"Boom!" Just then, the Hairy Jiangshi's massive hammer smashed toward Xu Taiping once more.
But with a whoosh, Xu Taiping, who had already removed the Ship-Ballast Iron, left an afterimage where he stood. Dodging the hammer, he appeared beside the Hairy Jiangshi, then raised his saber and slashed down.
With a swish, the Spring Tiger Saber cleanly severed the Hairy Jiangshi's hammer-wielding arm.
With its arm severed, the Hairy Jiangshi suddenly seemed to go berserk. It opened its mouth and roared, then drew a long saber from its waist with its other hand and slashed at Xu Taiping with a boom.
But this slash, too, struck only Xu Taiping's afterimage.
Xu Taiping himself had already flashed behind the Hairy Jiangshi.
He raised Spring Tiger and, with a swish, severed both of the Hairy Jiangshi's legs in a single stroke.
"Thud!"
With both legs severed, the Hairy Jiangshi fell to its knees with a thump.
Even so, it still refused to give up, trying to twist around and attack Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping gave it no such opportunity.
Gripping the Spring Tiger Saber's hilt with both hands, he raised the saber and brought it down. With a swish, he cut off the Hairy Jiangshi's head.
"Whew..."
Xu Taiping let out a long breath, but did not let down his guard.
The Hairy Jiangshi had held him up for quite some time, and over a hundred Corpse Wraiths had now appeared around him. Among them were quite a few White Jiangshi Corpse Wraiths, and even one that was very likely a Hairy Jiangshi.
He swiftly stowed the massive hammer and long saber the Hairy Jiangshi had just used in the Azure Gourd, then charged toward Lin Buyu ahead once more.
However, the Corpse Wraiths were astonishingly fast. In the blink of an