Outside Ice Prefecture City.
In a mountain ravine unknown to anyone.
The stunningly beautiful Jiao Jiao abruptly raised her head.
Her gaze sharpened as she glared toward Ice Prefecture City.
"You finally showed yourself."
At that same moment.
Little Sugar, holding a Tang saber, looked outside the city as though facing a formidable enemy.
The two Nine-Star Demon Ancestors both sensed each other's presence.
"You shouldn't have acted. You already knew that snake was waiting for you outside the city."
The voice in her mind reminded her disapprovingly.
"I couldn't suppress my urge to kill. He wanted to kill Little Explosion, so I wanted to kill him."
Despite sensing the Two-Headed Flood Dragon rapidly approaching, Little Sugar still struck without hesitation.
She was determined to kill Xiaodao.
"Is this... what human emotions are?"
Little Sugar drew her Tang saber.
This was the first time Xiaodao had ever felt such overwhelming saber energy.
Pure saber intent.
Saber intent that could easily shatter anything.
Whoosh!
Xiaodao instinctively raised his blade to defend himself.
The gap in their strength was laid bare in that instant.
In a single exchange.
All of Xiaodao's clothes were shredded.
The legendary Tachi he had been so proud of shattered into several pieces before him.
The skin all over his body dried out, cracks visibly spreading across it.
Sword Crane's blade did not harm his flesh, but it severed his vitality.
Xiaodao seemed to age decades in an instant, his hair turning gray and his body withering.
"I'll leave you three days to live. Crawl back and tell whoever is behind you: if anyone dares lay a hand on Little Explosion, I, Sword Crane, will kill them."
"Motherfucker, weren't you going to get me? Come on!"
"Search the place! Hack them to death!"
Earthworm's arrogant shouting came from