(Third update)
Although Sun Xing had reacted, he still had not expected Li Xiaoya to be so fast. He had thought that after decades of painstaking cultivation, Li Xiaoya would surely be no match for him now. Who knew the gap between them seemed to have only grown wider? Had all those decades of bitter training been wasted? At that thought, bitterness welled up in his heart.
Sun Xing possessed formidable divine abilities, but Li Xiaoya hated him to the bone and was determined to kill him. He had unleashed his full strength from the outset, leaving Sun Xing no room to resist. That sword strike was about to slay his mortal enemy.
Suddenly!
An intensely frigid aura surged toward his back, making Li Xiaoya's skin prickle. Clearly, the attack coming from behind was no ordinary one. Even if he killed Sun Xing, he might not come out unscathed himself. But he had absolute confidence in his defenses. "Die!" he roared. Golden light erupted behind him as he pursued Sun Xing and brought his sword crashing down. Its shrill whistle through the air made Sun Xing's scalp crawl. Suddenly, Sun Xing's expression changed to one of astonishment. Purple flame erupted, and he vanished into thin air.
Whoosh! A look of regret crossed Li Xiaoya's face as his sword struck empty air. Boom! Golden and red light exploded, and a bottomless chasm was cleaved into the ground. Crack, crack, crack! The chasm shot forward as the earth split apart. Boom, boom, boom! Several large trees ahead were cut through, and the strike continued onward, leaving a chasm nearly a hundred zhang long in the ground. The power of Li Xiaoya's single sword strike was terrifyingly sharp.
Boom! Clang! At that moment, Li Xiaoya felt as though something weighing tens of millions