Sword Mystic Qi swept in every direction amid rolling thunderclaps. Three swords circled, darting back and forth as the thunder marsh descended. Violet-crimson lightning drowned the entire area, its heavenly roar crashing against the clear, lustrous glow of pearls and jade.
Nan Xiu had already reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, yet Xu Xuan was not at a disadvantage in the slightest. He had even begun to press his opponent back.
Whenever the pearlescent glow formed from Xin Metal surged toward him, most of it scattered upon meeting the lightning on Xu Xuan's swords, unable to withstand it.
Seeing this, Nan Xiu's silver eyes showed faint traces of white frost. He drove the pitch-black Baleful Qi pagoda in his hand with all his strength. Dark baleful energy swept out, swallowing light and silencing sound. It could indeed counter the lightning.
This was not Xu Xuan's first encounter with the Baleful Qi lineage. Since his opponent had deliberately brought it out, it presumably countered Shock Thunder. Back in the Wilderness of Witches, Shuchun had used Banquet Radiance Mountain's Baleful Qi formation to hold Xu Xuan off for a long time. Encountering it again now, he was naturally on his guard.
I wonder what deeds the great one of this lineage performed to gain some power over lightning.
Fortunately, this countering effect was nowhere near as overwhelming as Shock Thunder's advantage over Xin Metal. Xu Xuan gripped Pure Essence. Moonlight shone everywhere, spilling clear radiance, and a bright moon gradually appeared above the thunder marsh.
The first time he wielded this Greater Yin Dharma Sword, Xu Xuan sensed its marvels. Greater Yin moonlight sealed off their surroundings, and when the sword struck, it could all but ignore the distance between them. This was the wondrous Void Reflection: the tender moon shared across a thousand