"Open!"
The two Vengeful Demons were battle-hardened veterans as well. Though startled, they did not panic, instead erupting with ferocity at the brink of life and death.
Gongsun Qing's long whip shot forth like a venomous dragon emerging from its lair, sweeping up shadows that filled the sky as it lashed toward the great blade, attempting to use softness to overcome hardness and deflect part of its force.
Wei Zhaoting let out a wild roar. Death energy boiled atop his bone sword, condensing into a massive, ghastly white sword aura that brazenly met the descending blade. At the same time, death energy surged madly from around both of them, attempting to withstand the omnipresent cutting of razor-sharp wind blades.
"Boom!"
An unprecedented, terrifying roar erupted from the center of the plaza, as though a thousand thunderbolts had exploded at once.
Shi Pojun's strike, infused with Myriad Phenomena Great Strength, landed solidly upon the weapons raised by the two Vengeful Demons. Time seemed to freeze for an instant. Then, violent energy turbulence beyond imagination swept outward from the point of collision in all directions.
A visible shockwave of interwoven earthen yellow and ash-black rapidly expanded into a sphere. Wherever it passed, the ground was savagely plowed by an invisible blade, sending shattered rocks and dirt soaring into the air, while the ruined walls farther away were toppled and crushed.
The entire plaza shook violently, as though it might collapse at any moment.
"Pfft!"
Two dull sounds of blood being spat out rang out almost simultaneously. Gongsun Qing and Wei Zhaoting's bodies shuddered violently as they staggered and flew backward uncontrollably.
The death-energy shields around them flickered uncertainly and became pitifully thin. Their Soul Bodies trembled violently, more fine cracks spreading across their surfaces, while their auras visibly withered away.
Shi Pojun's