When masters clashed, life and death were decided in the space of a hair.
The appearance of the Sword Gourd caught Azure Star completely off guard. That brief shock and lapse in focus gave Chen Xuanhai a perfect opening.
The sword pierced through Azure Star's protective Demonic Energy and passed through his body, spraying blood everywhere.
The bodies of the Demon Race were immensely powerful, especially for a peak expert like Azure Star. Even having lost an arm, with the pure Demonic Energy he had cultivated over ten thousand years protecting him, ordinary means could not possibly break through.
Yet Chen Xuanhai's Talisman Sword was no ordinary Talisman Sword. It was the crystallization of his many years of cultivation, one of the finest Magic Treasures in the world beneath Supreme Treasures.
Even so, it had failed to immediately take Azure Star's life!
He abruptly turned his head, his eyes splitting with fury. Raising his sole remaining arm, he seized Chen Xuanhai's wrist. His Demonic Energy surged fiercely against Chen Xuanhai's Magic Power, pinning Chen Xuanhai in place so firmly that he could not move for the moment.
With Demonic Energy and Magic Power locked in an even contest, if they compared physical strength alone, even Chen Xuanhai, bolstered by two Secret Techniques, could not surpass Azure Star, a Great Demon Venerable.
"Want me dead?" Azure Star spoke, his mouth reeking of blood. His gaze was profound, his bearing unchanged, not diminished in the slightest despite his grievous wounds. "Then you may have to be buried with me!"
By this point, he no longer wished to continue the battle. This threat was clearly meant to buy himself a path to survival. If Chen Xuanhai showed even the slightest hesitation, he would have a chance to escape.
Unfortunately, Chen Xuanhai's expression did