Armor forged into weapons! Golden blades filled the sky!

You've set foot in Qingzhou.

Before he finished speaking, Lu Changgeng had already moved.

That sword strike was too fast; so fast that the Demon King only had time to tighten one section of its carapace before the sword blade sliced through the gap in the carapace, cutting all the way down along the grain.

Laugh--!

A large section of the tail was cleanly and neatly cut open, revealing the writhing flesh underneath.

This sword strike nearly severed its body and tail.

"Aaaaaah!"

The Demon King roared in pain, and his hundreds of segmented legs kicked wildly, sending pebbles flying all around him.

While writhing in pain, it subtly turned its head towards Yang Xiao.

It's no match for Lu Changgeng, but surely it can handle a brat like you?

Let's capture this kid first, and use him to blackmail Lu Changgeng into being hesitant to act rashly!

With a tug on its back, a piece of its carapace fell off, transforming into an even larger Golden Blade that swept straight toward Yang Xiao.

The Sky-Rending Wind Pattern beneath Yang Xiao's feet lifted him half a zhang to the side, the Golden Blade grazing the spot where he had been standing and plunging into the ground, lifting up a section of rock along with iron filings.

"You dare to get distracted?"

Lu Changgeng raised his hand, and the blade once again emitted a golden light.

Noticing the imposing presence behind him, the Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King had no choice but to divert some of its armor blades to defend itself.

In that instant of distraction, Yang Xiao's Water Pattern lit up.

He grabbed the last bit of moisture from the valley floor, turning it into several water ropes that wrapped around the row of legs that were straining to move.

The moment the Demon King's leg was pulled, his figure suddenly stopped.

Lu Changgeng's sword fell in that instant.

"Click."

Another sword strike landed, carving a huge gash in the latter's body and severing a section of its demonic form.

The two men, one in front and one behind, hadn't discussed any tactics with each other, yet their actions seemed to have been pre-arranged.

The Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King was forced to retreat dozens of feet, its body carving a deep trench into the mountainside behind it.

The body, which was tens of feet long, was covered with sword marks of all sizes, some of the deepest of which almost severed its own body.

"Good!"

"Great!"

The Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King glanced back at its current state, sneered, and its eyes were filled with determination.

Even with its powerful demonic body, it couldn't withstand being dissected inch by inch by Lu Changgeng.

If it continues to entangle, it won't wear Lu Changgeng down; instead, Lu Changgeng will slice it clean, piece by piece.

It didn't want to die like this.

Then the cold light in Fu's eyes shone brightest, and he suddenly struggled.

"Click--"

The shells that hadn't yet fallen off their backs were forcibly torn out of their flesh.

Foot joints, armor plates... every part that could be transformed into a weapon was peeled off one by one.

As the dark gold carapace was torn apart in pieces, it brought up clusters of demonic blood. Without pausing for a moment, it instead let out an extremely sharp screech.

It suddenly stretched out its body.

In that instant, hundreds of segmented legs and pieces of carapace detached from its body and rose into the air.

Hundreds of leg segments straightened out, transforming into long spears.

The dark gold shells tumbled and unfolded in mid-air, transforming into Golden Blade.

They hang in layers above the valley, like an inverted arsenal covered in golden thorns.

All the sharp edges were aimed at the two people in the valley.

At the bottom of the valley, only a bare body remained; all the parts of the body that could be used as weapons were gone. This was a desperate battle with no way out!

Hundreds of armor blades hung in the sky, their edges rotating slightly, emitting a fine metallic scraping sound.

It sounded like hundreds of knives spinning on the same whetstone, a dense, incessant cacophony that sent chills down one's spine.

"Since you insist on stopping me!"

Its voice came from that Golden Blade sky, sharp and piercing.

"Then they'll all stay here!"

The next moment, Golden Blade rained down like a storm!

Lu Changgeng's expression changed instantly.

Having interacted with the other party for nearly a century, he naturally recognized this familiar move.

This involves unleashing the full power of Core Illumination, at the cost of damaging the main body, to project all the energy that can be transformed into soldiers at once.

He could tell the other party was going to fight desperately, and his heart sank.

He can handle it himself, that's Yang Xiao...

The Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King swung its forelegs.

"Boom--!"

A shower of Golden Blade rained down from all directions.

The sounds of Golden Blade hitting the ground were continuous, indistinguishable from one another.

It was as if a storm of swords was falling in the valley.

The ground was constantly being pierced, rocks were blasted apart, abandoned furnaces collapsed into piles, and a wrecked minecart was shredded to pieces in an instant, with iron filings mixed with stone dust flying all over the valley.

Lu Changgeng's expression changed drastically.

He shattered several Golden Blades that were falling towards him with a single sword stroke, turned his head to look at Yang Xiao in the distance, and for the first time, his voice carried a clear sense of urgency.

"Come closer!"

The Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King had clearly anticipated that Lu Changgeng would do this.

It manipulated dozens of enormous carapace plates, sweeping horizontally through the air and forcefully cutting off the path between the two.

Immediately afterwards, golden blades rose from the ground, forming a dense wall of blades that cut the Weapon-Forging Valley in two.

Just as Yang Xiao took a few steps closer to Lu Changgeng, a massive array of armored blades crashed down in front of him.

The armor blade pierced deep into the ground, followed by several golden rays that completely separated the two.

Lu Changgeng frowned slightly.

He raised his sword to slash at the wall of blades, but as soon as the blade touched it, the Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King manipulated the other Golden Blade to attack from the side.

If he didn't sheathe his sword, this strike could have opened a gash in the wall of blades, but the dozen or so Golden Blade on the side would have landed on him.

He could only sheathe his sword.

He suddenly realized that the Demon King wasn't trying to fight him with swords, but rather to prevent him from using his hands to help the other party.

Lu Changgeng stopped trying to bypass the wall of blades.

He stood beneath a sky full of Golden Blade, his eyes suddenly blazing with golden light.

He slowly raised the sword in his hand.

The exquisitely refined Gold Pattern radiated outwards from the sword's body in concentric circles.

A moment later, a huge golden sword, several meters long, materialized in front of him.

The sword was so solid it seemed to be forged from fine iron, with Gold Pattern flowing along its spine, and a faint sound of metal clanging could be heard emanating from it.

Lu Changgeng gripped his sword with both hands and uttered a soft "Slash!"

"Buzz--!"

The enormous golden sword swept across, slicing all the falling Golden Blade, regardless of size, in two with clean, straight cuts, as if they had been drawn by a single line.

When the sword struck the wall of blades, it produced a deafening roar, slicing through several giant armor blades and clearing a path.

But the Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King continues to project new body parts.

As soon as a gap appeared in the wall of blades, more Golden Blade filled the gap.

Unable to see what was happening on the other side, Lu Changgeng became anxious and felt a pang of regret.

Yang Xiao should be advised to stay away; this Core Illumination Demon King is not so easy to deal with.

On the other side.

Yang Xiao did not rush to break through this "city wall".

He pulled up the moisture from the valley floor, causing it to condense into curtains of water in mid-air.

The Golden Blade fell extremely fast, and the water curtain only had a slight effect on slowing Golden Blade down, causing a slight pause in what was originally an impenetrable attack.

Whenever the Golden Blade came close, the Army-Breaking Spear would extend and deflect it.

The spearhead struck the metal-like body parts, producing a series of short, crisp sounds, managing to carve out a foothold amidst the barrage of Golden Blade.

Through the gap between the Golden Blade, he saw the Hundred-Footed Golden Centipede King.

The Demon King's shell had almost completely fallen off, leaving its front half naked and unprotected.

It dismantled everything it could to use as weapons, leaving itself vulnerable.

Although the Demon's body was already powerful, its defense was much weaker compared to when it was covered by a carapace.

Yang Xiao's eyes brightened slightly as he activated the Canglan Water Pattern, silently probing downwards from underground.