Crack!!
At last, with a sharp snap, the blood-red blade aura shattered into fragments that filled the sky. The boundless energy and divine might that could cleave apart all creation had been completely smashed by a black stone mortar!
Not a trace remained!
The Golden Mantis Demon King stared at the scene before him in disbelief, his heart filled with shock. But he had no time to think of anything else. With nowhere left to dodge, he raised both of his blade-like claws.
"Ant of the human race! You want to kill me? Impossible!"
"My Golden Mantis clan would never lose to you! We are invincible beneath the Demon Gods!"
"You're asking for death!"
Slash him down!!
Furious roars rang from the Golden Mantis's mouth.
The pair of blade-like claws Lin Changqing had torn apart were now restored. For some reason, their eerie glow had even grown brighter—and they seemed more powerful.
It was probably thanks to Buzhou Mountain's tempering.
But Lin Changqing wasn't afraid in the slightest.
The Golden Mantis's blades were incomparably sharp. They could even tear through Lin Changqing's protective divine ability, the Divine Demon Armor.
But this stone mortar had once held Pangu's essence blood. Lin Changqing didn't believe it could be so fragile.
After all, it was a powerful treasure capable of smashing a hole in Buzhou Mountain itself.
Sure enough, black light streaked across the heavens and, with a thunderous boom, slammed into the crossed blades.
The blade light had gathered to cleave apart all creation, but it bore the brunt of the impact and was torn to shreds. Not even a glimmer remained.
The blades were struck directly, too, and thin cracks appeared across them. Their eerie glow dimmed, and blood even spurted out.
Only then did the power covering the stone mortar