Facing Liu Xiaoyuan's attack, the middle-aged man seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He waved his hand and a stream of air surged out, trying to knock Liu Xiaoyuan's Flying Cloud Sword away!
Although Foundation Establishment and Golden Core are a vast chasm with huge differences, only by achieving the Golden Core can one be considered to have entered the inner sanctum and become a true cultivator.
However, Liu Xiaoyuan is now a sword immortal in the late Foundation Establishment stage. His decisive swordsmanship and sharp sword energy are not to be trifled with!
When the middle-aged man waved his hand, and the airflow surged toward the Flying Cloud Sword, sword energies burst forth from around the sword, directly slashing at the opponent's airflow.
The two gases collided in the void, as if two people were trying to push each other away, and the Flying Cloud Sword trembled incessantly in the void.
"Golden Core cultivators are indeed powerful!" Upon seeing this scene, Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't help but exclaim, and with a casual wave of his hand, he brought his Flying Cloud Sword to a halt.
Su Xue was a decisive person by nature, and seeing that Liu Xiaoyuan had already taken action, she naturally wouldn't just stand there and watch the show.
After Liu Xiaoyuan made his move, Su Xue followed suit. With a casual wave of her hand, beams of white light shot towards the middle-aged man.
These beams of light, like the most powerful weapons in the world, pierced through the air with a constant, sharp sound, attacking the middle-aged man.
The two were so close, and the light was so fast, that the man had no time to dodge, as the light attacked him from all sides.
"Hurry!" the middle-aged man roared, and an oil-paper umbrella emerged from his head, followed by streams of shimmering gas hanging down from around it.
After the gas descended, it immediately formed a protective circle, completely enveloping the middle-aged man.
Just as the shimmering gas enveloped the middle-aged man, Su Xue's light shone directly onto the protective circle.
The sound of raindrops hitting a plastic bag was dense and rapid!
Under the attack of the light, the shimmering protective halo looked like a bubble blown by a child, as if it would burst at any moment.
However, it also appeared resilient, managing to withstand Su Xue's barrage of attacks.
Meanwhile, Liu Xiaoyuan was not idle either. Under the fierce attack he picked up, the stream of air that the man casually flung out was finally neutralized by the Flying Cloud Sword, and the Flying Cloud Sword finally stopped moving forward!
"Break!" Liu Xiaoyuan roared, activating the Flying Cloud Sword with all his might, and unleashed an unparalleled sword strike towards the middle-aged man!
"Buzz..." When the Flying Cloud Sword pierced the protective aura formed by the umbrella, it immediately emitted a sharp buzzing sound, which was very piercing.
The protective aura actually faded slightly under the attack of the Flying Cloud Sword.
It seems that Liu Xiaoyuan's powerful strike significantly reduced the umbrella's defensive capabilities.
"Damn it!" the middle-aged man cursed inwardly, glaring at Liu Xiaoyuan. This damned late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator had just drained a lot of his spiritual energy with that sword strike.
When the spiritual energy was once again channeled into the umbrella, the protective aura became radiant once more.
The middle-aged man had initially put away his umbrella, intending to kill Liu Xiaoyuan swiftly and decisively. However, Su Xue launched a new attack from the other side.
This time, Su Xue was no longer attacking randomly or empty-handed; she now held a magical artifact in her hand—a green Ruyi.
The green ruyi in Su Xue's hand emitted a faint, rich green aura that swirled around it.
"Break!" Su Xue threw the green Ruyi in her hand directly at the middle-aged man. The speed was not very fast, but Liu Xiaoyuan only realized it when the green Ruyi hit the colorful protective aura.
The green Ruyi struck the protective aura, instantly dimming it. Then, like a bubble blown by a child, it burst open with a bang. The middle-aged man was startled and tried to escape, but the green Ruyi's momentum did not diminish, and it struck towards the man's head.
The green jade scepter could even break through the defenses of an umbrella, let alone the head of a middle-aged man.
In his haste, the middle-aged man caught a glimpse of a way out and immediately slipped through the gap. However, while he managed to avoid the attack of the green jade pendant on his head, his shoulder was struck directly by it.
"Ah!!!" The man let out a pig-like scream because his left shoulder had been hit by the green Ruyi and was immediately ruined, leaving him a one-armed man!
After the man screamed, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and then a blood mist filled the air. The man disappeared instantly like a red light.
Holy crap! Isn't that a bit too fast?
Liu Xiaoyuan originally wanted to take advantage of the other party's injury to kill him, but now it seems that the Flying Cloud Sword can't catch up.
"Blood Escape Technique!" Su Xue slowly uttered these four words.
Liu Xiaoyuan looked at Su Xue and asked, "What is this Blood Escape Technique? Can you explain it?" Liu Xiaoyuan looked in the direction the middle-aged man had fled, where the blood mist had not yet dissipated.
Liu Xiaoyuan deeply regretted the middle-aged man's escape, knowing that letting him get away this time would definitely cause him a lot of trouble in the future.
Liu Xiaoyuan wanted to give chase, but seeing that the other party had used the Blood Escape Technique, Liu Xiaoyuan knew that he couldn't catch up even if he tried his best.
"The Blood Escape Technique uses one's own blood essence as a price to gain an opportunity to escape. This method can save one's life, but it will never greatly reduce one's cultivation level," Su Xue explained.
Hearing Su Xue's explanation, Liu Xiaoyuan finally understood the mystery of the Blood Escape Technique: it was about using one's cultivation level to exchange for a chance to survive.
In other words, this supernatural power is not usually used unless one's life is threatened.
"Can we still catch up?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked Su Yu.
To be honest, Liu Xiaoyuan still wanted to kill the other party to eliminate any future trouble.
Su Xue shook her head and said, "If a Golden Core cultivator uses the Blood Escape Technique, unless you are a late Nascent Soul cultivator, you can forget about catching up."
Liu Xiaoyuan was somewhat surprised that Su Xue knew so much, and couldn't help but ask, "Su Xue, how do you know so much?"
Su Xue said, "I have a notebook at home that contains records of the Blood Escape Technique."
Liu Xiaoyuan looked as if he had just realized something. No wonder Su Xue knew about the Blood Escape Technique, and even knew that a cultivator in the early Golden Core stage who used the Blood Escape Technique could only be caught up by cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage or above.
It seems that the middle-aged man escaped tonight!
Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan's dejected expression, Su Xue said, "Don't worry, after he uses the Blood Escape Technique, his cultivation will definitely reach the late Foundation Establishment stage!"
(End of this chapter)
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