Ling Shuang had never suffered such an insult before. Her pretty face instantly flushed red, and murderous intent surged in her eyes. “Demon Sect scum, you court death!”
With a sharp clang, her crimson long sword was unsheathed, and scorching sword qi pointed straight at the Demon Sect elder.
“Senior Sister Shuang, be careful!”
The Sword Sect disciples behind her also drew their swords one after another, forming a simple sword array, facing a formidable enemy.
The enemy numbers were comparable, but the Demon Sect elder was at the fifth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and the Fusion Beast leader’s aura was close to the fifth level as well. Added to that were a group of fearless Fusion Beast warriors whose strength could not be underestimated.
“Kill them! Leave no one alive!”
The Demon Sect elder shouted fiercely and lunged forward together with the Fusion Beast leader, their target directly at Ling Shuang.
The remaining Demon Sect disciples and Fusion Beast warriors also roared as they charged towards the Sword Sect disciples.
Battle was on the verge of erupting!
Ling Shuang let out a delicate shout and unleashed her sword technique. It was like a fire phoenix soaring, crimson sword light carrying scorching heat as it met the Demon Sect elder.
Her swordsmanship had indeed inherited the true teachings. It was exquisite and fierce, and for a time she fought on equal terms with the early-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm Demon Sect elder.
But on the other side, the Fusion Beast leader was exceptionally ferocious. He wielded a pair of enormous tusk-shaped bone hammers with tremendous strength. His moves lacked any pattern yet were utterly ruthless.
Charging towards the sword array formed by the Sword Sect disciples, a few powerful smashes caused the array to sway violently. Two disciples at the third level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm spat blood from the shock.
“Form the Little Dipper Sword Array! Trap him!”
A Sword Sect disciple captain at the fourth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm hurriedly changed the formation.
However, the frenzied assaults of the Fusion Beast warriors placed enormous pressure on the sword array.
These Fusion Beasts fought completely disregarding their own injuries, trading wound for wound, even using self-detonation attacks. This threw the Sword Sect disciples, who were accustomed to precise and coordinated sword techniques, into disarray. Soon, casualties began to appear.
Ling Shuang caught a glimpse from the corner of her eye that her side was falling into disadvantage. Anxiety filled her heart, and a trace of impatience crept into her swordsmanship.
The experienced Demon Sect elder immediately seized the flaw. A sinister and poisonous Soul-Eroding Demon Finger struck towards the opening under Ling Shuang’s ribs!
“Senior Sister Shuang!” the disciples cried out in alarm.
Ling Shuang could not withdraw her sword to block in time. She could only twist her body awkwardly, about to be hit by the demon finger!
At this critical moment of life and death,
A green shadow appeared like a ghost, without any warning, between Ling Shuang and the Demon Sect elder.
It was Chen Ping!
No one knew when he had vanished from everyone’s sight, only to appear here at this instant.
Facing the Soul-Eroding Demon Finger that could corrode the divine soul, Chen Ping merely extended his right index finger casually. A faint chaotic glow flickered at the tip as he lightly touched the incoming strand of pitch-black demonic finger energy.
“Puff.”
A soft sound, like a bubble bursting.
The sinister and sharp Soul-Eroding Demon Finger energy, upon contacting the chaotic glow, melted away silently like snow under the blazing sun, annihilated and dissipated.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no roaring clash of energies. It simply vanished, just like that.
The vicious grin on the Demon Sect elder’s face froze instantly, his eyes filled with extreme shock and bewilderment.
This killing move he had charged up, one that even cultivators of the same level would not dare to take head-on, had been so casually… dispelled by the opponent?
Ling Shuang was also stunned. She remained in her side-turned posture, staring blankly at the green-robed back shielding her.
Yet Chen Ping did not pause for even a moment.
After neutralising the demon finger, his index finger continued forward. It seemed slow, but was in fact extremely fast. Before the Demon Sect elder could react at all, it lightly tapped his forehead.
“Uh…”
The Demon Sect elder’s body stiffened abruptly. His eyes rapidly lost their light, and the demonic qi around him scattered like a deflated balloon.
The expression on his face froze in shock and disbelief. Then he softly toppled forward, all signs of life gone.
One strike, instant death!
A grand fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm Demon Sect elder, without even time to react or scream!
This scene not only left Ling Shuang and the Sword Sect disciples dumbfounded, but even the Fusion Beast leader and the Fusion Beast warriors in their frenzied attacks paused for a moment.
Yet Chen Ping acted as if he had merely done something utterly trivial.
He turned around and looked calmly at the still-dazed Fusion Beast leader.
The moment Chen Ping’s gaze swept over him, the Fusion Beast leader instantly felt a chill and terror rising from the depths of his soul!
