(This chapter was also posted earlier in the free section.) Although Xiao Yu was bound by the Red Sash and seemed unable to move, that was only how it looked from the outside.
If anyone could see through the Red Sash, they would discover that the Azure Cloud Sword Shield held it firmly three feet away from Xiao Yu's body. The Red Sash kept trying to tighten and strangle him, but aside from the almost unbearable screeching as it scraped against the spikes on the Sword Shield, it had no effect whatsoever.
Thus, with his divine sense and magical power unaffected, Xiao Yu immediately directed the Nine Fiend Soul-Chasing Blades to slash at He Jin the moment he sensed his movements.
Seeing nine streaks of white light come howling toward him in a swarm, He Jin paled in terror. He immediately unleashed every talisman he had, recalled his flying sword magic tool to intercept them, and then deployed two shields to protect himself.
He had barely finished when the Nine Fiend Soul-Chasing Blades struck. Facing the talismans, magic tools, and other attacks intercepting them midway, the nine White Flying Knives merely swept back and forth a few times, drastically weakening their power until they could no longer obstruct the Nine Fiend Soul-Chasing Blades.
From the outside, the Nine Fiend Soul-Chasing Blades appeared to pause only slightly before raining slash after slash onto the Protective Shield and shields protecting He Jin.
The nine flying knives gleamed with white light. After a single round of slashes, He Jin's various Protective Barriers and one of his shields had shattered!
Then came the second round. The first five flying knives alone smashed the second shield. The remaining four crossed through He Jin as he tried to dodge, carving him into eight pieces.
"Aaargh!" He