“Hmph, Moonlight Sect’s swordsmanship is indeed formidable, but this king isn’t a pushover!”
As the massive sword qi sliced through the air like a blue rainbow descending, the Ferocious Beast Demon King’s three heads bore ferocious expressions.
He let out a low roar, then opened one of his gaping maws. A black orb of light rapidly coalesced, stirring the surrounding energy.
Even a mile away, Ling Xiao felt his blood and true essence as if they were being torn from his body.
The orb quickly grew, turning blood-red. When its energy peaked, it shot out instantly.
The terrifying energy tremor made Ling Xiao, a mile away, feel the ground shake and mountains quake.
“Too terrifying. Good thing I’m far off, or I wouldn’t even know how I died.”
Ling Xiao was grateful his curiosity hadn’t driven him closer. Just the energy gathering from the Ferocious Beast Demon King could have sent him straight to the underworld.
At this level of cultivation, killing an opponent was likely no easy feat.
Ling Xiao had a sense that in the Yin-Yang Realm, battles became explosively intense, yet the likelihood of death decreased.
Every martial artist had life-saving techniques. Unless there was a crushing strength gap or special tactics, killing an opponent was incredibly difficult.
For Mortal Realm martial artists, a shattered heart or head meant certain death.
Heavenly Human Realm and Cave Heaven Realm experts were similar, though their hearts and heads were far more resilient.
In the Yin-Yang Realm, every martial artist could likely achieve rebirth from a drop of blood. Even with a shattered heart or head, a single drop of essence blood could bring them back.
That was the fearsome power of the Yin-Yang Realm.
Ling Xiao could regenerate limbs but dared not test rebirth from a drop of blood.
The descriptions seemed exaggerated to him.
It was just a high-tier gold-grade martial art. How could it achieve something as terrifying as blood rebirth?
Surely, it came at a cost.
This was why Ling Xiao had paused his cultivation, planning to resume only after verifying and cross-referencing further.
He couldn’t gamble with his life. After all, this knowledge came from the secular world, likely incomplete or missing critical details.
“Kid, don’t even think about helping. In a battle of this level, no matter how clever you are, you’d be useless.”
Yuan Zun’s voice suddenly rang out, sensing Ling Xiao’s concern for the woman.
“Don’t worry, Master. I know my limits. A fight like this is beyond someone like me. I won’t take the risk.”
Ling Xiao did want to help the woman, especially since she was from Moonlight Sect and carried a familiar, intimate aura.
Though her face was unclear, she resembled the blue-clad woman he’d met in the Fulong Mountains by seven or eight parts.
He was likely not mistaken.
The brief truce ended.
The two clashed again.
In the sky, the massive sword qi roared toward the Ferocious Beast Demon King, carrying the sound of thunder, sparking lightning, and whipping up ferocious winds, utterly terrifying.
On the other side, the red orb from the Ferocious Beast Demon King’s mouth shot forth, like a red sun appearing in the firmament.
In an instant, all plants within hundreds of metres withered, and countless ferocious beasts perished in the collateral disaster.
The red blood orb seemed to absorb the essence of all living things between heaven and earth, utterly horrifying.
Before the two energies collided, Ling Xiao sensed danger and bolted further away.
A mile was still too close!
When he reached three miles out, the two energies finally clashed in the sky.
It wasn’t like two attacks but rather two massive meteors colliding. In an instant, the heavens shook, mountains crumbled.
Boom!
Crash!
Crack!
A symphony of doomsday sounds erupted in Thousand Ghost Forest.
Mudslides, floods, earthquakes!
All manner of natural disasters followed.
Everything within a mile was obliterated, completely destroyed.
Not a trace of life remained.
This was the clash of two supreme powerhouses.
As the saying went, when gods fight, mortals suffer, and this moment embodied that perfectly.
After clashing in the sky, both energies dissipated.
Their exchange ended in a perfect stalemate.
But this was only the beginning!
The woman moved!
The moon behind her blazed with light. In an instant, she seemed to teleport, effortlessly appearing behind the Ferocious Beast Demon King. Her long sword thrust forward, its gleam targeting his vital point.
The Ferocious Beast Demon King’s massive frame couldn’t turn in time, yet none of his three heads showed the slightest panic.
It was as if everything was under his control!
The sword was swift!
Its technique was simple!
But the energy it contained was immensely terrifying!
It was no less formidable than the earlier dazzling sword qi.
Yet the sword didn’t strike the Ferocious Beast Demon King’s body.
The three-headed tiger’s tail whipped with the force of thunder toward the woman.
If she followed through with her strike, she’d surely be gravely injured.
She withdrew her sword and pulled back.
The woman decisively chose to retreat.
In a clash between powerhouses, every attack demanded utmost caution. A single misstep could be exploited, leading to brutal suppression.
“Tiger Roar Thunder Sound!”
In that instant, the Ferocious Beast Demon King turned his heads, roaring at the woman.
The sound condensed into a tangible wave of true essence. Even three miles away, Ling Xiao felt his ears thunder, his mind dazed for a moment.
Imagine the effect on the woman so close by.
Yet she merely raised her sword, the moon behind her shimmering. A glowing round shield formed before her.
“Moonlight Shield!”
Typically, such defensive techniques countered physical attacks, but her Moonlight Shield even blocked the sonic roar.
The sound wave struck the shield, scattering harmlessly, leaving her unscathed.
But the Ferocious Beast Demon King’s assault didn’t stop.
His three faces—one angry, one joyful, one impassive—made his thoughts unreadable.
When the sonic attack failed, the three-headed tiger opened its gaping maw, lunging to bite the woman.
Crack!
The Moonlight Shield showed faint cracks!
Snap!
It shattered completely!
In a direct confrontation, the woman was slightly outmatched, seized by the Ferocious Beast Demon King’s relentless chain of attacks.
As the Moonlight Shield broke, facing such a disadvantage, the woman only frowned slightly before thrusting her sword again.
