The third arrow left Dayao Mountain.
With the release of this arrow, even Cheng Xinzhan's true body, which was undergoing Union with the Dao, could no longer sit still.
A speck of light leaped from his true body. It was his second Essence Body. The Steam Body did not take human form for now, instead attaching itself to Peach Capital as spiritual essence and using sword flight to tear through the sky toward Dayao Mountain. Only the Earth Book and Nether Capital remained to protect his true body. Three shots were enough for Cheng Xinzhan to pinpoint the archer's location within that vast expanse of Dayao Mountain.
The Daoist had originally intended to clip Green Robe's wings one by one, driving all the demons of his old following to Dayao Mountain. Waiting until disorder arose within, until fish and dragons mingled and the mountain-guarding restrictions became utterly useless, before attacking his doorstep would have been steadier. But now that Green Robe possessed such formidable long-range means, he could not simply watch him draw his bow and nock his arrows. He would have to go there and stir things up.
Moreover, Hundred Barbarian Mountain lay in the western Southern Wastes, while Rotten Peach Mountain and Dayao Mountain both lay in the east. Dayao Mountain was much closer to Rotten Peach Mountain than Hundred Barbarian Mountain was. Peach Capital was fast enough, but still somewhat slower than that hurtling arrow. Thus, even if his true body exerted itself now, he could only attack Green Robe and prevent him from firing again; he could no longer intercept the third arrow.
Where had he obtained these incomparably powerful divine arrows?
Every arrow he fired carried the force of an Immortal Weapon flying sword's all-out strike!
Even Cheng Xinzhan could not fathom the answer.
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