The instant Lu Changfeng's words fell-
The Delusion-Sundering Demon Blade in his hand became a bolt of black lightning, cleaving the night apart!
He did not wait for the Heart Demon to strike.
Against someone in the Seventh Realm, any hesitation was fatal.
There was nothing elaborate about this strike. It was the fastest strike of the Heaven-Swallowing, Earth-Destroying Seven Limits-Sea-Breaking. Wherever its edge passed, it tore a visible vacuum rift through the air, unleashing a piercing shriek.
Yet when the blade fell, it struck only an afterimage.
The Heart Demon Yu Zhou had vanished.
In an instant, Yu Zhou merged his body with his manifestation, transforming into an enormous Qiongqi, one of the infamous Four Fiends!
He was too fast-so fast that Lu Changfeng's eyes could barely follow him.
The tiger's shadow trailed a flickering afterimage beneath the moonlight, appearing on the left one instant and on the right the next, prowling through the ruins like a phantom.
His steps were not large. They even carried the leisurely ease of a stroll through a courtyard. Yet with each footfall, his figure flickered eerily, as though some force had instantly shifted him from one point to another.
The Seventh Realm-body and manifestation as one!
Qiongqi had the form of a tiger, bore a pair of wings, and rode the wind. His speed was already the pinnacle among exotic beasts.
"Not bad bladework."
Yu Zhou's voice drifted in from every direction at once, elusive and impossible to locate. "A pity you're too slow!"
Lu Changfeng spun and struck again.
Storm-his blade's momentum became a black whirlwind that swept wildly in every direction, its blade qi surging like mountainous waves through every inch of space within dozens of yards.
Fragments of the palace walls were swept into the air by the blade