Within the gloomy tomb, red, blue, and golden sword light crisscrossed the cramped space, lending new colors to a chamber that had held only dark green and making it a little less terrifying.
After half an hour of effort, the three of them finally confirmed that the mummy's weakness was not its seven facial openings.
Feng Qi's eyes burned brightly, and even his habitual smile took on a hint of bloodlust. "Since it isn't the seven openings, let's try its qi sea and sea of consciousness."
With that, Feng Qi sprang onto a raised platform not far from the mummy.
Because Feng Qi had struck the last opening just now, the mummy was now pursuing him relentlessly.
This was actually Su Jiu's first time seeing Feng Qi fight.
Feng Qi's movement techniques were undoubtedly excellent, belonging to the same lineage as those Xia Jue practiced, but his swordsmanship seemed comparatively weak.
Of course, that was only in comparison to her and Yun Chao. He was still far stronger than ordinary cultivators.
Su Jiu had always known that Feng Qi's Life-Bound Treasure was not a sword, but she had never seen him properly use it. Perhaps they had not spent enough time together, or perhaps he had the same reason as Eldest Senior Brother: his Life-Bound Treasure possessed certain special properties that prevented him from using it lightly.
After Feng Qi went up the steps, he turned around to see the mummy already bounding up after him.
The mummy could leap astonishingly high, reaching roughly the same height as Feng Qi in an instant.
But once it reached a certain height, its momentum would ebb, leaving an inevitable momentary pause before its next movement.
Feng Qi seized that pause to unleash another fierce strand of sword qi from the long sword