After only a single exchange, Zhunti was actually wounded. One of the two streaks of sword light struck him, making him grunt as blood splashed across the scene and sent him staggering backward.
Minghe's Way of Slaughter was actually this ferocious!
The five Saints watching could not help but sigh inwardly. If they wanted to suppress Minghe, Zhunti alone would likely find it very difficult.
Yet the five Saints remained still, continuing to let Zhunti fight Minghe alone while they observed, seeking to discern Minghe's true capabilities.
At the same time, they searched for Minghe's weaknesses so that, when they truly acted, they could seal him smoothly.
Minghe was the first being they knew of in the Primordial World to attain the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
He was truly no ordinary figure.
They also wanted to know exactly how Minghe had attained Dao. Of the three methods of Dao attainment, Dao Proving Through Merit could be ruled out.
That left Dao Proving Through Strength and Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses. Which method had Minghe used?
Dao Proving Through Strength should have been impossible, considering it was the most difficult path.
Could it have been Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses?
The gazes of the Saints flickered slightly, with Laozi especially concerned about this point.
After all, he had once severed all three corpses. He had only needed to take the final step, merging the three corpses into one, to attain Dao.
But he had failed. The fusion of the three corpses had failed, and he had not succeeded.
He could only settle for the next best option and attain Dao through merit like the others.
This was a lingering sore point for Laozi. Thus, if Minghe had truly attained Dao by Severing the Three Corpses, Laozi had to seek his guidance and learn the reason why.
Meanwhile, in that brief flash of lightning, the battle between Minghe and Zhunti continued.
Minghe's sword had wounded Zhunti. As Zhunti retreated, he continuously dissolved the power of the Law of Slaughter that had invaded his body.
The shock he felt toward Minghe was barely concealed.
This man's destructive power was far too terrifying, wasn't it?
Not only could his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree not withstand it, but even his Saint's body had been wounded with a single slash?
Zhunti's heart stirred, and he hastily summoned Heavenly Dao Power to heal his injuries.
The Heavenly Dao Power of the Primordial World was vast and mighty. Though Zhunti could use only a tiny portion of it, it was still no trifling matter.
Naturally, it posed no problem in healing the injuries Minghe had inflicted upon him.
At the same time, Zhunti also used Heavenly Dao Power to bless his own body.
In an instant, Zhunti's strength increased by more than tenfold.
Steadying himself and looking at Minghe, Zhunti's face revealed a calm expression.
A green banner emerged above his head, blooming with a thousand green lotuses that defended his entire body.
Minghe's eyes lit up at the sight of this banner. It was none other than one of the Five Directional Flags, the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.
"Fellow Daoist Minghe, shall we continue?" Zhunti asked with a smile.
But Minghe said nothing. Suddenly, his primordial spirit escaped from his physical body and transformed into a Blood River.
It lunged toward the two swords, and in an instant, the two crimson sword lights swelled a hundredfold.
Before the horrified eyes of the Saints, they suddenly shot toward Zhunti!
This was simply a heaven-shaking move!
The Saints had already held Minghe in extremely high regard, but who could have expected that after Zhunti had been blessed by Heavenly Dao Power and increased his strength tenfold—
Minghe would erupt with power dozens of times greater than before?
Just what Dao had Minghe attained?
Even Severing the Three Corpses should not have been this outrageous, should it?
As the Saints were shocked and horrified, they knew Zhunti could never withstand Minghe's strike. At this moment, two more Saints made their move.
Yuanshi threw out a jade ruyi that bloomed with three-colored light. In a flash, it leaped into the sky and smashed down at Minghe's physical body.
It seemed he intended to destroy Minghe's body while his primordial spirit had left it.
Jieyin, worried for Zhunti, sent out a Twelve-Layered Treasure Pagoda. Golden light burst forth for ten thousand zhang as it pursued the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword, which had merged with Minghe's primordial spirit.
As for the other three Saints—Laozi, Tongtian, and Nuwa—they remained composed and did not act.
After all, three Saints had already joined the battle. In a three-against-one fight, surely they could not still lose?
Meanwhile, Zhunti watched as Minghe suddenly erupted, sending his primordial spirit into his magic treasures and controlling the twin swords as they came to slay him.
Zhunti was both startled and delighted. He was startled that Minghe was so reckless—did he really think this was a one-on-one duel?
He was delighted because Minghe would surely suffer grave injuries by taking this opportunity. After all, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi Yuanshi had thrown out was no mere decoration.
Once it struck, even if Minghe's body was not blasted apart on the spot, he would at least lose his head!
The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi struck directly at the crown of the head, and its power was unfathomable. Even Zhunti, also a Saint, feared it greatly.
Minghe was merely a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal without the ability to be immortal and indestructible. How dare he be so presumptuous?
Zhunti felt no fear at all. He poured magic power into the Green Lotus Treasure Banner, causing more and more lotuses to layer around him as he prepared to defend against Minghe's desperate strike!
That was right. In Zhunti's eyes, Minghe was making a desperate gamble, disregarding all consequences in an attempt to kill him.
Though he cursed Minghe as a madman inwardly, Zhunti also knew that Minghe's attack was no trivial matter and that he had to meet it with everything he had.
Fortunately, he had the Green Lotus Treasure Banner!
This was Zhunti's final thought.
Because in the next instant, the twin swords controlled by Minghe's primordial spirit had arrived, surging with boundless, turbulent blood-red light.
In nearly the blink of an eye, they streaked through the sky and reached Zhunti.
Countless hundreds of millions of green lotuses filled the void. Such a defense could certainly be called formidable.
But in the next moment, as the blood-red light slashed forth, Zhunti's expression abruptly changed.
That blood-red light was simply too fierce and too sharp. The terrifying sword light directly destroyed every green lotus in its path.
It pierced straight through.
The crimson sword light flashed, and Zhunti knew nothing more.
Because he had been slain.
Only then did Jieyin's Twelve-Layered Treasure Pagoda barely arrive. It descended and covered Zhunti's physical body.
At least it prevented the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword from destroying it completely.
But even so, Jieyin could only watch as the Green Lotus Treasure Banner was swept away by the sword light and stolen.
Another single sword strike.
With just one sword strike, Minghe had actually slain Zhunti.
He had slain a Saint!
Such an achievement was simply horrifying beyond belief.
If they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, no one could have imagined it.
After all, who could have expected a Saint to be so vulnerable?
One sword wounded him, and one sword killed him.
It was that clean and decisive.
"Boom!"
At the same time, Yuanshi Tianzun's Three Treasures Jade Ruyi smashed down fiercely toward Minghe's head.
In the next instant, it seemed certain to blow Minghe's head apart and splash blood everywhere.
But at that very moment, Minghe suddenly opened his eyes, a faint smile appearing on his face.
A ruler appeared above Minghe's head. Streams of Xuanhuang Qi descended from it, blocking the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
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