The chilling blade cleaved through the air, and the Nine Souls Blade struck in an instant.
Layer upon layer of blade shadows loomed like mountains and seas, as if a summer night sky had been spilled across the heavens. Amid the vast, surging river of stars, an intent to shatter the strong and break the sharp clashed fiercely with countless roots and branches.
Every strike rang like a great bell, shaking the heavens and earth around them and unleashing power that seemed capable of destroying the world.
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang...
Deafening crashes swept through heaven and earth. In less than half a breath, every root and branch aimed at Pei Ling had been severed.
Chaos aura drifted away. The broken roots and branches oozed a mixture of scarlet and dark green sap. Countless fine, dark green filaments sprang forth, quickly sealing the wounds before writhing like living creatures and regenerating at astonishing speed.
In the blink of an eye, more roots and branches sprouted from the severed surfaces, surging ceaselessly toward Pei Ling...
Black and brown intertwined, like a raging tide.
Seen from high above, the dense roots and branches swept forth like a furious sea made entirely of snakes. Roaring, churning, and surging, they rolled toward Pei Ling in a vast torrent.
A trace of frost rose slowly.
The Nine Souls Blade danced like a shadow as Pei Ling hacked away without pause. Broken branches and fallen leaves fluttered everywhere, yet more roots and branches sprang from each severed end in an instant. The broken roots and branches thrust into the void and began growing wildly again in the blink of an eye.
Like a tide swelling, like a stormy sea spreading without restraint, they formed an enormous wooden cocoon in the blink of an eye.
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