Xu Taiping was not surprised that his identity had been discovered.
After all, when he unleashed the Great Sage Fist, he had already prepared himself to be recognized. Besides, with the Nine Abysses' omnipresent informants, it had only been a matter of time before they confirmed his identity.
As he thought this, Xu Taiping assumed the Mountain-Bearing Form's fist stance, and a golden phantom resembling a bull demon, formed of golden light, enveloped him.
"Bang!"
Devil Master Tianxing's blood-red blade hacked heavily into the golden bull demon phantom. Although the blow made the phantom waver and scatter, the Mountain-Bearing Form's recoil ultimately sent the blade bouncing away.
Although Xu Taiping's cultivation was only at Profound Connection, and his physique was merely the Python Flood Dragon Physique, he had now comprehended the ultimate intent of the Martial Dao, and his understanding of the Great Sage Fist was far beyond what it had been during the Golden Scale Assembly.
Thus, it was almost impossible for Devil Master Tianxing to break his Mountain-Bearing Form with cultivation at the same realm.
"A martial artist who has comprehended the ultimate intent of the Martial Dao really is hard to kill!"
Rather than becoming angry or annoyed when Xu Taiping blocked his strike, Devil Master Tianxing grew particularly excited.
"Shing!"
As he spoke, he raised his blade and hacked forward again, giving Xu Taiping no chance to change his fist stance.
"Swish!"
The instant the Blood Blade slashed out, blade shadows transformed into Blood-Colored Threads, enveloping the protective golden light released by Xu Taiping's Mountain-Bearing Form.
Xu Taiping had experienced this move firsthand when he first encountered Devil Master Tianxing.
The blade technique was called the Thousand Silk Blade, and it was Devil Master Tianxing's most proficient blade technique. With a single slash, its blade shadows