The Demonic Sword was a Demonic Sword, after all. Had her cultivation level not risen again recently, she might truly have been unable to stand against it without the Secret Realm suppressing its power.
Meanwhile, Feng Qi and Ning Fan's battle against Raging Tide was finally drawing to a close.
Ning Fan was the one who ultimately destroyed Raging Tide. Though it could not hurt Su Jiu, it had certainly put them through the wringer.
Then there were the masses of black liquid under A-Yu's control.
By the time Ning Fan, Feng Qi, and the others arrived, those masses had grown to roughly the height of a person.
Without a word, Chu Luohen swung his sword. Keen sword qi shot toward one mass of black liquid with a shrill whistle of wind, slicing it apart just as intended...
Yet although it had been cut in two, it did not dissipate. It was as though one living creature had become two, and both continued to grow.
Seeing this, Chu Luohen naturally realized that a sword alone could not destroy these things completely, so he stopped after that first strike.
"What are these things?" A disciple of the Shadow Pavilion looked bewildered, clearly having never seen anything like this before.
"They look so sticky and slimy. Why are they so disgusting? What are they going to grow into?"
Chu Luohen pressed his lips together and glanced at Su Jiu, who was still battling the Demonic Sword, before asking the others, "Do you have any purification talismans, formations, magic treasures, or anything of that sort?"
Feng Qi seemed to understand his intent. "You mean these things have to be purified to destroy them?"
Chu Luohen paused. "I'm not certain... I'm not certain whether our current cultivation levels are enough to purify these demonic