The Blade Ghost beside her naturally felt even greater regret.
He could sense that the coming battle in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower was a perfect opportunity for Xu Taiping to comprehend the second layer blade domain. If he missed it, he might have to wait several more years, or even decades.
Eager to restore his memories by testing blades with Xu Taiping, he naturally refused to let such a fine opportunity slip away.
So even when one of Xu Taiping's arms was severed, he showed no intention of stopping the insect queen. His eyes remained fixed on the one-armed Xu Taiping within its blade domain.
"Old Ghost, Taiping has to climb the tower to hunt ghosts tomorrow. His divine soul shouldn't suffer any more injuries today. Hurry and tell that insect queen to put away its blade."
Fairy Lingyue urged the Blade Ghost with some concern.
Although Xu Taiping would not die in the Blade Prison, his divine soul would still be affected if he suffered a grievous injury.
That would have been fine on an ordinary day, but the problem was that he would be climbing the tower to hunt ghosts tomorrow. Nothing could be allowed to go wrong.
"No! We agreed beforehand that as long as that boy hasn't called out, the trial isn't over!"
Unexpectedly, the Blade Ghost's stance was exceptionally firm.
"You old ghost..."
"Shing!..."
Just as Fairy Lingyue rolled up her sleeves, ready to have a proper argument with the Blade Ghost, a blade cry suddenly rang out from within the insect queen's blade domain.
Looking toward the sound, she saw that Xu Taiping, who had lost an arm, had summoned the Water-Cutting Blade into his remaining hand.
"Swish!"
With the Water-Cutting Blade back in his grasp, Xu Taiping met the insect queen's descending blade