"Whoosh!"
Almost the instant he recognized Sword Fiend's Divine-Human Variant Bone, Sword Fiend slashed his sword down at Dugu Qingxiao before him without warning.
"Boom!"
With a single stroke, Dugu Qingxiao and the eighteen layers of illusory lotuses around him were cleaved in two.
"Bang!"
Only when Dugu Qingxiao's body burst into a cloud of blood mist did everyone in and around the stands react.
None of them had expected it.
Sword Fiend was so powerful that Dugu Qingxiao, who had undergone Nirvanic Annihilation four times, could not withstand even one stroke of his sword!
After slaying Dugu Qingxiao with one stroke, Sword Fiend, his body composed of Divine-Human Variant Bone, stood straight on the Sword Platform with his sword in hand. Gazing at the spot where Dugu Qingxiao had vanished, he said haughtily:
"Don't think This Old Man doesn't know what you're scheming."
As he spoke, he gave the Youlong Sword in his hand a forceful flick, then continued:
"You dare scheme against This Old Man."
"This Old Man will kill you until you can't even wield nirvana power and end up a wandering ghost!"
Just as Sword Fiend had said, this time, half a cup of tea's worth of time passed before the enormous Red Lotus slowly appeared on the Sword Platform.
His heart still pounding with fear, Xu Taiping finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Red Lotus.
But Xu Taiping's emotions had only just settled when Sword Fiend raised the Youlong Sword in his hand again and delivered another slash at the enormous Red Lotus.
This time, the sword intent Sword Fiend displayed was even more terrifying.
Xu Taiping's heart seized, and he sensed that something was wrong.
"Boom!"
Just as Xu Taiping had feared, Sword Fiend slew both the Red Lotus and