Xiahou You, standing nearby, asked in some surprise:
"You encountered a clone of Supreme Venerable Xuanwei on the second layer?"
Xu Taiping asked in confusion:
"A clone?"
Xiahou You immediately explained:
"In Three Corpses Cave, cultivators like Supreme Venerable Xuanwei who have mastered the Three Corpses Scripture almost all cultivate one or several clones."
"Moreover, their clones differ from ordinary ones. They can cultivate independently. After separating, they may not even know of one another's existence."
"The one you encountered on the second layer should have been Supreme Venerable Xuanwei's weakest clone."
At these words, Xu Taiping and the others exchanged looks.
Just as they were questioning whether Xiahou You's words were true, a very familiar voice suddenly rang out from above the sky canopy:
"Young friend Shihu, I fear you think far too highly of yourself and those Xiahou Clan juniors beside you."
Who else could that voice belong to but Supreme Venerable Xuanwei?
As shock filled their faces, Supreme Venerable Xuanwei's voice rang out again:
"Never mind that you will not die by my hand today-even if I did kill you myself, what could your Jade Balance Mountain Xiahou Clan do to my Three Corpses Cave?"
As he spoke, an even more overwhelming pressure suddenly poured down, slamming heavily into everyone.
Hearing this, Xiahou You immediately said furiously:
"If Third Uncle hadn't been injured by Star Lord Blightbone, how could a mere clone of yours be his match?"
But as though he had heard Xiahou You's words, the flying sword suddenly pressed down once more amid a piercing sword cry.
Boom!
Amid the deafening crash, Heavenly Lord Shihu's silver sphere abruptly sank dozens of yards beneath the flying sword's pressure.
Dozens of yards of golden light formed by the stone stele's restrictions were also broken through.
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