Rain poured down.
Lightning slashed through the clouds from time to time.
Thunder boomed, peal after peal.
The void parted to either side.
A carriage suddenly appeared on the deserted mountain road.
Dharma Realm Traversal had ended!
Their destination was nearby, so they had to return to the real world and hurry over.
"How much farther?"
Shen Ye shouted.
Eudria waved her staff, casting a Rainproof Spell on him, and shouted back:
"Almost there! Round that bend ahead, then drive the carriage straight into the woods!"
Shen Ye flicked the reins.
The horses immediately changed direction without losing any speed.
Something whistled through the wind.
"Pursuers—the Empire's pursuers, not the Descenders," Eudria said quickly.
She began chanting an incantation, casting protection over the carriage.
Shen Ye couldn't help glancing back.
He saw Xiao Mengyu standing on the carriage roof. She drew her long sword and, facing the wind and rain, slashed a series of afterimages into the empty darkness.
A series of sounds of flesh being sliced rang out in the distance.
Luoshen Sword · Beauty-
Air-Splitting Slash, with no loss of power.
"There's one more! An expert!" Shen Ye shouted.
In fact, he was busy driving the carriage and hadn't seen clearly at all. He had only seen a trait fluttering and flickering as it dodged Xiao Mengyu's slashes.
Amid the patter of the night rain, a voice suddenly rang out:
"Unfold Dharma Form-"
An illusory afterimage appeared for only an instant before swiftly vanishing.
Amid the night rain, an irritating buzz rapidly approached from afar and landed on the carriage roof.
"Killed him."
Xiao Mengyu spoke flatly.
The buzzing stopped.
A sharp dagger thirty centimeters long hovered beside her, gleaming coldly and still dripping blood.
The sword had no hilt. Its narrowest section was only three to five