Chapter 1557: They couldn't get away! Roar!
A shrill, agonized roar tore across the sky, and violent energy surged through heaven and earth.
Besieged by seven Saints, the enormous Black Tortoise beast finally failed to hold on. After several successive rounds of ferocious attacks, its armor shattered, wounds deep enough to expose bone split its shell, and foul-smelling blood gushed out like a waterfall.
It let out one last anguished roar before its immense body crashed down, shaking the ground and sending dust billowing up like a storm.
Seven figures stood scattered around it, weapons in hand, their chests heaving.
No one spoke.
Taixu lowered his head to look at the Taixu Sword in his hand. A crack roughly an inch long had appeared in its blade.
He stared at the crack, his pupils contracting slightly. This was his lifebound sacred weapon, which had accompanied him for tens of thousands of years without ever sustaining damage. Yet his very first battle against a Holy Realm Abyss Beast had damaged it.
Fen Tian clenched his fists, blood seeping between his fingers. The web of his hand had split from the impact, and he had not even noticed.
Lingering fear stirred in his heart. He had been far too rash today and had nearly met his end here.
Looking at the Black Tortoise's corpse, he thought, I must never be this reckless again!
Black Sword leaned on his sword with one hand, its tip planted in the ground. His arm trembled faintly, his face was pale, and lingering fear filled his eyes. He had already given everything he had in that fight.
Netherworld, Xuanyue, and the others all breathed heavily and unevenly. Not one of them could maintain their composure.
Together, they had just slain a Holy Realm Abyss Beast.
Taixu slowly