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The blade was drawn without regret, soaring to the heavens; the sword was unsheathed, leaning against the sky as it pointed toward the summit!
Beneath his slanted bangs, a trace of blood-red glimmered in his eyes. As the Three-Tomoe spun, Yang Ming stepped through the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, swift as lightning and fierce as a gale.
Amid a flurry of dense footsteps, Yang Ming abruptly closed the distance between himself and Ma Zida.
He gathered his breath and drew his sword in one seamless motion!
The Green Lotus Sword Art had long since become second nature to him. Sword Qi Like Lotus stacked nine layers of sword qi together in a single breath, creating a sword beam as wide as a door panel, terrifying like a bolt of lightning.
Sshk!
Under that astonishing slash, the Heavy Water Shield surrounding Ma Zida could no longer bear the strain.
It could easily withstand Zhu Zhuqing's attacks and block Yang Ming's ordinary sword qi, but before the ninefold-stacked sword qi, it was instantly split open down the middle!
Before Ma Zida's horrified gaze, Yang Ming brought his sword down from the top of his head, cleaving him cleanly in two!
However!
Ma Zida's second Soul Ring on his back had been lit from the very beginning!
Yang Ming frowned. From the sensation transmitted through his blade, he sensed something strange.
When he saw that Ma Zida's cleaved body contained neither flesh nor bones, a hint of surprise appeared on his face as well.
Ma Zida's body, split into two, wriggled for a moment before suddenly scattering apart into fist-sized droplets that merged into the Heavy Water.
On the other side of the hollow, arched Heavy Water Shield, bubbles rose through the liquid with a gurgling sound, and Ma Zida's figure emerged