Lu Mian used Mirror Nightmare to search Zhao Chong's corpse several more times. Once he was certain he had missed nothing, he burned the body.
This was the first time Lu Mian had truly faced a cultivator of the third realm: Foundation Establishment Realm alone.
Of course, that cultivator had been gravely wounded.
Had Zhao Chong been uninjured, Lu Mian would never have dared launch a sneak attack.
In this battle, he had relied entirely on the combination of Mirror Nightmare and Ghost Eye to kill the severely injured Zhao Chong.
This was also the direction of Lu Mian's current research. He hoped to combine his various supernatural abilities into different sequences of attacks.
After dealing with Zhao Chong, Lu Mian had no intention of leaving. Instead, he planned to try catching up with Monk Fa Zang and Madam Ghost Spider.
With two tigers fighting, he might yet have a chance.
He still coveted the Heaven-Crashing Object.
Lu Mian immediately dismissed his Mirror Nightmare double and walked out of the hall with the Black Tiger Heavy Saber on his back.
Day was just breaking.
Lu Mian sprang away, pursuing the direction in which the two had vanished.
Of course, he had no idea whether he could catch them. He was merely giving it a try.
If he caught up, all the better.
If he could not, there was nothing he could do.
It all came down to fate.
After leaving Falling Cloud City, Lu Mian headed south.
From time to time, he activated Ghost Eye to search for traces left by Monk Fa Zang and Madam Ghost Spider.
The two had fought throughout their journey, leaving plenty of mystic qi traces for Lu Mian to follow without losing his way.
After pursuing them for over fifty li, Lu Mian