Shing!
He immediately drew Water-Cutting from his waist and unleashed Dragon-Slaying, bringing surging blade qi and a massive sword phantom slashing down at the flying sword thrusting toward him amid raging flames.
Boom!
Just as Xu Taiping's Water-Cutting Blade was about to strike the flying sword.
The Eight-Branched Heaven-Swallowing Python, which had already vanished into the sea of clouds, suddenly burst through them. Its eight long bodies extended down from above the clouds, and its eight heads opened their enormous mouths, each spitting a mass of condensed gang wind at Xu Taiping.
"Die without a place to bury your bones!"
As the Cloud-Swallowing Python burst through the clouds, Wumei, who had long been planning this strike from afar, suddenly roared with a savage expression.
Although using the Cloud-Swallowing Python would violate the rules of the Sword Inquiry and cause him to lose the challenge outright.
This surprise strike would be enough to kill Xu Taiping before Sect Master Zhao Qian could activate the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
Well acquainted with the Faceless Tower's rules, Wumei knew perfectly well that only killing Xu Taiping now could preserve the Faceless Tower's dignity.
Preserving the Faceless Tower's dignity meant preserving his own life.
And to the onlookers, with Wumei's Life-Bound Immortal Weapon before Xu Taiping and the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python's all-out strike overhead, he had no choice but to take the python's attack head-on.
"Well done, Wumei!"
Inside the main hall of the Faceless Tower's Third Tower, the Second Seat, whose expression had been dark enough to drip water, could not help cheering aloud at Wumei's sudden, masterful move.
Surprised delight also appeared in the eyes of the white-haired old man who held the First Seat and the Third Seat opposite him.
They all felt that Wumei's masterful sacrifice of a chariot to