"Crack!..."
After Xu Taiping sent Shang Jiu flying with a punch, one of the Buddhist Prayer Beads on his left wrist shattered.
This time, he had received three Buddhist Prayer Beads in exchange for One Day of Sealing the Blade.
And after using All Beings Are Equal once, he no longer needed to chant the scriptures. It was precisely because of this that he had caught Shang Jiu off guard.
"Bai Yu, you come in too."
Rather than pursue Shang Jiu, Xu Taiping swiftly drew Ping'an into the Gourd and called Bai Yu inside as well, intending to let them recuperate there first.
At the same time, his gaze remained fixed on Shang Jiu, who lay amid the rubble ahead.
"All right."
Bai Yu shrank to the size of a sparrow and flew straight into the Gourd.
After drawing both Bai Yu and Ping'an into the Gourd, Xu Taiping asked Fairy Lingyue in his mind, Sister Lingyue, how much longer until that wormhole opens?
A major reason Fairy Lingyue had chosen this Star-Plucking Terrace as the site for Xu Taiping's breakthrough was that there was a wormhole here.
"Soon. No more than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. It's nearby."
Fairy Lingyue replied.
Xu Taiping nodded slightly at her words.
"I'll go into the Gourd to check Ping'an's and Bai Yu's injuries. Hold him off for a while."
After saying this, Fairy Lingyue slipped into the Gourd.
"Shing!..."
Almost simultaneously, a streak of blade light shot from the distant rubble, heading straight for Xu Taiping.
The might of this slash was more than ten times greater than that of Demoness Su Su's Corpse-Soul Puppet.
This is true Spirit Refining.
Xu Taiping was aghast.
But even though the man was at Spirit Refining, he still could not