A brutal kill

Su Bai did not pause for an instant. Having landed a blow, he pressed his advantage, bringing the terrifying power of a sword cultivator into full play.

The moment he landed, he tapped his toes against the ground and moved with his sword, his fingers forming the operating seals of the Profound Sword True Essence Art.

The Azure Dragon Sword, which had just shattered the Golden Bell, wheeled nimbly through the air. Sword light flickered, instantly splitting into three concentrated streaks of azure Sword Qi that struck at Chen Ping and his two companions like vipers flicking their tongues!

A sword cultivator's strength lay not only in the unmatched sharpness of each strike, but also in the sustained, explosive force of his attacks.

Sword Qi condensed quickly, consumed relatively less Spiritual Power than spells, and could be unleashed almost instantaneously.

Once a sword cultivator seized the initiative and trapped an ordinary cultivator in an unending onslaught of Sword Qi, the latter could often do little but struggle to cope, with scarcely any chance to mount an effective counterattack or cast a powerful spell that required time to prepare.

Although Chen Ping was gravely wounded and his artifact had been destroyed, he was, after all, at Qi Refining layer nine and had fairly substantial resources.

Seeing the incoming Sword Qi, he endured the searing pain and the chaos of the Spiritual Power backlash, hastily producing another artifact from his storage bag-a fan-shaped metal shield. He poured his remaining Spiritual Power into it, instantly enlarging it to block the space before him.

It was only a mid-grade defensive artifact, its spiritual glow far inferior to that of the Golden Bell, but he could no longer afford to care.

The other two Chen Family disciples at Qi Refining layer eight were also scared