu and his companions from slaughtering the low-tier sea monsters.
Little did they know that they were courting death.
What awaited them was an encircling onslaught from the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords.
Lightning Doves were small, and even the fourth-tier high-grade one measured only about ten feet.
They were lightning-attribute demon birds, renowned for their bloodline divine abilities, the Thunder Escape Technique and Yi Wood True Lightning.
But compared with Liu Changxu's sword-controlling divine ability, Yi Wood True Lightning had an effective attack range of merely two or three hundred li at most, nowhere near the Red Lotus Skyburning Swords' range of over a thousand li.
Because of this overwhelming disadvantage in range, the fourth-tier high-grade Lightning Dove came under attack from the Twelve Red Lotus Skyburning Swords before it could approach Liu Changxu.
With no other choice, the Lightning Dove repeatedly used its Thunder-Escape Divine Ability to evade the Red Lotus Skyburning Swords' deadly encirclement.
But the Red Lotus Skyburning Swords had already locked onto it. No matter how it dodged, it could not escape the flying swords' pursuit.
When Liu Changxu brought out the Space-Sealing Mirror, even dodging became difficult. After unleashing six successive bolts of Yi Wood True Lightning to knock away six Red Lotus Skyburning Swords, it was promptly pierced and killed by the seventh. Even its demon nascent soul failed to escape.
The combination of flying swords and the Space-Sealing Mirror was that formidable, allowing Liu Changxu to slay powerful foes time and again.
After Liu Changxu killed the fourth-tier high-grade Lightning Dove, the two remaining fourth-tier middle-grade Lightning Doves realized the