Within the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Ao dodged the Immortal-Slaughtering Sword Qi and charged back into the Immortal-Slaying Gate.
Without waiting for the Sword Qi to strike, he abruptly leaped toward the Eight Trigrams Platform.
Seeing this, Wondrous Splendor Emperor chuckled. "You are rather persistent. You have also seen that my Immortal-Slaying Gate is still somewhat lacking.
Taking advantage of the sluggish circulation of my Sword Qi and the gap during the sword formation's transition, you headed straight for the heart of the formation.
But since you have already passed through the four Immortal-Slaying Gates once and accumulated some experience for me, why not stay and help me run through every transformation of the sword formation one by one?"
"No matter how formidable your sword formation is, it still needs someone to wield it. So long as I seize you, the formation will collapse without being attacked." Ao sneered, smashing the scepter in his hand toward Wondrous Splendor Emperor.
"Very well. Let me show you that this poor Daoist is not merely for decoration." Wondrous Splendor Emperor shook his head at those words.
With a reach of his hand, a treasured sword appeared in his grasp.
Its blade was ancient and unadorned, shaped like a four-sided Han sword.
On the left side of one face were engraved the seven mansions of Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, and Winnowing Basket. Their seven star beasts joined together to form an Azure Dragon with dusky horns.
On the right were engraved the seven mansions of Legs, Bond, Stomach, Hairy Head, Net, Turtle Beak, and Three Stars. The gathered star beasts outlined a fierce white-browed tiger.
On the left side of the other face were the mansions of Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Extended Net, Wings, and Chariot, converging into a Vermilion Bird with flaming