The Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword kept vanishing from sight, teleporting before its targets and launching sudden attacks.
Apart from supreme masters such as the Three Immortals and Two Elders and Master Youtan, and supreme immortal swords such as Purple Ying and Green So, which could sense it, everyone else fell at a single blow.
In mere moments, the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword had killed forty-one people. Besides numerous Emei Sect disciples, the dead included members of other sects and independent cultivators who had come to support Emei.
The Demon Sword drank its fill of human blood and absorbed vast amounts of primordial spirit essence qi, raising its unleashed power by several more levels!
Qi Shouming had Xun Lanyin gather everyone remaining together and link the radiance of their flying swords and treasures into a single protective barrier, defending with all their strength.
He then ordered the finest disciples, including the Three Heroes and Two Clouds, forward to surround and attack the Demon Sword.
Purple Ying and Green So formed the Purple-Green Unity.
Golden Alligator, Water Mother, Heavenly Roar, Yang Soul, Red Su, Black Tortoise, and Azure Spirit formed the unity of the Seven Cultivated Swords.
Together with Qi Xia'er's Heavenly Dragon Demon-Subduing Swords, the three sets totaled eighteen swords. Once again, they surrounded the Demon Sword, this time seeking not to destroy it but merely to trap it for a while.
The Three Immortals and Two Elders, together with Xun Lanyin, acted simultaneously, each raising a Pure Yang Pearl and twelve banner gates into the air. Together, they would construct the Two-Polarity Dust-Mote Formation to imprison the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword.
The Demon Sword was exceedingly alert. Through heavenly demon sensation, it immediately understood their intentions. Its bloody radiance first became a thousand-zhang sword rainbow, soaring into the sky like