Shen Lian's blade momentum paused, and a trace of undisguised disgust flashed through his eyes. Then he shouted at Bibi Dong:
"No wonder you kept it hidden. With a Martial Soul this ugly, I'd be too embarrassed to show it myself."
Those words completely ignited Bibi Dong's fury.
Bibi Dong then controlled her spider legs to sweep outward. Venomous mucus corroded the ground with sizzling sounds as she angrily shouted at Shen Lian:
"I'll tear you to pieces!"
But her speed was still far from enough against Shen Lian's consecutive slashes.
The fourth slash broke through the encirclement of spider legs. Its blade light skimmed past Bibi Dong's carapace, scattering a shower of sparks.
The fifth slash shattered the spider silk she spewed out. The fluctuations that devoured Soul Power caused cracks to appear in her carapace.
When the sixth slash fell, three of Bibi Dong's eight spider legs had already been severed. Her dark-gold carapace was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and the red light in her compound eyes grew ever dimmer.
"Seventh slash!"
Shen Lian's body merged with the blade light, and a crimson dragon shadow roared from the blade.
Bibi Dong raised her remaining five spider legs with all her strength. Purple-black Soul Power formed one final shield before her.
And this time, when Shen Lian used the Whale Swallowing Nine-Fold Slash, unlike when he had faced the Clear Sky Sect Fifth Elder and wanted to test whether the ninth slash or the eighty-first strike of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique was stronger, he did not hold back. This slash contained ninety percent of his Soul Power. Before the blade light even arrived, the ground had already been pressed into a ravine several yards deep.
Crack—
The sound of the shield shattering was crisp and piercing, while all