The Profound Purity Cauldron, Another Encounter with the Five Fiends of the Ghost Lodge!

"Is-isn't this a little too risky?"

Qu Chao Ci looked at Xu Taiping with worry on her face.

Xu Taiping said solemnly:

"It certainly is risky."

He continued:

"But as long as we can shatter the Blood Demon Eye in Daoist Child Blightbone's chest before it fully awakens, our chances of winning won't be small."

Qu Chao Ci immediately said:

"Then why not let me do it?"

Xu Taiping gave Qu Chao Ci a long look, then said earnestly:

"Miss Chao Ci, your cultivation is indeed above mine, but your combat strength falls far short of mine."

Qu Chao Ci gave Xu Taiping a complicated look and thought:

Even if my combat strength falls short of yours, did you have to say it so bluntly?

Although she felt a little displeased inwardly.

Qu Chao Ci still wore a grateful expression as she said:

"Then I'm sorry for the trouble, Daoist Taiping."

Xu Taiping nodded lightly and signaled to Bai Yue beside him with his eyes.

Bai Yue answered in a deep, muffled voice.

Then the two stepped into the ruined hall together.

Qu Chao Ci and Mo Qingzhu retreated outside the hall and sat on Xiaohei's back, ready to flee at any moment.

"Slap!"

After reaching the center of the hall, Bai Yue reached out and gripped the rim of the great cauldron, then turned to Xu Taiping and said:

"Daoist, let me know when you're ready."

Xu Taiping nodded lightly, then settled into a lunge and assumed a sword-drawing stance.

At the same time, he murmured inwardly:

To draw my blade and slaughter Daoist Child Blightbone the instant it awakens, I may need to expend the force of more than Nine Thousand Blades.

Although his blade techniques possessed great killing power, he himself was still far from unleashing the