In a clash of this level, even the slightest flaw could become a fatal threat.
Though it could not replicate a Supreme's methods in full, even a tiny fraction was shocking enough to make one's blood run cold.
"Refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!" Just as that other Dao Artifact was about to awaken completely, the Avici Sword struck.
"Roar!"
With a furious roar, the Avici Sword's mana began to boil, Sword Qi spilling in all directions. In a single burst, it blasted the Dao Diagram away, and wave after wave of invisible energy spread outward.
The Tianqi Emperor Sword, which had been brimming with menace moments ago, froze as though encased in ten-thousand-year ice. Its expression changed at once.
"You actually..." Fear appeared on the Tianqi Emperor Sword's face.
"That's right, you guessed it. Did you think I merely refined the half of your body after devouring it?" A savage expression appeared on the Avici Sword's face. The universe around it transformed into a boundless sea of blood, and the Tianqi Emperor Sword fell into it with virtually no power to resist.
"You had been preparing for this all along!" The Tianqi Emperor Sword struggled desperately, spurting out streams of Sword Qi. Each one resembled a massive dragon, piercing through everything and vanishing into the cosmos. Yet now, they were all swallowed by the endless sea of blood, unable to break free.
"Of course. Otherwise, who would waste so many words on you? Hmph!" The Avici Sword sneered. The Tianqi Emperor Sword had thought it could not see the trick here, or the others lying in wait for it. Yet it had merely exploited that very thought. They had used each other, nothing more.
Both sides had believed victory was in the bag, but the Tianqi Emperor