"Chirr!"
Just as the long blade in Blade Slave's hand was about to sink fully into its sheath, a cicada's cry suddenly exploded.
Then the golden blade flames that had been dancing ceaselessly before Blade Slave were abruptly frozen by an invisible blade force.
"Swish!"
The next moment, amid a piercing rush through the air, Xu Taiping's strike carried hundreds upon thousands of blade shadows condensed from blade qi and lightning, slashing at Blade Slave one after another with a flurry of swishes.
This was the Unceasing Blade Domain's Startling Cicada Form.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."
As those lightning-wreathed blade shadows slashed down incessantly, Blade Slave's protective gang qi kept shattering.
The blade force behind Xu Taiping's strike was undeniably domineering, and its blade qi undeniably sharp.
The problem was that for every inch Blade Slave's long blade entered its sheath, he could draw on the Wind Earl Aspect to condense numerous strands of protective blade qi.
Thus, even as the blade force of Xu Taiping's Startling Cicada Form was about to dissipate, he still had not completely broken through Blade Slave's protective blade qi.
"Clink!"
At that very moment, Blade Slave's long blade slid fully into its sheath.
"Boom!"
Amid a deafening blast of air, the protective blade qi around Blade Slave and the golden blade flames it had formed abruptly merged into a massive golden sphere, enveloping him completely.
The golden sphere looked as though it had been cast from gold.
From a distance, Blade Slave's figure was entirely invisible within it. Only up close could his exceedingly blurred silhouette barely be seen.
"Swish!"
With his blade force about to dissipate completely, Xu Taiping still did not give up. He raised the Thunder Soul Blade in his hand and slashed at the golden sphere.
"Bang!"
The collision between