Chapter 527 - 161: Dao Heart Collapses, Mind in Turmoil, What the Hell
"ROAR!"
The Blood Shadow Sect Leader roared in frustration after his attack missed its mark.
His massive body whipped around, and he charged at the woman’s retreating figure once more!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Every step he took made the very earth tremble violently.
He gouged deep pits into the solid rock with each step, sending shards of stone flying.
He was like an Ancient Fierce Beast, radiating an aura of boundless fury and destruction as he charged recklessly onward!
"Scatter!"
Li Mubai roared, his decision instantaneous.
The six of them, already spread out, retreated again without the slightest hesitation.
The Blood Shadow Sect Leader was maniacal and overbearing, but they could still handle him if they joined forces.
After all, their opponent had descended into a mindless frenzy—all brawn and no brain.
But the masked woman posed an immense threat with every simple movement she made.
Even if they joined forces, they stood no chance of victory!
As Li Mubai rapidly retreated, he instinctively glanced back in the direction they had come from.
’Xiao Ziye, oh, Xiao Ziye... you haven’t had another one of your episodes, have you...?’
The monster’s reckless attack on the masked woman had, contrary to expectations, given them a precious moment of respite.
As they rapidly fell back to create more distance, Li Mubai and the others desperately extended their Divine Sense, relentlessly searching for any trace of Chu Fan’s presence within the valley’s chaotic maelstrom of energy.
"ROAR!"
The monster, having lost all reason, looked like a crazed demon as the light from its greatsword surged to over thirty feet long.
It leaped into the air again and unleashed a wide, sweeping Powerful Slash of Hua Mountain, aiming to cleave the woman who was just a short distance away!
The woman remained unconcerned, her form flickering like a phantom once more, leaving a trail of blurry Residual Images in her wake.
Just an instant before the monster’s blade fell, she appeared directly in front of Li Mubai!
’Not good!’
Li Mubai’s pupils constricted as alarm bells screamed in his mind.
He knew full well how overwhelmingly powerful she was. A direct confrontation was out of the question.
After all, even the Blood Shadow Sect Leader, who had temporarily reached the fourth realm with a Beast Transformation Pill, couldn’t so much as graze the hem of her clothes!
In a flash, Li Mubai’s left index finger twitched, and a Spell silently took shape.
Space rippled above his head, and an ancient bronze mirror suddenly materialized.
"Qiankun Shift!"
The mirror’s surface released a soft white light that instantly enveloped Li Mubai.
The next instant, his figure vanished into thin air!
At almost the same instant, in a distant southwestern corner at the edge of Cold Crow Valley, another hidden mirror cast a beam of white light, and Li Mubai staggered into view.
Nangong Yue and the others also seized this precious opportunity, each using their own Body Technique to move a great distance away!
They understood that there was no escaping an expert of her caliber.
Their only hope for survival was to use the monster to delay her for as long as possible.
The goal was for her to unknowingly inhale more of the poisonous mist from the Bone-Eroding Pill that already filled the air.
If they had enough time, they might just be able to turn the tables!
Suddenly, a soft sound of surprise was heard.
The masked woman seemed to have sensed something. She slowly turned her head, her gaze falling on the deep, dark canyon.
At the same time, Li Mubai and the others felt it too. Expressions of incredulous joy washed over their faces as they all turned in unison to look toward the dust-choked ruins!
Amidst the dust and smoke, a figure holding a large, ancient-looking black bow leaped out from the depths of the canyon!
It was none other than Chu Fan!
His Black Gold Silk Shirt was slightly torn and its edges were caked with dust, but his aura was calm and steady. He was completely unscathed!
The moment he landed, Chu Fan beckoned with his right hand.
The five Giant Cauldrons that had been sent flying earlier immediately transformed into five streaks of light and flew obediently back into his palm, vanishing from sight.
Without so much as a glance at the others, he directly faced the masked woman, drew his bow, and nocked an arrow—all in one fluid motion.
The bow was the legendary Sunset Bow; the arrow, a deadly Black Kite Arrow!
But as Li Mubai and the others watched his actions, they were completely bewildered.
Archery was undoubtedly a famous and deadly art in the martial world, but how could even a Divine Archer at the peak of the Acupoint Realm possibly threaten such an unfathomably powerful woman with a mere arrow?
FWOOSH!
In the instant everyone was still stunned, a Black Kite Arrow wreathed in the faint glow of a Lunar Eclipse had already left the string!
The arrowhead tore through the air with a piercing shriek, flying toward the masked woman like a meteor chasing the moon.
The woman’s eyes remained as placid as still water, as if nothing in the world could stir her heart.
She didn’t even move her feet an inch, yet her body shifted three feet to the side in a bizarre motion that defied all logic.
The Black Kite Arrow barely grazed the hem of her clothes as it flew past, dodged with casual ease!
However, just when everyone thought the arrow had missed its mark, the unexpected happened!
The Black Kite Arrow that had just shot past the woman’s side suddenly carved an impossibly precise arc through the air, reversing its course to shoot like a bolt of lightning at the head of the charging Blood Shadow Sect Leader!
It turned out that Chu Fan’s target from the very beginning had never been the mysterious woman!
It all happened in the blink of an eye!
The Blood Shadow Sect Leader, now a monster, also reacted with astonishing speed.
The instant the arrow reached him, his left hand shot out like a bolt of lightning, and he caught the immensely powerful Black Kite Arrow firmly in his grasp!
But in the next instant—
"AGGGHH—!"
A blood-curdling, inhuman shriek erupted from the menacing monster’s mouth!