Unlike when he had activated the Two Polarity Chessboard Pearl at the Golden Core stage, the pieces within it no longer moved sluggishly.
Now, powered by his Nascent Soul cultivation, the pieces almost instantly transformed into black-and-white armored soldiers and charged at Qingxi True Lord.
Qingxi True Lord proved worthy of his Nascent Soul True Lord title. The moment he entered, he bit through his tongue, using the pain to shake himself free of the Blood Soul Pearl's illusion.
He also activated a blue-and-red spirit tower treasure and placed it before him.
This spirit tower was called the Hidden Sword Tower, a fifth-stage treasure Green River True Lord had given him. Ten thousand swords lay hidden within it.
Even though Qingxi True Lord was not a sword cultivator, the treasure still unleashed tremendous power in his hands.
As he activated it, more than ten thousand flying swords shot out, with spectral souls driving them.
Clearly, some of the beast souls the Green River Sect had harvested in the Azure Cloud Sea Region had ended up inside this Hidden Sword Tower.
Sword light poured down, shredding many of the surrounding chess pieces and preventing them from getting anywhere near Qingxi True Lord.
For the moment, the Chessboard Pearl could only trap him, not kill him.
Just then, yellow radiance surged, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor charged inside as well.
The moment he entered, he lunged straight at Qingxi True Lord, his claw light vicious and terrifying.
As the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor closed in, metallic clangs rang out incessantly, but the sharp swords only left slash marks on his scales.
They could not inflict any real damage on the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, who had already pressed close to engage in a deadly melee.
Qingxi True Lord was horrified. He