After only a few exchanges, Li Dalong poured eighty percent of his total immortal power into the Azure Rainbow Sword and unleashed Heaven-Slaying Sword Strike, sending the green-robed man's head flying with a single slash.
When the other two green-robed men saw that Li Dalong had killed their two strongest companions, they were so frightened that they immediately abandoned Ke Xialing and Lin Wan'er, fleeing in two different directions without a word between them.
As Li Dalong cut down his own opponent, he had already set his sights on the green-robed man fighting Ke Xialing. The man knocked aside Ke Xialing's flying sword with a slash, turned, and flew backward, attempting to escape.
Li Dalong and his flying sword were already racing toward him.
Frightened nearly out of his soul, he unleashed all his strength and desperately flew forward.
Yet no matter how fast he flew, he could never outpace the flying sword.
The moment he abandoned resistance and turned to flee, his fate was sealed.
Li Dalong's flying sword pierced through his body from behind his heart, taking his life amid a shrill scream. His corpse then plummeted to the ground, throwing up a cloud of dust.
The other green-robed man had been farther from Li Dalong and had fled quickly. By the time another scream reached his ears, he had already escaped quite some distance.
That piercing scream frightened his very soul out of him. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood essence and unleashed the Blood-Transforming Escape Technique, turning into a streak of shadow that vanished into the forest. This was a secret technique he used only in desperate straits. Risking severe damage to his vitality, he narrowly escaped with his life.
By the time Li Dalong tried to pursue the last green-robed man, he could