"Bang!"
In a mere instant, the "mist" that had been held outside the Mountain Spirit Blade Domain surged into it all at once.
"He forcibly broke through Xu Taiping's Blade Domain with Blade Qi alone..."
At the sight, a fine sheen of sweat formed on Sword Immortal Qionghua's forehead.
Had she not seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that Blade Qi could break a Blade Domain.
"Xu Taiping seems rather unlucky this time. This Blade Slave has developed a desire to best him. It looks as though he has no intention of letting him ascend the tower."
The old Martial God Zhu Huai frowned.
Beside him, the King of Chu's furrowed brow suddenly relaxed.
Though he, too, cherished the Shangqing Realm's talented cultivators, if he had to choose someone to reach the tower's summit, he would certainly still choose the Third Prince, Chu Yinan.
"As long as Xu Taiping doesn't reach the eleventh floor today, Yinan still has hope."
The King of Chu folded his arms across his chest and murmured with a solemn expression.
"Bang!"
Just then, the mistlike Blade Qi that had breached Xu Taiping's Blade Domain defenses and surged inside abruptly enveloped him.
In a mere instant, this mistlike Blade Qi broke through one layer of Xu Taiping's Protective Gang Qi.
"Boom!..."
Drawing on the power of the Mountain Spirit Blade Domain, Xu Taiping slashed out, cutting an opening through the blade mist around him.
But immediately, the severed blade mist gathered again and began assailing his Protective Gang Qi once more.
"Bang!..."
Within mere moments, the second of Xu Taiping's nine layers of protective blade Gang Qi shattered beneath the blade mist's assault.
"There's simply no defending against this kind of Blade Qi. Once it entangles you, all you can do