Chapter 612: 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 severely wounded and unable to recover, forced to rely solely on the Profound Observation divine ability to fight!?"

The old man swung his blade to slash at 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, the hair should be withered like rotten grass, yet his hair is silver-white and lustrous, even possessing a sense of transparency... This is definitely not a sign of the Five Decays!"

"Is this the method he has always used to evade the Five Decays, or is the legacy Bodhidharma left him finally taking effect?"

*Screech!*—

The blade sliced across the claws, first clashing with the protective Qi wrapped around the palms, emitting a piercing hum, then breaking through the protective Qi and cutting into 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 traveled 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 lodged into the hand bone; 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 drive his protective Qi to cover his palm again. Completely disregarding the blade that had already cut into his bone marrow, 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 clutching his saber, but his gaze was already fixed on the young girl nearby.

"Oh no! He intends to—"

The old man was also a veteran of many battles and had previously studied the details of Li Miao’s major fights, so he understood Li Miao’s intent in an instant. But before he could let go, he was swung around along with his saber—and violently smashed toward the young 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 as she blasted him and Li Miao to pieces together!

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 both hands toward Li Miao.

There was no loud noise, no whistling.

Nor was there any sign of Qi erupting.

Yet Li Miao’s pupils contracted violently. He shook his hand to release the old man’s saber, his upper body suddenly falling backward into a bridge stance.

Dozens of yards behind Li Miao, in the middle of a small building that had collapsed halfway, a large, circular hole suddenly appeared.

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

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

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

"Profound Observation—[Chaos Nether]"

"Does it feel a bit familiar?"

Li Miao narrowed his eyes, looking her up and down for a moment.

Although the girl’s attack was silent and soundless, he had seen the process of the small building being struck and collapsing clearly... The process of that circular hole appearing was less like "shattering" or "blasting apart," and more like "vibrating to dust."

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

"Infinite Vibration Zen?"

The girl nodded.

"That is my inheritance."