With a thunderous bang, Xiao Hua's As-You-Wish Staff arrived as well, smashing a huge section of the monster insect's back flat!
Yet the gray mist that had previously covered the monster insect's entire body rose again. Its form surged rapidly within the mist, swelling and shrinking, and as the mist was swiftly drawn back into its body, the clear radiance was gradually obscured, while the wounds left by the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade slowly vanished.
At the sight, extreme panic flashed through Sun Jian's eyes. No one understood the power of the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade in his hand better than he did, and no one knew the might of the Kunlun Mirror better than he did. If even these two treasures, unleashed together, could not kill the monster insect, how many methods under heaven remained that could threaten it?
Even as Sun Jian was terrified, Xiao Hua narrowed his eyes and quietly withdrew his As-You-Wish Staff. He had already seen the spirit fire he had sent into the air, along with those strands of lightning, being sucked into the crescent-shaped groove of the monster insect.
"Fellow Immortal Xiao..." Sun Jian's voice rang in Xiao Hua's ears, bitter in tone. "Sun has boasted too greatly. This monster insect is truly too formidable, perhaps an alien species from beyond the domain. You and I... should make other plans. Before this monster insect completely refines the Vast Righteous Qi within its body..."
With a hum, just as Sun Jian hung his head in dejection and prepared to discuss how they should flee with Xiao Hua, the monster insect's body suddenly began to rumble again. Its form instantly swelled to five or six zhang, then the gray mist surged wildly before it abruptly shrank to three zhang. Yet immediately afterward, the monster insect's body expanded