"Roooar!..."
At that moment, driven by Shen Li's full power, the two Sword Qi fire dragons formed from the true intent of Boiling Stone and Melting Gold roared amid the torrential rain, then charged at Xu Taiping together.
"Smack!"
Seeing this, Xu Taiping's gaze sharpened. He abruptly raised his blade and stepped forward, then slashed toward the two fire dragons.
"Boom!..."
The instant he struck, Xu Taiping became one with the Water-Cutting Blade in his hand, transforming into a dazzling blade light more than a hundred zhang long, flickering with sparks of electricity, and slashed at one of the fire dragons.
"Whoosh!..."
Amid the piercing whistle of cleaved air, everyone discovered to their astonishment that Xu Taiping had severed the head of the fire dragon formed from the Sword Qi and true intent of Boiling Stone and Melting Gold with a single stroke.
"Dragon-Slaying Form, slaying a fire dragon. Just right."
Looking at the fire dragon whose head he had severed, the deathly pale Xu Taiping's lips curved slightly as he murmured to himself.
"Pfft!..."
But just as he prepared to use the Dragon-Slaying Form again to sever the other fire dragon's head, an agonizing pain that tore at his divine soul sent the qi and blood within him surging uncontrollably through his meridians, ultimately making him spit blood and cough incessantly once more.
"Roar!"
At that very moment, the other fire dragon roared and slammed its tail hard into Xu Taiping.
"Bam!"
Amid the tremendous crash, the dragon's tail sent Xu Taiping flying backward, tearing a large chunk of flesh from his waist.
"Shing!"
Just as everyone thought Xu Taiping would be unable to fight after that blow, another snow-bright blade light shot from the edge of the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform amid a piercing ring of blade light.
"Whoosh!"