After retreating to a mountaintop three li away, Chu Zhiyuan let out a breath and stopped.
Lu Xiao Lu asked softly, "Is that Evil Venerable very formidable?"
Chu Zhiyuan nodded gravely. "Far more formidable than I imagined... He is probably the strongest Evil Venerable I've ever encountered!"
Compared with the three Evil Venerables he had seen before, this one was at least twice as strong.
Such a formidable Evil Venerable posed an enormous threat to him.
If he encountered him alone, his three incarnations could rush over and naturally deal with him.
But with Lu Xiao Lu beside him now, he could not reveal the three incarnations.
"Just how formidable is he?" Lu Xiao Lu asked curiously.
Chu Zhiyuan pondered.
Lu Xiao Lu's bright eyes remained fixed on him without blinking.
Chu Zhiyuan sighed. "Even if the two of us joined forces, we would still be no match for him."
"Even your Demon Subduing Saber Art wouldn't work?"
"It wouldn't."
Lu Xiao Lu's delicate brows furrowed lightly. "He's that powerful... Then we can't face him head-on?"
Chu Zhiyuan said, "It would be best to watch from afar and not get close."
"...How about calling Senior Sister and the others over to deal with this Evil Venerable together?"
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.
"Even if Senior Sister and the others joined forces, they still couldn't deal with him?"
"The Evil Venerable's cultivation methods differ from ours. Simply winning through numbers is useless." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.
When he and his three incarnations joined forces, it was because all of them possessed immense cultivation, had spiritual treasures to aid them, and wielded secret arts that countered their opponent. It was not merely a matter of adding more people.
"Even if Senior Sister and the others came, it would be useless?"
"Senior