What baffled everyone even more was that, upon seeing Xu Taiping and the hundreds of demonic beasts he had drawn over, Lin Buyu showed not the slightest surprise or anger. Instead, she offered words of reassurance:
"Senior Brother, thank you for your trouble."
Recalling her master Yun Jiuyi's earlier speculation, Jiang Shuoxue suddenly frowned.
"Could Lin Buyu really have stayed here all this time to prepare that Ultimate Dao Spell?"
Beside her, Qu Ningshuang's heart trembled, and she asked in astonishment:
"What are you saying, Fairy Shuoxue? An Ultimate Dao Spell?"
Jiang Shuoxue did not answer her question, but frowned and said:
"That is only speculation."
Qu Ningshuang was about to press further, but before she could speak, she heard Lin Buyu speak again within the projected image:
"Senior Brother, please stand behind me. That way, you won't be hurt."
Jiang Shuoxue's pupils suddenly widened, and she exclaimed:
"Could she really..."
Boom...!
Just then, the griffin great demon abruptly beat its wings hard, its body moving as though by instantaneous movement as it closed to within a hundred-odd zhang of the hill where Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu stood.
Whoosh!!
At that moment, the sound of an arrow tearing through the air suddenly rang out.
Then an arrow bearing a vast, ferocious gang wind slammed into the griffin great demon's body.
Bang!!
Amid the deafening crash, not only was the griffin great demon's advance abruptly halted, but its body was also forced to slide backward over a hundred zhang.
At this sight, everyone turned their gaze behind Lin Buyu.
There stood Xu Taiping, Shentu Bow in hand, drawing the bow and nocking another arrow.
Clearly, the arrow that had just driven back the griffin great demon had come from Xu Taiping.
Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!
Then, amid a dense succession