Boundless light illuminated heaven and earth, annihilating Youyan's remnant soul. Wherever it shone directly, his enormous body vanished without a trace.
This was a clash without the slightest trickery. Even if the Demon Venerable's remnant soul was undying and could regenerate from his blood essence, this mutual erosion, particle by particle, would still reduce him to ashes.
Senior Brother He and Xi Yuanlin stared in a daze, for the saber light continued onward, enveloping them as well.
By the time they reacted, their heads had already parted from their bodies.
Zuo Zhongliang had not noticed their presence. Like Xi Yuanlin, he was only in the Core Formation Realm, and his cultivation and dharma power were considerably weaker. He merely excelled at combat, and his many campaigns had made him all the more decisive in killing.
Moreover, the enemy he was focused entirely on was Youyan. He had no attention to spare for them.
Yet after piercing the Demon Venerable Youyan's avatar, the saber light cut them down as well.
They were fish caught in the burning moat.
"Aah!"
Time seemed to return to normal in an instant. Xi Yuanlin possessed Core Formation cultivation, while the essence of his soul had reached the advanced stages of late Core Formation, giving it some characteristics of a nascent soul.
He lasted longer than Senior Brother He, but suffered far more pain as a result.
He personally experienced the agony of his body bursting apart beneath the rays formed from that saber light, disintegrating into countless fragments.
The double blow to his flesh and soul nearly drove him mad on the spot.
But just then, the ensuing saber light dimmed.
Zuo Zhongliang, who should have continued sustaining that radiant assault, had burned through all his vitality. His saber-wielding hand drooped.
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