The world vanished.
A boundless, magnificent light filled the entire world.
—Sword Aura!
In the next instant,
the hundreds-of-meters-long corpse of flesh and blood became a surging crimson tide and vanished into ash.
A countless chorus of venomous roars seemed to flicker past his ears.
The sword light flashed again.
Gu Qingshan dropped from the sky, revealing himself.
He looked toward the demon across from him.
The demon's back had been blown wide open. All the flesh and blood inside had vanished, leaving it little more than an empty shell.
The demon slowly raised an arm, as if to cast some kind of spell—
Then it remembered that this world couldn't be affected by Transcendence.
"Too bad..."
Before it could finish speaking, the Flower Fairy had already swung her short staff again and cried, "Ah—da!"
With a dull thud, the demon was knocked back several steps.
It immediately let loose a venomous curse. "Damn fairy! If you hadn't ruined my plans—"
Its six arms rose, as though it meant to do something.
"Gu Qingshan, protect me!"
The fairy cried out in alarm.
Gu Qingshan reached out and pointed forward.
A colossal sword shadow flashed from his hand and slashed into the demon, cutting most of its body into a cloud of powder that scattered skyward.
The demon refused to give in. It clenched its last remaining arm into a fist—
Crack!
A shattering sound rang out.
Its arm dropped to the ground out of thin air, turning to powder.
At last, the demon regained its composure. It lowered its head and stared at the powder on the ground.
"I've been meaning to ask—what... is this power?"
It looked confused and murmured under its breath.
Gu Qingshan kept silent as lines of Crimson Small Characters flashed past his eyes:
"You activated