Jiang Shuoxue's heart shook violently:
"Xu Taiping?!"
She looked around, then asked in bewilderment:
"Wasn't he absent?"
Jiang Fu did not answer. Instead, his gaze swept around the Sword Platform.
When he discovered that almost all the spectating cultivators around the Sword Platform had been trapped by tentacles formed from qi and blood, his brows immediately knitted tightly:
"What vicious methods this Three Corpses Cave employs!"
Elder Yun Jiuyi, who had remained silent beside them for a long time, now spoke with his forehead covered in cold sweat:
"I just probed with my divine sense. Three Corpses Cave has already laid barriers and restrictions over the entire Shaking Light Ruins."
Xiao Huang immediately asked:
"What kind of barrier is this?"
Yun Jiuyi said gravely:
"The Immortal-Subduing Formation."
Xiao Huang's pupils contracted, and his expression turned cold:
"Could Three Corpses Cave be planning to sacrifice all these spectating cultivators in exchange for sacrificial power?"
Yun Jiuyi nodded:
"Almost certainly."
Boom...!!
As they spoke, a hand forming a mudra suddenly thrust out of the enormous mass of blazing flames that Xu San's true body had become.
At the same time, a voice filled with oppressive might rang out:
"Lü Sword Nine, is it? Your Sword Ancestor inheritance is indeed worth me, Heavenly Venerable Jade Dipper, descending to the Lower Realm to act just this once!"
At the name "Heavenly Venerable Jade Dipper," both Jiang Fu and Yun Jiuyi beside him paled.
Yun Jiuyi drew a deep breath:
"The half-immortal behind Three Corpses Cave is actually Half-Immortal Jade Dipper, whose fame rivals Dong Cangzi's!"
Jiang Fu said gravely:
"This Half-Immortal Jade Dipper's combat strength is far beyond that of ordinary half-immortals. Even with the Shangqing Edict restricting him from acting freely, the Azure Profound Sect will probably still find him very difficult to