Boom!!!
Under An Jing's furious punch, imbued with the intent of life-slaying, shattering, and annihilating all things, Taixu trembled. Even the indestructible Dragon-Man skeleton immediately began to shake violently.
Crack, crack. From where An Jing's fist struck, fissures rapidly spread, crawling across the dark-gold skeleton's surface... Then, waves of devilish qi, thick as ink and deep as an abyss, came surging madly out from those cracks!
"Cry?!"
At the sight, even the Golden-Winged Peng shot into the air in fright. It had never seen devilish qi before, but its instincts told it that this was absolutely not something to be touched carelessly.
"A Heavenly Demon?!"
Though startled, You Ruhui immediately retreated as well. Yet strangely, the devilish qi deliberately avoided the astonished girl, instead sweeping toward An Jing from all directions like living tentacles blotting out the sky.
This power was exceedingly decayed, sinister, and mighty, filled with desires for corruption and closure, narrowness and distortion. It was enough to make any cultivator below the True Lord realm fall the instant they touched it, and become tainted the instant they came into contact with it.
An Jing reached out and clenched the air.
Previously, he had not known why he could become so powerful. But after Fuxie's explanation, his understanding of his own strength had reached an entirely new height.
Now that he knew, he could use it better—and grow stronger!
"Life-Slaying!"
At a thought, with a ringing clang, the dark-red divine weapon appeared in his hand, blazing with the violet-blue Zhu Zhao Flame from within his Grotto-Heaven.
Then An Jing flicked his wrist and, without the slightest hesitation, slashed his sword at the devilish qi rushing in from every direction!
[Life-Slaying Sword Technique: Zhu Zhao Shadow]
It was no different from when he had battled Calamity Gold—if anything, it