The sword strike was far, far too fast. Bloodflame Demon King had only registered a flash before his eyes when the sword radiance was already upon him.
"Danger! Danger! Danger!"
Bloodflame Demon King was scared out of his wits. His pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively raised his arm to block.
Squelch!
The next instant, the sword radiance descended.
With a squelch, the sword radiance cleaved through Bloodflame Demon King's arm. He watched with his own eyes as his arm was severed in two.
Then...
Without the slightest pause, the sword radiance continued toward Bloodflame Demon King's demonic body.
"Hiss..."
Only then did the agonizing pain of his severed arm reach Bloodflame Demon King's nerves. He sucked in a cold breath, but he had no time to concern himself with the wound. Instead, sheer terror overtook his expression.
"No!"
Bloodflame Demon King roared. He wanted to fight back, to retreat, to dodge, but it was already too late!
Squelch!
The sword radiance descended.
Bloodflame Demon King's eyes widened. He saw with perfect clarity that the entire world before him had split in two. Yet he knew it was not the world that had split, but...
His own demonic body, which had been cleaved in two down the middle.
A perfectly clean cut!
An overwhelming dizziness welled up within him. Bloodflame Demon King felt his consciousness blur, while his life magic power plummeted at an astonishing speed.
Whoosh!
Space did not ripple, yet a figure abruptly appeared out of thin air within Bloodflame Demon King's sight.
Right in front of Divine Lord Hengyuan.
A young man.
A young man holding a Treasure Sword suffused with golden light!
"Q-Qin Hao..."
Bloodflame Demon King saw him clearly. The newcomer was none other than Qin Hao.
In truth, the instant Qin Hao's voice rang