Qi Shuming's body rapidly shriveled!
In the blink of an eye, the handsome, distinguished Emei Sect Master aged from a man of forty to one of seventy! His vital essence and aura were plummeting!
"I was waiting for that move!"
Yet the very moment the Blood God Child's Second Primordial Spirit pounced onto Qi Shuming's physical body, a keen light flashed in the eyes of the Daoist, who was surrounded by the Blood God Child's true body and the host of Asura Gods and Devils that had leaped out of the Blood God Scripture. With a low shout, he swung his sword.
The Daoist delivered two consecutive slashes, the first cleaving downward with the motion, the second drawing back and sweeping upward. His movements flowed seamlessly, and two snow-white streaks of Sword Qi shot out almost flush against one another toward Qi Shuming.
The leading streak shattered a hundred-zhang-tall asura blocking its path. The second burst through the encirclement and flew straight at Qi Shuming. In the instant after the Blood Shadow Divine Light possessed him, just as his body aged to around seventy and wrinkles covered his face, the Sword Qi arrived. Without the slightest pause, it slashed straight into his body.
"Eee!"
A devilish shriek of pain rang out. The thin layer of red light that had formed over Qi Shuming's body like a blood-colored robe after the Blood Shadow Divine Light possessed him instantly flared, then shook violently. Like red clouds shredded by a raging wind, it shed countless fragments of crimson light; like red silk hanging from a branch and fluttering in the wind, it refused to let go even as it was about to be torn to pieces.
But the Evil-Slaying Sword was the Evil-Slaying Sword.
The gale of Sword Qi surged and roared. Though