The Black Skeleton's own power, combined with the might of the Demon Sword, stacked together and unleashed terrifying waves of force.
Yet Jade Ripple Great Emperor relied on his status as a Heaven-Man, his gaze filled with disdain. He did not take the Black Skeleton seriously at all. It was merely a puppet! Golden Heaven Martial Essence Qi wrapped around his palm, transforming it into a three-meter-long golden dragon claw. Its sharp talons struck toward the Demon Sword.
"Pfft!"
The Demon Sword actually tore apart the golden dragon claw, slashing across the web between Jade Ripple Great Emperor's thumb and forefinger.
The instant the Demon Sword descended, Jade Ripple Great Emperor realized that something was wrong and immediately retreated. Even so, the sword qi sent him flying, and he only stabilized himself after being hurled more than ten meters away.
He raised his arm and looked at it. The web between his thumb and forefinger had been split open by the Demon Sword, blood still flowing from the wound.
It was only a skeleton, yet it had actually broken through a Heaven-Man's fleshly body.
"How could it be this powerful?"
Jade Ripple Great Emperor could not believe that he had been injured by a puppet.
Had he not sensed the danger and retreated in time, he might have lost that entire arm!
Jade Ripple Great Emperor had only just reached the Heaven-Man Realm, and his cultivation level had not even fully stabilized yet.
Though both were at the first level of the Heaven-Man Realm, Nangong Ming was more than twice as strong as Jade Ripple Great Emperor. Nangong Ming had cultivated at the first level for decades; he was not someone a martial artist who had just entered the Heaven-Man Realm could compare to.
Of course, if Jade Ripple Great