"Swish!"
Amid that startled cry-
The sword light formed by the fusion of Dugu Qingxiao's Primordial Spirit and his Life-Bound Flying Sword abruptly shifted from vertical to horizontal without warning, stretching across the Sword Platform like a Spatial Rift.
At the same time-
Lotus flames condensed from sword gang, exuding an aura of destruction, appeared alongside that sword light.
Seen from afar-
They resembled the fiery sparks that scattered when a hammer struck red-hot iron.
"Bang!"
Amid the deafening collision-
The eighteen layers of protective sword gang around Cui Tiegu, who had only just risen to his feet, shattered in an instant.
Almost simultaneously-
Cui Tiegu stamped his large foot forward with a smack.
Then Cui Tiegu's figure vanished from where he stood, as though through Instantaneous Movement.
When he appeared again-
Cui Tiegu stood behind Dugu Qingxiao's true body, sword in hand.
At that moment, if Cui Tiegu severed the head of Dugu Qingxiao's true body with a single stroke, Dugu Qingxiao would surely perish in both body and soul.
When the Primordial Spirit left the body, the true body was extremely vulnerable.
So even a hasty sword strike from Cui Tiegu could easily destroy this fleshly body of Dugu Qingxiao's.
"Swish!"
But the instant Cui Tiegu planted his feet-
The Sword Flight Dugu Qingxiao had become through his Primordial Spirit appeared horizontally behind his fleshly body without warning, with a boom.
"Bang!"
Amid the tremendous crash, Dugu Qingxiao's sword light, which seemed to have cleaved space itself, sent Cui Tiegu flying backward with a single slash.
Had Cui Tiegu not abruptly unleashed all his true essence and qi and blood the instant the sword light struck him, relying on his overwhelming advantage in cultivation realm to forcibly withstand Dugu Qingxiao's strike-
He would likely have already fallen off