Chapter 618: Lady Xu

"!!!"

The old man's expression changed drastically.

Even if one knew in advance what kind of creature Li Miao was, no one could remain composed when he lunged directly at their face the moment they met.

What's more—

"Shouldn't he be suffering from severe, unhealed injuries, capable of fighting only with the wonders of the Xuanlan Realm!?"

The old man swung his blade toward Li Miao's claws. His gaze first shifted upward, locking onto the wild, silver-white hair dancing behind Li Miao, then crossed the clashing claws and blade to look at the transparent hole in Li Miao's chest.

"Five Decays of Heaven and Man?"

"No, that's not right, it doesn't look like it!"

"If it were a sign of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, the hair should be withered like rotten grass. Yet his hair is silver-white and lustrous, even possessing a sense of transparency... This is absolutely not a sign of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man!"

"Is this the method he has always used to evade the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, or is the legacy left to him by Bodhidharma taking effect?"

*Screech! *—

The blade sliced across the claws, first clashing with the protective true energy wrapped around the palms, emitting a shrill humming sound, then breaking through the protective true energy and slicing open skin and flesh.

Although the old man was calculating in his heart, his hands did not slacken in the slightest. With a flick of his wrist, a vibration spread along the blade to Li Miao's claws; the blade vibrated hundreds of times in a mere instant.

*Hum*—*Crack! *

Bone shards flew from where the blade had originally broken the skin and become lodged in the hand bones; it had actually split a crack in Li Miao's hand bone.

"Oh?"

Li Miao chuckled softly.

"Interesting!"

He did not dodge or evade, nor did he urge his protective true energy to cover his palms again. Ignoring that the blade had already cut into the bone marrow of his hand, he grabbed the blade with his backhand.

The old man's expression sank. He exerted force to pull, but it didn't budge an inch. Then he heard Li Miao give a ferocious laugh. Looking up, he saw Li Miao gripping his saber, but his gaze was already fixed on the young girl nearby.

"It's bad! He wants to—"

The old man was also a veteran of many battles and had even studied Li Miao's life and major battles in advance; he instantly understood Li Miao's intent. But before he could let go, he was swung around along with his saber—and smashed violently toward the girl.

"You come too!"

"Damn it!"

The old man roared and let go in mid-air.

He had no choice but to abandon his saber, because he knew... his companion would never risk injury to catch him; instead, she would laugh and blast both him and Li Miao to pieces!

As if fleeing for his life, the old man backhanded a punch onto the hilt of the saber, using the force to dodge away.

Li Miao and the girl's gazes met.

The girl's ten fingers were interlaced in front of her chest, pointing at Li Miao, and the corners of both their mouths curled up almost simultaneously.

"You seem to have something."

"You flatter me."

The girl thrust her hands toward Li Miao.

There was no loud noise, no whistling.

Nor was there any burst of true energy.

Yet Li Miao's pupils contracted violently. He shook his hand to release the old man's saber, his upper body suddenly falling backward as he performed an iron-bridge maneuver.

Dozens of feet behind Li Miao, a huge circular hole suddenly appeared in the middle of a half-collapsed small building.

A few breaths later, the small building collapsed with a roar.

By this time, Li Miao had already flashed back several feet.

The girl lowered her hands, ignoring the resentful gaze cast by the old man nearby, and said with a smile.

"Xuanlan—【Hunming】"

"Do you feel a bit familiar with it?"

Li Miao squinted his eyes, looking her up and down for a while.

Although the girl's strike was silent and soundless, he had seen the process of the small building being hit and collapsing clearly... The process of that circular hole appearing was less like being "smashed" or "beaten apart," and more like being "vibrated to pieces."

A wooden structure a full ten feet square was instantly vibrated into powder invisible to the naked eye, and then blown away.

"Wuji Vibration Zen?"

The girl nodded.

"That is my inheritance." ===== CHAPTER 619 =====