Hearing this.
Xu Taiping slowly shifted his gaze away from the Pockmarked Elder, finally fixing it on Liang Chengshan's face before speaking:
"Everyone except Liang Chengshan can be killed."
At these words, Old Smoky Ghost immediately locked his gaze on Elder Liu of Biyou Palace directly opposite him, then grinned with a chuckle. "Can I eat them?"
Old Smoky Ghost's ability was to turn cultivators into "shredded tobacco," then increase his strength by smoking it.
And that was what he meant by "eating."
Xu Taiping stared fixedly at Liang Chengshan and answered without turning his head:
"That depends on whether you can swallow them."
Xu Taiping would not feel the slightest compassion for these cultivators of Biyou Palace.
Old Smoky Ghost chuckled, took the Tobacco Pipe from his mouth, drew a deep breath, then forcefully exhaled the smoke in his belly.
"Boom!"
In an instant, smoke shrouded the entire street.
Because the pockmarked old man knew nothing of Old Smoky Ghost's methods, he only reacted upon discovering that smoke carrying a distinctive tobacco fragrance had enveloped the entire street. "Protect the young master and leave. I'll hold them off!"
Unlike the Demon Emperor Yangling, Old Smoky Ghost was not a real demonic beast, but a manifestation created by the Mysterious Wasteland Tower based on the demonic beasts of the Nine Abysses.
Thus, never mind Elder Liu of Biyou Palace-even the demon cultivators of the Nine Abysses probably knew nothing of his true nature.
"Go!"
Although Liang Chengshan was arrogant and conceited, he still made a rational judgment at this moment when life and death hung by a thread.
He glared fiercely at Xu Taiping, then swiftly retreated toward the street's exit under the protection of the Biyou Palace disciples.
"Boom!"
At almost the same time.
The instant Old Smoky Ghost