"One sword strike finished him?"
Su Su sat on the black shadow's shoulder, gazing from afar at the figure shattered by a single sword strike in the middle of the water.
"My Lord is wise and mighty. One sword strike is enough to slay this wretch."
A deep voice filled with authority rang out from within the black shadow.
"Hm?"
But immediately afterward, the black shadow let out a sound of surprise and doubt.
At the same time, the demoness Su Su frowned slightly and said:
"It's a trick!"
No sooner had she spoken than the black shadow roared and leaped from the spot with a boom, landing directly on the river's surface.
Sure enough, the two discovered that there was nothing on the water.
"That was only a phantom clone just now. His true body is hiding."
The demoness Su Su stared coldly at the river ahead, then raised a hand and pointed north. "North! He must be heading north toward the entrance to the Wilderness secret realm!"
Clang!
Almost the instant she pointed toward that stretch of river, the black shadow suddenly drew a giant sword from within its body and swept it across the river to the north.
Boom!
With an explosive blast, a crescent-shaped scarlet sword qi tore through the air just above the river.
The instant this sword qi slashed out, it abruptly swelled, nearly covering the entire surface of the river.
Bang!
Finally, after flying seven or eight hundred zhang, the sword qi struck Xu Taiping, who was racing along the river in concealment.
It forced Xu Taiping to reveal himself.
Shing!
The instant Xu Taiping appeared, the black shadow drew a long-handled Mo Dao from within its body and slashed toward the stretch of river where he stood.
Boom!
The blade shadow formed