Victory

Li Xiao's expression remained unchanged. He sharply brought his hands together before him, and a vast surge of True Qi erupted from within his body, condensing into a gigantic translucent sphere in the blink of an eye.

The sphere was several zhang wide, its surface flowing with three-colored light.

It was precisely the hallmark of Three Absolutes Returning Origin Qi being driven at full force.

Ordinary cultivators simply could not gather such an enormous amount of True Qi. Even if they forced it, their True Qi would be drained in an instant. Yet Li Xiao's foundations far surpassed those of others at his level; in his hands, this move came as easily as picking up a leaf.

Wrapped in a heavy, oppressive aura, the tricolored sphere met the descending flaming blade light head-on.

The two collided with a muffled boom. The flaming blade light struck the sphere, sending countless tiny sparks and scattered waves of True Qi bursting outward.

The blade light blazed fiercely, while the sphere was thick and weighty. For a time, they remained locked in a deadlock atop the high platform, neither able to do anything to the other.

Yet Li Xiao was not in a hurry.

A prolonged battle was exactly what he feared least.

With a slight movement of his thoughts, the Exotic Insect Sub-insects lying dormant deep within his dantian silently activated. Streams of pure True Qi were soundlessly drawn from the parasites' hosts, gathered together, and fed back into his body.

His True Qi remained full at all times. Not only did the tricolored sphere's power not weaken, it gradually strengthened, pressing bit by bit toward the flaming blade light.

Wang Yuheng clicked his tongue in amazement at the sight.

Feeling the increasingly dense pressure of True Qi from across from him, a