"Boss hasn't completed his nascent soul formation yet. Black Serpent, hide us well!"
Beyond Chu Mu's sight, Black Serpent coiled around Black Tortoise and unleashed an innate demon art, swallowing both their shadows and blending Black Tortoise into the surrounding environment along with itself.
Xuanyou raced on all fours, not the least bit lumbering, and ran down the other side of Sword Mountain.
The next instant-
The Demonic Halberd crashed down with a heaven-destroying, earth-annihilating strike, flattening nearly half of Sword Mountain.
"Damn it! What's going on?!"
Chu Mu still could not sense Li Yang's presence. His expression turned hideous. This was not what he had expected.
The more the situation slipped out of his control, the more agitated he became, even afraid.
But once he calmed down, he knew full well that if Li Yang had completed his nascent soul formation, he could not possibly stay hidden instead of emerging to kill his enemies.
So Li Yang had to still be somewhere within these thirteen Sword Mountains. He had simply hidden himself through some unknown means.
Once Chu Mu understood this, he was no longer in a hurry.
The more Li Yang hid, the more it proved that his current situation was truly dire.
While the aftershocks of that strike still lingered, Chu Mu immediately used a secret art to fabricate Li Yang's head.
He hoisted it on his great halberd, leaped down from Sword Mountain, and roared at the sword cultivators:
"Li Yang is here! I've already slain him! You can stop struggling and wait for death!"
At the sight, every sword cultivator was shaken to the core. Li Yang's towering image in their hearts came crashing down.
"This-how is this possible?! How could Boss die?!" a sword cultivator roared.
"This isn't real! Boss is destined to become