"Bang, bang, bang...!!"
Amid successive thuds of heavy objects striking the ground, the enormous body of the Ox-Head Ghost Warden, which Xu Taiping had sliced into chunks, crashed heavily to the ground piece by piece.
Xu Taiping stepped back, letting the chunks of its shattered body fall. His thoughts, however, returned to the power of the Lotus Eye just now, and he silently mused:
So that was it. This divine power the Lotus Eye developed after I broke through to the Dao Integration Realm, Xu Taiping, only revealed itself little by little after I exchanged moves with my opponent.
Once the Nine-Petal Lotus fully bloomed, every movement my opponent made would reveal an opening in the Lotus Eye's sight.
As he thought this, Xu Taiping searched through the pile of mangled flesh.
Eventually, his gaze settled on a Bone Sword at the center of the pile.
This Bone Sword was, of course, the one Dugu Qingxiao had obtained in Fallen Longyuan.
With this sword belonging to his Second Senior Brother in hand, the scenes he could deduce would certainly be much more accurate if he used great deductive power next.
"Bang!"
Just then, Xu Taiping leaped from where he stood and landed on a chunk of flesh beside the Bone Sword.
Then he bent down and picked up the Bone Sword.
Although the Bone Sword felt icy to the touch, it gave Xu Taiping an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"Hum... hummm..."
Having obtained the Bone Sword, Xu Taiping had intended to leave at once and continue toward Blade Ghost's location. But a humming sound from the center of the nearby pile of flesh suddenly caught his attention.
"This is..."
Following the sound with his gaze, he saw a stone covered in cracks, with scarlet flames shining from within, slowly push