A chill shot up Bai Liutian's spine. His face drained of color, and he kept looking back, certain some terrible danger was upon them.
The Heavenly Mandate Fairy and the other Heavenly Mandate Palace disciples spun around as well.
But when they looked behind them, they saw nothing.
Lu Ren seized the chance to lunge forward. The Sky-Splitting Axe Soul surged above his head, turned into a battle axe, and hacked down in a frenzy.
More than a dozen axe beams struck just as many Heavenly Mandate Palace disciples with unerring accuracy.
Lu Ren had launched a sneak attack with the Sky-Splitting Slash Divine Ability, amplified nine hundredfold. Its power was terrifying. The Heavenly Mandate Palace disciples had no time to react: the weaker ones were cleaved in two, while even the stronger ones were sent flying.
"You dare, Six Paths Immortal Sect disciple!"
One Heavenly Mandate Palace disciple roared in fury. Clutching a Yin Yang Talisman, he tried to activate its curse and kill Lu Ren.
Lu Ren saw him and charged straight at him, utterly unafraid.
"Die!"
With a cold shout, the disciple crushed the Yin Yang Talisman. Crushing it would fully activate the Yin Yang curse inside Lu Ren and destroy his immortal seed.
Yet when the talisman shattered, Lu Ren was unaffected. He struck at the disciple with one claw.
"What?"
The disciple's expression changed. He swept out both hands, gathering terrifying Immortal Power into layer after layer of defensive walls before him.
But Lu Ren's strike was fearsome. It crushed through the walls, blowing them apart one after another, before slamming into the disciple's body.
"Ah!"
The disciple screamed. A single blow had killed him.
"What?"
Bai Liutian, the Heavenly Mandate Fairy, and the others stared in shock. None had expected Lu Ren to be