As Xiahou Qingyuan spoke, the sword qi around him carried murderous intent, sweeping across the entire Heavenly Hero Ferry like a sudden hurricane.
Everyone who sensed that aura shuddered, whether they were cultivators or not, no matter how high their cultivation.
"So that was it."
Inside a private room in the Gathering Wind Tower's teahouse.
After hearing Xiahou Qingyuan declare, "The barrier will break, and I will kill you," Xu Taiping, standing by the window, nodded in realization.
"Elder Brother Xiahou wants to force Li Yezhu to reveal himself with his kindling sword intent. He can't be bothered to play cat and mouse with him."
Xu Taiping smiled.
"What a gambling house's banker fears most is a gambler who can't bear to lose and simply flips the table."
Fairy Lingyue, standing beside Xu Taiping, smiled as well.
"But I never expected the Nine Abysses to fear the Heavenly Fire Variant Bone so much. To eliminate it, they not only sent the Demon Seed Yellow Hound, but even had Li Yezhu, the renowned Demonic General of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, lying in ambush."
Xu Taiping murmured with a frown.
When Li Yezhu first appeared, both he and Fairy Lingyue had been startled, for even the powerful Lotus Eye had failed to detect him.
"Shing!..."
Just as the two were speaking, a blade cry suddenly exploded between heaven and earth.
Immediately afterward, countless strands of black blade qi glowing with an eerie, multicolored light "clawed" toward Xiahou Qingyuan and the others aboard the immortal boat from every direction, like the talons of demons.
"Li Yezhu has made his move!"
Xu Taiping had fought Li Yezhu in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and recognized his blade techniques at a glance.
"His blade techniques have neither shadow nor form. There's simply no way to counter