However, Chen Ping’s divine sense had already spread out. Although it was greatly suppressed in this chaotic space-time, it still firmly locked onto the black shadow’s unique energy fluctuations.
No matter how the black shadow changed positions, Chen Ping’s Dragon Slaying Sword always appeared in time on the path of its attacks or defences.
Sword light and dark energy constantly collided and annihilated each other, bursting into one dazzling and dangerous energy firework after another, adorning this desolate starry sky battlefield with bizarre and motley lights.
The battle fell into a stalemate, but Chen Ping could feel that the opponent’s aura was slowly and steadily weakening.
As for himself, although his spiritual power was hugely depleted, the foundation of the Human Immortal Realm supported him, and his battle intent only grew fiercer.
He let out a long howl that shook the starry sky. The light on the Dragon Slaying Sword surged again. A massive golden sword beam spanning hundreds of zhang condensed, carrying an supreme will to cleave stars and shatter all laws, and it slashed fiercely towards the area where the black shadow hid!
This sword nearly drained a third of Chen Ping’s spiritual power, and its might was the pinnacle of his achievements since advancing to Human Immortal second grade!
Before the sword beam arrived, the terrifying sword pressure had already completely solidified the space-time in that area, leaving the black shadow with nowhere to hide!
The black shadow sensed the fatal threat. The two points of scarlet light flickered violently, emitting a sharp and piercing screech.
It no longer tried to defend or dodge. Instead, it madly compressed all the dark energy around it, condensing a dark sphere only the size of a fist in front of it, yet radiating a heart-palpitating destructive fluctuation, and then pushed it fiercely towards the massive golden sword beam!
This was a desperate, all-out collision!
“Boom!!!!!”
An indescribable roar erupted. Golden and black energies intertwined madly, eroded each other, and exploded, forming an ever-expanding energy light sphere that completely engulfed Chen Ping and the black shadow’s figures.
The intense light made the surrounding stars dim in comparison, and the violent energy turbulence vaporised some nearby small asteroid belts outright.
After unleashing that sword, Chen Ping immediately circulated his remaining spiritual power to protect his entire body. At the same time, a faint shadow of the Demon Suppressing Tower emerged behind him, resisting this terrifying energy impact.
He was pushed back thousands of metres by the shockwave before barely stabilising his form. His qi and blood churned, his face paled slightly, and he stared intently at the centre of the explosion.
It was unknown how much time passed before the destructive energy light gradually faded.
The position where the black shadow had been was now empty, leaving only a more shattered and unstable space-time, along with some slowly drifting black energy embers that eventually vanished completely.
That black shadow had ultimately been forced back by his all-out sword, or rather, its core, which held most of its power, had been utterly crushed and annihilated by this strike.
Chen Ping hovered in the starry sky, breathing slightly heavily. The light on the Dragon Slaying Sword had also dimmed considerably.
He furrowed his brows, feeling no real sense of relief in his heart.
This black shadow had come mysteriously and left abruptly. From beginning to end, it had never revealed its true form or uttered a single word. Its purpose and origins remained a complete mystery.
“Who sent it? The Evil Dao Hall? Or some other force I offended without realising?”
Chen Ping pondered inwardly, sensing that the path ahead seemed filled with even more unknowns and dangers.
He did not dare linger here. No one knew if the black shadow had accomplices or if it would return.
After slightly calming his churning qi and blood, Chen Ping raised the Dragon Slaying Sword again, chose a direction, and without hesitation tore open the relatively stable space-time barrier in front of him. His figure flashed, and he plunged into that bizarre and motley passage, continuing his arduous journey towards the Eighth Heaven.
All that remained behind was the energy aftershocks that had not fully subsided, and the starry sky battlefield ravaged to fragments by the battle, silently recounting that brief yet incredibly perilous encounter.
