Neither Xu Taiping nor Old Daoist Huang beside him had anticipated this sudden turn of events.
"Boom!"
At that critical instant, accompanied by an earsplitting rush of air, Old Daoist Huang abruptly vanished from where he stood. In his place appeared the enormous Dharma Aspect Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had conjured through Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
Clearly, Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had used Form- and Shadow-Transposition to exchange positions with Old Daoist Huang.
Almost at the very moment they switched places, the long blade in the Bull Demon's hand came crashing down on Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's Dharma Aspect.
With a thunderous bang, the Bull Demon's long blade severed one of the Dharma Aspect's arms on the spot.
Clearly, no other spells could be cast during Form- and Shadow-Transposition, so Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, Cloud Crane True Lord, and the Pearl Relic House Master could only choose to take the Bull Demon's strike head-on with this Dharma Aspect.
Xu Taiping's heart tightened at the sight.
Although the Dharma Aspect conjured through Heaven and Earth Manifestation was not the caster's true body, it was connected to the caster's mind and spirit.
If the Dharma Aspect was injured, the true body's mind and spirit would inevitably suffer grave injury as well.
Just as Xu Taiping was worrying whether Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's combat strength would be severely diminished as a result, the Pearl Relic House Master suddenly used the Dharma Aspect to shout-
"Return What Belongs to Its Original Owner!"
As his voice rang out, three bamboo slips removed from the Sage's Bamboo Slips abruptly flew down before the Bull Demon.
Then, with a thunderous bang, the three bamboo slips shattered.
The shattered bamboo slips first spread out in a fierce surge of vast righteous qi, then condensed into a cloud of golden powder before transforming into