Dao Lord Taichu barely managed to dodge the blow, but the impact still sent him staggering several steps backward.
"Hahaha!" Venerable Gu Xuan laughed loudly. "You're too naive, Dao Lord Taichu.
In this world, no one can survive after falling into my hands."
Dao Lord Taichu ignored him. Rising to his feet, he launched another attack.
This time, his attack was even fiercer. Sword qi and demonic power intertwined, forming a massive energy wave that surged toward Venerable Gu Xuan.
Venerable Gu Xuan did not evade. He spread his arms and forcibly withstood Dao Lord Taichu's attack with his body.
The energy wave exploded with a deafening boom, reducing the surrounding trees to dust.
Both men were blasted backward, pain written across their faces.
Dao Lord Taichu's sword had been shattered into two pieces. He wielded the remaining half in his hand as a weapon and continued fighting Venerable Gu Xuan.
Their figures crisscrossed through the air as sword qi and demonic power wove into a great net that enveloped the entire battlefield.
Their battle had reached a fever pitch. Neither was willing to yield, and neither was willing to lose.
Second by second, Dao Lord Taichu felt his strength nearing exhaustion.
He knew he had to end the battle quickly, or Venerable Gu Xuan would kill him.
He suddenly attacked, sending a huge arc of sword qi flying from his hand straight at Venerable Gu Xuan.
Venerable Gu Xuan did not dodge. With a cold sneer, he waved the staff in his hand, and a light pillar condensed from powerful demonic energy blocked Dao Lord Taichu's sword qi.
Dao Lord Taichu did not give up. His sword swung again, and countless arcs of sword qi intertwined into a Sword Net that trapped Venerable Gu Xuan within it.
Yet Venerable