Lu Xueqi and Bi Yao (77)

However, everything had happened too fast. From Yin Kui's desperate counterattack, to Su Han trading injury for injury and pinpointing the core, to that killing sword strike—it had all taken but an instant.

Squelch!

The Starfire Sword pierced precisely into a crack in the dark-red crystal. The power of stars and moon condensed at its tip, together with the Primordial Star Power, erupted with a thunderous blast!

Crack—!

A sharp shattering sound rang out. The dark-red crystal completely broke apart, turning into countless dark-red motes that burst from Yin Kui's chest. Yin Kui let out a shrill, inhuman howl as the dense, frigid aura around him poured out wildly like floodwaters through an opened sluice. The grayish white in his eyes rapidly faded, replaced by an eerie dark red, which swiftly dimmed and went out. The black sword he held aloft froze in midair before dropping limply. It hit the ground with a clang. His entire body swayed a few times, then toppled backward like a collapsing mountain, crashing heavily onto the bluestone arena floor without moving again. Only the gaping hole in his chest, where the core had been shattered, continued to emit wisps of black smoke and a nauseating burnt stench.

The arena fell deathly silent.

Beyond the light barrier, everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene onstage in disbelief.

He won?

Su Han won? He had defeated that bizarre Sword Puppet? He had even found its core weakness and killed it in a single blow?

After a brief silence, a tremendous uproar swept through the crowd like a tidal wave.

"The core shattered! That core was destroyed!"

"Su Han actually... he actually did it! Even while trading injury for injury, he still struck the vital point with such precision!"

"What terrifying insight and decisiveness! Wasn't he afraid that