Perhaps influenced by the Sword Spirit's aura, the chill surrounding Chu Luohen had faded considerably, but his killing intent toward Heart Bewilderment
had not diminished in the slightest.
He knew full well that unless he dealt with Heart Bewilderment first, Heart Bewilderment would never let him pursue Yi Yun.
Ignoring his injuries, Chu Luohen attacked again.
This time, Heart Bewilderment felt it.
Attunement with one's Life-Bound Treasure would undoubtedly raise a cultivator's strength to another level. That was the benefit of attunement.
But everything had two sides. Where there was good, there was also bad.
It consumed far too much spiritual qi!
Expending spiritual qi like this in the Spiritless Land was undoubtedly fatal.
Chu Luohen suddenly stopped moving altogether, letting Heart Bewilderment dart back and forth around him.
Heart Bewilderment moved swiftly, leaving afterimages everywhere he passed.
The sound of his fluttering robes seemed to come from every direction, making him impossible to pinpoint.
Chu Luohen knew that Heart Bewilderment intended to exhaust his spiritual qi this way.
But how could he fall for such a trick?
While Heart Bewilderment was still racing around him, he gently closed his eyes, tightening his grip on the Scarless Sword.
He shut off his sight and hearing, but at the same time, he heightened his perception to its utmost limit.
Under his perception, the surrounding sounds and the fluctuations of spiritual qi, both near and far, seemed to slow down endlessly.
In the flash of a spark, his eyes snapped open.
His sword thrust into an empty stretch of air.
At least, that was how it looked to Samo.
At the same instant, blood gushed from that empty space, splashing onto the sand.
A figure stumbled out of the previously vacant spot. It was none other than Heart Bewilderment, who had been