"Hmph..." Xiao Hua was still unwilling to accept this. Soul threads emerged from between his brows once more as he unleashed the bloodline power of Great God Shebi. "Wuu..." The Yuanji Immortal Beast seemed to sense something unusual about Xiao Hua and swept its enormous tail toward him! Amid the howling wind, thread after thread of soul power was shattered, while a backlash from his bloodline rose within Xiao Hua's body...
"Alas..." Xiao Hua sighed. He now understood perfectly well that although he could use his soul cultivation within this space, his attainments in soul cultivation were far inferior to those of the Yuanji Immortal Beast. Even if he employed these soul techniques, they would do nothing to alter the battle, apart from arousing Fairy Xingyue and Xu Zhi's suspicions!
"Since the power of the soul cannot accomplish anything, then... this Xiao will use another of the most primal powers in this world!" With that thought, Xiao Hua swung the immortal artifact in his hand. With a "Wuu...," he smashed it toward the Yuanji Immortal Beast.
Bang... The Yuanji Immortal Beast's enormous tail struck Xiao Hua's immortal artifact. Xiao Hua's body was sent flying and landed far away, yet the beast's massive body also shook violently. Its previously unstoppable momentum was checked by that single staff strike!
Whoosh... At the instant Xiao Hua was knocked away by the Yuanji Immortal Beast, Fairy Xingyue and Xu Zhi, who had likewise been sent flying earlier, moved as well. Before their physical bodies had even fallen, they shot out like arrows toward Xiao Hua!
Huff... The Yuanji Immortal Beast hovered in midair. It no longer needed to flap its wings; with a slap of its three legs against the void, its entire body shot after the two like a meteor. Its two crane-beak-like