Chapter 556: Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor?
Whoosh, whoosh! The instant the Fire Dragon Sword rested against the cultivator's shoulder, countless tiny sword rays burst from it and shot toward his face.
Swish, swish! The black cloth covering the cultivator's face shredded into wisps of black silk and drifted down, revealing a pale, unfamiliar face. He had not suffered so much as a scratch. Clearly, Li Xiaoya's control over his sword rays had reached an even higher level.
"What?!" At Li Xiaoya's words, cold sweat streamed down the cultivator's face. He stammered, unable to get anything out.
"Hmph! You had the guts to ambush me, but not to tell me who you are?" Li Xiaoya snorted repeatedly. He was rather puzzled, too. This cultivator looked completely unfamiliar and did not seem to belong to any of the major sects.
"We're just rogue cultivators!" The cultivator's expression changed. His lips moved before he finally managed to speak. Then he hastily pleaded, "Senior Li! We were only following someone's orders! Please spare me, Senior Li!"
"Oh!" Li Xiaoya said in realization. "So you're rogue cultivators!"
Meanwhile, the humanoid figure formed from the golden ball of light had already caught up behind the other cultivator, clutching two sword rays dozens of zhang long. This golden figure was a divine ability Li Xiaoya had cultivated after reaching the eighth level of the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art: an incarnation of his physical might. The golden giant possessed forty percent of Li Xiaoya's cultivation in that art. At some point, the cultivator had taken out a bronze mirror gleaming with black light and was continuously firing pitch-black beams at the golden figure. Sword rays flared in the figure's hands, unleashing countless golden sword rays that struck the pitch-black beams and blasted them away amid thunderous crashes.
Then the golden