For some reason, though victory was clearly already in his grasp, Lu Yang's smile made Lord Black Mountain instinctively sense that something was wrong.
That instant of hesitation made his movements unconsciously slow by several degrees.
At the same time, the Xiantian True Qi on Lu Yang's body suddenly surged!
In almost a single instant, it climbed straight to Eighth-tier Xiantian!
With a turn of his thoughts, eighty streams of Primordial True Qi condensed upon Black Gate. Before Lu Yang, a gigantic saber shadow dozens of meters long suddenly erupted.
The huge blade sank down. The four Treasure Weapons seemed to crash into a colossal mountain of refined iron; their edges trembled violently, wailing without end.
The blazing saber edge bore straight down on Lord Black Mountain, carrying the momentum of Mount Tai crushing down from above.
Beneath that vast saber edge, Lord Black Mountain's claw was like a mantis raising its arms to stop a chariot, and it scattered with a bang.
The enormous Black Tiger turned into a mass of demon qi and dispersed. In a flash, it shifted shape and swapped shadows, appearing at the other end of the mountain peak.
Pfft—bang!
"Screech!"
However, the Eagle Demon circling above the void failed to dodge this slash. It was cleaved directly into pieces, turning into a shower of blood that fell in a drifting scatter.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for slaying one Third-tier, Fifth-level Eagle Demon. Gained 5,000 Experience Points."
"What a pity about a Third-tier Demon Treasure!" The Eagle Demon had been shattered by a single slash; its Demon Treasure was destined to be impossible to dig out.
At the same time, Lu Yang silently chanted in his heart, Raise it!
Five thousand Experience Points instantly evaporated, turning into a dense ball of red light that spread through