Before Shen Luo could steady himself, a figure flickered through the nearby void. Nine-Headed Insect appeared like a ghost, and a silver flash slashed toward Shen Luo's neck—it was the Crescent Magical Treasure.
Though Shen Luo was unsteady, his reaction was incredibly swift. He scooped Wuman'er up with his left arm, flipped his right hand to draw the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword, and swept it out in a rapid horizontal slash, calmly blocking the Crescent Magical Treasure's strike.
A look of astonishment appeared on Nine-Headed Insect's face. With a turn of his wrist, the Crescent Magical Treasure transformed into seven phantoms that stabbed toward various parts of Shen Luo's body.
Shen Luo waved his right hand, and sword light surged from the Demon-Slaying Remnant Sword as it danced around him.
Clang! Clang! Clang...
With seven successive thunderous clashes, Shen Luo blocked all seven of Nine-Headed Insect's attacks.
Shen Luo was both shocked and delighted. In his demonic energy eruption state, his strength was astonishingly powerful. Nine-Headed Insect before him was at least a Late True Immortal Stage cultivator, yet Shen Luo could fight him almost evenly!
Nine-Headed Insect was likewise furious and alarmed. Blood light surged around him, while the Crescent Magical Treasure in his hand shone brilliantly and unleashed a storm-like barrage.
Shen Luo met his attacks with composure, and the two figures clashed fiercely.
The longer Nine-Headed Insect fought, the more alarmed he became. The murderous aura emanating from this Human Race brat was truly terrifying. Though he barely suppressed his mind and prevented the murderous aura from affecting him, he could only wield sixty to seventy percent of his strength. Coupled with his severe injuries from before, which had yet to recover, he was unable to defeat Shen Luo for the moment.
Shen Luo, on the other hand,