Yue Ling gave an awkward smile when he heard this and said, "Brother, we'd better have a match. Otherwise... it'll be hard for me to explain." As he spoke, he looked at Ye Mengse and scratched his head.
Seeing him look like a green young lad, Xuanxiao said, "All right, all right. I'll fight you so you won't have trouble explaining yourself." With that, he raised his hand and thrust out his sword. Clear light swirled around it, and in an instant, the sword qi transformed into a dragon and slashed toward Yue Ling.
Seeing this, purple qi surged around Yue Ling. He drew the short blade at his waist and slashed it toward Xuanxiao's enormous dragon of sword qi.
With a loud boom, the two were both blasted back several steps by the tremendous force.
Xuanxiao let out a cold laugh. "You really do have some skill." With that, he charged forward again with his sword.
Yue Ling refused to back down. As he swung both arms, a mass of purple mist billowed up and quickly enveloped him. Then, the purple cloud rapidly moved through the air, gradually taking the shape of a huge purple python.
The purple python threw back its head and let out a hiss before opening its bloody maw and lunging at Xuanxiao.
Xuanxiao's expression turned extremely solemn. Gripping his sword hilt with both hands, he shot into the air like lightning and fiercely hacked down at the purple python. In an instant, sword qi flashed like a rainbow, incomparably sharp, and cleaved the enormous python in two. Yet at that very moment, Yue Ling's figure suddenly vanished. At the same time, Xuanxiao sensed an extremely dangerous aura behind him. Without hesitation, he turned and raised his longsword to block the attack. A crisp clang