For besides the aid of the Treading the Sea Army's battle intent, the Water-Cutting Blade had an ability known only to him-Seven Blades, Certain Kill.
Although the Water-Cutting Blade's current grade certainly would not let it shatter the black crystal formed from the Primordial Lord's Origin Demon Seed Power within seven strikes, things were different with the aid of the Treading the Sea Army's battle intent.
Thus, in Xu Taiping's eyes, the Water-Cutting Blade would surely slay the Primordial Lord.
"Bang!"
After exhausting this last bit of power, the Giant Dragon manifested from Sword Qi abruptly shattered.
Then Xu Taiping's true body, as thin as a bundle of firewood, fell straight from the sky.
At this point, he no longer had the strength to ride the wind and could only let his body fall.
"Clang..."
But just as he fell...
The thirty thousand flying swords, their spiritual power almost exhausted, suddenly seemed to take turns in a relay.
One sword after another lifted Xu Taiping's body.
From afar, Xu Taiping looked like a feather, drifting slowly down from the sky.
As it happened, the afterglow of the Pearl Relic House Master's Literary Heart fell upon Xu Taiping, gilding his emaciated body with a layer of "gold leaf."
It made the scene look strange, yet touched with an air of sanctity.
"Plop!..."
At last, supported by the three swords-Rusty Lion, Kunwu, and Human Sovereign-Xu Taiping's body settled onto the water.
At the same time, with a thunderous bang, the black crystal in which the Primordial Lord hid nearby was finally split by the Water-Cutting Blade.
The Primordial Lord's head, already stripped of its power, appeared beneath the Water-Cutting Blade's edge.
Then, as Xu Taiping lay quietly on the water, he heard the Primordial Lord declare:
"Xu Taiping, before that battle just