The light in the black-clothed man’s eyes grew increasingly brighter.
His admiration for Su Jingzhe was obviously getting stronger.
“Today, I want to see just how much more you have hidden.”
As he spoke to himself, his steps seemed to quicken slightly.
Standing on the treetop, the black-clothed man had a clearer view.
At this moment, he suddenly saw, not far ahead, a gorge cutting through the dense forest.
“I never thought you would actually make it here.”
“But even after I personally took action and couldn’t stop you, it would be quite embarrassing.”
Before his self-talk ended, the aura around him became even stronger than before.
He formed a hand seal again, and instantly, hundreds of phantom swords appeared behind him.If he was just toying around before, now he was getting serious.
“Kid, give up your struggle. It’s over.”
His gaze remained locked on Su Jingzhen, who was still fleeing through the forest.
With a light shout, “Go!”
The hundred phantom swords behind him covered the ten-zhang radius where Su Jingzhen was escaping.
“Thunder!”
After launching the swords, his hand seal changed once more.
He muttered softly.
In front of Su Jingzhen, above the cliff of the gorge, dark clouds quickly gathered.
“Boom boom boom…”
A series of thunderous sounds came, and bolts of lightning struck towards the dense forest.
Su Jingzhen’s sense of danger was at its peak.
He felt his scalp tingle.
He sensed that every spot within ten zhang around him was enveloped by the sharp sword intent.
No matter which direction he dodged, he would surely get hit hard.
The gorge was just about ten zhang ahead. Falling here would make the unwillingness in his heart burn to the extreme.
“Ah!!!”
At this moment, Su Jingzhen let out a roar of anger and pain.
The black brick appeared in his hand once again.
He knew very well that if he could withstand this round of attacks, he would have a slim chance of survival.
If not, he would truly perish here.
The power of the body refining liquid was still churning within him.
From the Laogong acupoint in his right hand, a considerable amount of blood energy suddenly surged into the black brick.
Then he suddenly turned around!
With all his might, he struck towards the incoming phantom swords.
As for the lightning bolts above his head, he had no time to care.
“Ding!”
In the next moment, the black brick in his hand clashed with a phantom sword behind him.
A sound like metal clashing rang out.
Su Jingzhen felt his right arm go numb.
The impact from the phantom sword was overwhelmingly strong.
Not only did the black brick fail to shatter it, but the counterforce nearly caused the brick to fly out of his hand.
However, it was precisely this direct collision that propelled his body backward by ten zhang.
He landed right at the edge of the gorge!
Even in that critical moment, the scattered sword qi still left him covered in wounds.
Moreover, one of the lightning bolts from above struck him.
His body felt numb and stiff.
But standing at the edge of the gorge, a smile reappeared on Su Jingzhen’s lips.
Without any hesitation, he put away the black brick and leaped into the gorge.
He didn’t care if such a jump would shatter him to pieces.
The moment Su Jingzhen fell into the gorge, the black-clothed man descended from the treetop.
He landed steadily at the gorge’s edge.
Looking at the misty gorge below, his brow furrowed.
“A Body Cultivator who can’t fly on a sword, jumping from this height… isn’t that just asking for death?”
The black-clothed man’s expression was somewhat grim.
“If this little guy accidentally dies, it’ll be hard to appease that girl.”
“Damn it, I should have set up a restriction here beforehand or struck harder earlier to prevent his escape.”
Standing on the cliff, the black-clothed man spoke these regretful words with some annoyance.
The next moment, he casually drew a long sword.
Then, stepping on the sword, he descended directly into the gorge.
Before long, the sword light flickered, and the black-clothed man flew back up on his sword.
His brow was tightly knit.
“This is strange.”
“The gorge is only so long, where could the kid be hiding?”
“Or is it really such a coincidence that he fell down and was dragged away by the monster just after he died?”
Standing at the edge of the canyon, the man in black still couldn’t understand it.
He glanced at the place where Su Jingzhe stood before, and there was still some blood there.
The black-clothed man shook his head with a light sigh.
He was about to leave when a sudden whooshing sound came from nearby.
A large fan came swiftly through the air.
It was Luo Yuebai, still in her plain white dress.
Luo Yuebai’s eyes were filled with anxiety.
Seeing the black-clothed man, her expression brightened, and she flew over immediately.
“Old man, where is he?”
Upon landing in front of the black-clothed man, Luo Yuebai asked directly.
But before he could respond, she saw the large bloodstain at the cliff’s edge.
Her gaze shifted to the forest behind, noticing the trees cut by sword qi and shattered by lightning.
Luo Yuebai’s face turned pale.
“Where is Friend Su?”
“Old man, I’m asking you!”
Luo Yuebai’s face was dark, her eyes burning with anger.
She walked directly up to the black-clothed man.
Ignoring any decorum, she grabbed his collar in fury.
Despite Luo Yuebai’s current demeanor, the black-clothed man had a helpless, bitter smile on his face.
He looked like an old man who had made a mistake.
“Girl, don’t get angry just yet. Listen to my explanation.”
“This young man you chose, I’ve already proven his exceptional talents.”
“He has indeed shown he is qualified to be the Chief Acolyte of our Evil Moon Sect’s Linjiang branch.”
“He is excellent, just like you!”
The black-clothed man didn’t hold back his praise for Su Jingzhen.
And these compliments weren’t just to placate Luo Yuebai but were his genuine thoughts after observing Su Jingzhen.
However, Luo Yuebai’s face remained filled with extreme anger.
“Do you think that helps now?”
“Just because he’s outstanding, you used sword condensation and thunder techniques against him?”
“Is this how you test the younger generation? Which of them could survive such a trial?”
“You were trying to kill him, weren’t you!”
Luo Yuebai was almost hysterical as she spoke.
She still had a firm grip on the black-clothed man’s collar.
He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to explain, but at this moment, any words felt inadequate.
After all, the battle scene was still fresh, and it looked so brutal.
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