"Chirr!-"
Just as heaven and earth fell deathly silent and everyone thought the strike was over, another piercing cicada cry seemed to bore through their ears, and the golden blade shadows lingering between heaven and earth suddenly converged in the same direction.
Looking toward where those golden blade shadows converged, they saw a figure gripping a saber hilt with both hands, swinging downward to cleave at the Ghost Lord ahead.
That figure was, of course, Xu Taiping.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, a blade shadow over a hundred zhang long, its blade covered in roaring golden flames, coalesced in Xu Taiping's hands.
Whoosh!
Amid a shrill rush through the air, Xu Taiping brought his blade down, and a golden blade mark appeared before the Ghost Lord like a rift in the sky.
Boom!
In an instant, the golden blade mark turned into surging blade qi that pierced straight through the Ghost Lord's body.
Bang!
The Ghost Lord's sword domain shattered.
Bang!
The Ghost Lord's protective sword gang shattered.
This was the Unceasing Blade Domain's Startling Cicada Form.
At this sight, Gu Qingcheng, Yun Ye, and the others all fell silent.
"A martial artist, a blade cultivator, and that terrifying means of condensing Origin Returning True Fire... among his peers at the same cultivation realm, how many could still fight him?"
Yun Ye's eyes were wide, both hands clenched tightly into fists.
Beside him, Luo Cheng gritted his teeth, his face filled with unwillingness, then shook his head slightly and said:
"None."
Whoosh!
As the two spoke, another tremendous sound rang out. After the Startling Cicada Form broke the Ghost Lord's sword domain and sword gang, Xu Taiping's true body gripped the Thunder Soul Blade and brought it down on the Ghost Lord's head with overwhelming force.
Bang!
Amid