Making a swift decision, Ao rallied the divine power within him and unleashed an area-wide shockwave of divine power.
It exploded with a thunderous boom like ignited gunpowder, sending the surrounding red mist churning wildly and forcing open a safe zone within it.
Then he used teleportation, transporting himself toward a place his senses deemed safe.
When his form shifted, the scene before him suddenly cleared. The boundless red mist had been cast behind him, and he arrived in another realm.
Seeing the treasured sword hanging above the gate, Ao knew this must be the Immortal-Slaughter Gate.
Though he had escaped the Immortal-Trapping Gate, Ao's divine power shield had been slashed full of holes by the Immortal-Trapping Sword Qi.
At the same time, wisps of red mist lingered within it, not yet having been ground away by him.
With a thunderous clap, the originally tranquil Immortal-Slaughter Gate erupted like a volcano, releasing countless streams of Sword Qi.
Twisting through the air, they slashed toward him like living creatures.
Ao reacted with lightning speed, dismissing his original divine power shield and casting a new one around himself.
The Sword Qi, which looked incomparably explosive, fell upon the divine power shield.
As though truly alive, it devoured every bit of power it could consume, then took root within it like maggots gnawing at the bone.
In that instant, Ao understood the terror of this Sword Qi.
Like the Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi—after being struck by it, so long as it did not hit a vital spot, it was no more than an ordinary wound to him.
Though such a wound was troublesome, it would not kill him outright.
Of course, that was also because Ling Qing did not possess the Immortal-Slaying Sword, and Ao's realm was higher than his.
The Immortal-Ending Sword Qi,