"What?"
Ghostly Nether Venerable was not afraid of the vines alone. After all, he was a yin soul, corporeal yet insubstantial. But the dense black lightning contained within the vines brought stabbing, soul-rending pain, leaving him utterly unable to move.
Whoosh!
The vines flashed, and a figure appeared before him, standing quietly atop the stone beam.
"You... you're not dead? Impossible! You were struck by my Ghostly Soul-Swaying Wave and fell from the stone beam. Even Master-level experts would struggle to survive. How are you not dead...?"
When he saw the man before him clearly, Ghostly Nether Venerable nearly went mad.
It was none other than "Mi Xiang," whom he had just blasted into soul extinction and sent plummeting from the stone beam.
Under normal circumstances, after taking the Ghostly Soul-Swaying Wave head-on, his soul should have shattered. Then he had fallen from the stone beam—how could he possibly still be alive?
"Hehe, you want me dead? You're still far from capable of that!"
With a soft laugh, Nie Yun suddenly tightened the Heavenly Heart Vine wrapped around the other's neck. Crack! Crack! Black lightning surged relentlessly, destroying Ghostly Nether Venerable's Soul Body in an instant.
Thud!
His head was torn off by the Heavenly Heart Vine. All his Soul Force dispersed at once and was completely devoured by the vine.
Though the Ghostly Soul-Swaying Wave was formidable, it still lacked the power to harm Nie Yun's Master-level soul. Together with the layered resistance of Defense Qi, it could at most knock him unconscious. Killing him was simply impossible!
However, seeing how certain his opponent was, Nie Yun decided to turn the tables.
He pretended to be doomed and fell from the stone beam, while secretly having the Heavenly Heart Vine bind itself to the beam and quietly creep beneath