"Senior Wuming..." From afar, Lu Ruochang seemed to know she was no match for him and did not fly closer. Her tone held nothing but mockery as she said, "Unexpected things cannot be done again and again. Do you think all the swordsmen of our Sword Domain are fools? After all the things you've done, do you think the people of our Sword Domain know nothing?"
"Heh heh..." Seeing the three Sword Transformation Swordsmen slowly descend, with several dozen more swordsmen flying out behind Lu Ruochang—though none had reached Sword Transformation, they were at least Illusion Sword Rank One or Two—Xiao Hua knew it would not be easy to escape today. With a cold smile on his face, he rose and flew toward Fairy Hongxia.
As for Xiao Mao, who had only just come to his senses, he hurriedly urged the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat over before the two of them!
"What's wrong? No more boasting?" The young swordsman stood in the air and spoke blandly. "With your cultivation, you actually dared claim you would slay a Nascent Soul cultivator? Truly laughable! Still, to be honest, although I had estimated your strength, I... still underestimated you somewhat. You actually forced me to use Sword Transformation!"
"Heh heh..." Xiao Hua merely sneered without speaking.
Yet the young cultivator continued, "It does not matter if you refuse to speak. It only proves you have a guilty conscience. But from what you said earlier, there is something I do not understand. Could you perhaps resolve my doubts?"
"Speak," Xiao Hua answered flatly.
"I know you are the Terrifying Phoenix. I know you are Wuming. I also know you dared ambush and kill Illusion Sword Rank Three swordsmen. I even know that you possess the Art of Earth Evasion, a rare technique among Daoist