Boom boom boom...
In an instant, the collisions within the cave erupted once more...
Fourteen breaths later, Li Yan, holding the Guiyi Water-Parting Spikes, arrived before the silver-robed cultivator lying on the ground. By then, the black qi serpent had already vanished.
Li Yan looked at the silver-robed cultivator on the ground. After stepping forward, he did not pause for long. A Guiyi Water-Parting Spike flashing with dazzling azure light flew from his hand in an instant!
A streak of black light flashed, curving in an arc before stabbing toward the silver-robed cultivator's lower back—the location of his spine.
At the same time, the other Guiyi Water-Parting Spike in Li Yan's hand vanished in a flash...
The black qi serpent, which appeared to possess little intelligence, had been relentlessly battered under Li Yan's multiple layers of suppression and restraint. In just over ten breaths, it had shrunk continuously, finally contracting into a wisp of black qi and instantly retreating into the silver-robed cultivator's body.
This left Li Yan unable to determine whether the thing could only parasitize the man's flesh after killing him, or whether its intelligence was simply so pitifully low that, after being defeated, it had not thought to flee elsewhere!
But Li Yan would not give it another chance. Just as the Guiyi Water-Parting Spike was about to pierce the silver-robed cultivator's lower back, a stream of black qi suddenly flew out from his body.
This time, the black qi swayed and slipped past Li Yan, flying toward the cave entrance behind him. Its root no longer remained on the silver-robed cultivator's body; it detached completely and reached the cave entrance in the blink of an eye.
So it really was driven into a corner and reacted differently!
As the wisp of black qi flashed and was