Thinking of Chu Luohen's condition, Su Jiu used Secret Voice Transmission. "Stay out of the fight. There's only one opponent, and he doesn't feel that strong. He shouldn't be a match for me."
Chu Luohen nodded. It happened that he also wanted to see just how far Su Jiu had grown.
Jin Chen was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had yet to form his Golden Core, but even he was in much better shape than Chu Luohen now.
Su Jiu suspected the monk might target one of those two first.
She immediately had Jin Chen and Chu Luohen retreat to one side. Suddenly, an exceedingly faint wisp of demonic qi came through the void, heading straight toward Chu Luohen.
A Defense Talisman flew out in an instant, driving that wisp of demonic qi back.
The demonic qi had come from the burly monk, yet Su Jiu had just examined him. By all rights, there should have been no demonic qi here.
Kong Liao's figure gradually emerged, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Su Jiu.
"Who exactly are you?"
By now, Kong Liao no longer concealed his demonic qi in the slightest, letting it spread wantonly. His pupils had lost their luster, leaving only a hollow blackness, yet he clearly still retained his consciousness.
Su Jiu did not answer him. Instead, she placed a Defensive Formation around Chu Luohen and Jin Chen.
Su Jiu filled her Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword with ice spiritual qi, making it radiate a faint blue halo.
Kong Liao tilted his head slightly, then raised a hand and sent a stream of demonic qi straight at the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword. Su Jiu obligingly blocked it.
Something strange happened. Within Su Jiu's spiritual qi, the demonic qi rapidly dissolved until it vanished completely.
"So