Large beads of sweat seeped from Xie Mang’s forehead.
That was cold sweat, sweat of terror.
He had not detected anyone nearby!
Was Xie Li bluffing?
Yes, it must be!
With that thought, his icy gaze turned to Xie Li. “Stinking woman, you dare scare me? Watch me deal with you properly!”
With an angry lewd grin, Xie Mang pounced towards Xie Li.
But in that instant, Xie Mang suddenly felt extreme danger. His body instinctively dodged to the side.
Useless.
His cultivation was not much stronger than Ling Xiao’s. He could not possibly evade the Shadow Cone’s attack.
“No! Impossible!”
In his final moment, Xie Mang used all his strength to twist his head towards his back.
He saw a figure.
A figure younger than the shadow swordsman Situ Mo.
This person walked over with a light smile. Xie Mang desperately wanted revenge, but his consciousness was already blurring.
“How about it, Sister Xie Li? Did I do alright?”
Ling Xiao looked smilingly at Xie Li, who was tied up tightly.
When not in scorpion form, Xie Li was truly very charming.
More seductive and fiercer than Yun Ya!
“You little monster, hurry and untie your sister!”
Xie Li scolded.
“No, Sister Xie Li, how could you forget your blood oath so quickly? I saved you today, so you are my slave or maid. How can you still call yourself sister?”
Ling Xiao asked with a smile.
“Did not expect you to care about such things. Fine, fine, young master, can you help this slave untie?”
Xie Li said with a helpless bitter smile.
“That is more like it.”
Ling Xiao smiled slightly. He raised his hand, and several sword qi shot out, easily cutting the ropes.
Though he could not yet achieve man-sword unity, using his hand as a sword was very easy.
The instant Xie Li was untied, a tail swiftly wrapped around Ling Xiao, and then the dark blue venomous stinger hovered over his head, with venom rolling on it.
“Hehe, did not expect this, little brother? You finally fell into sister’s hands.”
Xie Li said gloomily.
“Sister, how can you repay kindness with enmity? I saved you, yet you want to kill me. Are you not afraid of the blood oath?”
Ling Xiao pretended to be scared and asked.
“Humph, you are birds of a feather with those guys. Do not think I do not know. You came to help Mu Tu and the lizard people deal with our scorpion tribe, right?”
Xie Li snorted coldly. “Yes, attacking you will make the blood oath explode me to death, but I guarantee I will kill you first before dying.”
“My good sister, this is a big misunderstanding. Our Shenhuang Empire is mortal enemies with the Black Crow Empire. I overheard them discussing robbing some treasure from your scorpion tribe, so I followed to see. If I can ruin their plan, that is best. How can you say I am with them?”
Ling Xiao said with a bitter smile.
“Really?”
Xie Li asked doubtfully.
“Of course it is true.”
Ling Xiao nodded.
“Not because you fear death and are talking nonsense?”
Xie Li asked coldly.
“Fear death?” Ling Xiao laughed disdainfully. “Sister Xie Li, you think too highly of yourself. With your inner force sealed, your strength is at most Seven Stars Heaven level now. Do you really think you can deal with me with that?”
With that, Ling Xiao’s body turned into countless light points, flew out, and reassembled several metres away.
“How is this possible? What is this?”
Even Xie Li was shocked by Ling Xiao’s move. This was far superior to their scorpion moulting art.
“Ever heard of man-light unity?”
Ling Xiao smiled slightly.
After watching the shadow swordsman Situ Mo’s moves, he suddenly had an insight and grasped the key to man-light and man-shadow unity, thus comprehending the fifth step ultimate move of light-shadow profound truth.
What he just used was the fifth step of light profound truth: “Body of Light”.
The wonder of Body of Light was turning the body into countless light points to evade attacks or into light clusters or beams to attack enemies.
In short, anything light could do, Body of Light could achieve, though speed did not reach true light, as the human body had limits.
To truly reach light speed, Ling Xiao needed to continue increasing cultivation. With his current level, it was impossible.
But for Ling Xiao, the current Body of Light’s ability to evade attacks was very helpful.
Unless the opponent’s battle intent suppressed him, making him unable to evade even as light, he would have absolute advantage in combat.
Of course, such detailed information Ling Xiao would not explain to Xie Li.
“From your expression, you seem to have never heard of it. No matter. In short, killing me is not easy. I have no need to lie to you.”
Seeing Xie Li’s stunned face, Ling Xiao felt very satisfied.
Her true strength was much higher than his, yet she was bluffed by this move. How could he not be proud?
“Fine, I believe you and will keep my promise. But my tribespeople are in trouble now. There are other things to do. Wait here. If sister survives and returns, I will certainly keep the promise.”
Xie Li sighed.
“No hurry. Let me first remove sister’s seal.”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly.
“Do not joke. My inner force was sealed by Timur Mu Tu himself. How can you remove it?”
Xie Li shook her head with a bitter smile. “I know you mean well, but really no need.”
“How do you know without trying? Timur Mu Tu’s so-called seal is just a sealing array on you. For me, it is a piece of cake.”
Ling Xiao smiled slightly. He did not want Xie Li to die.
If Xie Li died, would his rescue not be in vain?
“Fine, try then.”
Xie Li had no hope. She just felt as master, she could not ignore his words.
But who would think, Ling Xiao just tapped her a few times, and the strange inscriptions on her body gradually faded.
“My little darling, I love you to death!”
Xie Li suddenly hugged Ling Xiao and kissed him.
This was an unexpected joy. She clearly felt her power return. Unlike the half-dead feeling before, she now regained Tenth Cave Heaven cultivation.
Though this strength could not deal with Timur Mu Tu, she could save some scorpions.
“Oh my, sister, you are too enthusiastic. Luckily you kissed the cheek, or my first kiss would be gone.”
Ling Xiao could not help smiling bitterly. Indeed, with restored cultivation, he could not dodge Xie Li unless Butterfly Girl helped.
Though this time it was not an attack but a kiss, it was still depressing.
