Chen Ping did not give the opponent any chance to catch its breath or use another technique.
In the instant the black shadow fully formed, he stepped with a profound footwork, his figure disappearing from the spot like teleportation. In the next moment, he had already appeared directly in front of the black shadow.
The Dragon Slaying Sword carried an unstoppable momentum and slashed straight down!
This sword seemed simple, yet it condensed all the power Chen Ping could muster at that moment. Wherever the sword edge passed, space was cut open with a fine but unhealing black line.
Facing this earth-shattering sword, the black shadow seemed to sense the threat as well.
It did not meet it head-on, but instead let out a low, hoarse, inhuman screech and pushed forward fiercely.
In an instant, the space in front of it rippled violently like water waves, forming a constantly rotating shield made of pure dark energy.
“Boom!!!”
The Dragon Slaying Sword smashed heavily onto the dark shield, exploding with a deafening roar.
The terrifying energy shockwave spread out in a ring shape, pushing the already shattered space-time fragments around them even further away, clearing out a relatively “clean” but extremely unstable combat area.
The dark shield trembled violently, with spiderweb-like cracks appearing on its surface, but it did not shatter immediately and barely withstood Chen Ping’s full-force strike.
Chen Ping’s pupils contracted slightly. This black shadow’s defensive ability exceeded his expectations.
But his combat experience was extremely rich. When one strike failed, he immediately changed tactics.
Using the recoil force, he floated back half a step. His wrist flipped, turning the Dragon Slaying Sword from a chop to a rapid thrust. The sword tip vibrated wildly at an extremely high frequency, instantly thrusting out hundreds and thousands of swords, like a sudden storm of wind and rain, all landing on the same spot, the centre of the dark shield on the verge of breaking.
“Puff puff puff puff…!”
The dense piercing sounds merged into one. The dark shield finally could not withstand such concentrated and violent attacks and exploded with a bang, turning into countless scattering black light spots.
The sword energy pierced through the shield, its momentum undiminished, shooting straight towards the black shadow’s body.
The black shadow seemed not to have anticipated Chen Ping’s attacks being so relentless and with such astonishing penetration. In haste, its twisted body contorted rapidly in a way that defied physical laws, trying to dodge the direct hit from the sword energy.
At the same time, the dark aura around it surged violently, like boiling ink, quickly laying down layer after layer of shadow barriers in front of it.
“Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!”
The sharp sword energy successively pierced through several layers of shadow barriers. Although the power was weakened layer by layer, the last few still successfully struck the black shadow’s body.
There was no blood splattering, nor the sound of a solid body being pierced. The parts of the black shadow hit by the sword energy merely rippled like smoke, becoming slightly thinner.
It then quickly condensed again, but those two points of scarlet light clearly dimmed a bit and flickered unsteadily, revealing that it was not unscathed.
“Effective!”
Chen Ping’s heart settled. This black shadow was not invincible. Pressing his advantage, he did not let up. His figure surged forward again, the Dragon Slaying Sword dancing like a roaring golden dragon, unleashing all the exquisite sword techniques he had learned in his life.
Sometimes the sword momentum was grand and sweeping, like splitting Mount Hua with force.
Sometimes the sword moved lightly and nimbly, tricky and devious.
Sometimes it turned into a sky full of sword shadows, making it impossible to distinguish real from fake.
Under Chen Ping’s onslaught like a raging storm, the black shadow appeared somewhat stretched thin, struggling to cope.
It seemed extremely skilled at hiding and manipulating space-time to trap and assassinate enemies, but in this kind of frontal, hard-hitting intense clash, it could not gain much advantage.
It kept flickering and shifting in space-time, sometimes merging into shadows, sometimes launching sudden attacks from another angle, swinging out dark blades capable of cutting space, or condensing shadow spears that could corrode immortal essence, trying to turn the tide.
