"What on earth is that thing?!"
Only then did the crowd, who had still been immersed in Xu Taiping's sword strike, finally come to their senses, their faces filling with horror.
After getting a clear look at the enormous dragon's head, Yun Shiliu of the Three Sovereigns Dao Palace cried out in disbelief:
"To kill Xu Taiping, Nine Abysses has actually summoned the Chi Dragon, a Yin Demon Beast it raised in the Land of Chaos beyond the heavens!"
In the Shangqing Realm, only high-level cultivators such as Yun Shiliu knew that Nine Abysses raised vast numbers of Yin Demon Beasts in the Land of Chaos beyond the heavens.
Among these Yin Demon Beasts, the Chi Dragon, nurtured from the resentment and bones of True Dragons, ranked among the foremost in killing power.
Smack!
Under the horrified gazes of the cultivators, the Mysterious Origin Avatar beside Xu Taiping, which had yet to dissipate, shoved his true body away with all its strength before the Chi Dragon could pounce on him, then swung a fist at the beast.
Boom!
The Mysterious Origin Avatar, which had already been on the verge of dissipating, abruptly exploded the instant its fist struck the Chi Dragon.
Seeing Xu Taiping escape death and salvage his life, everyone watching let out a long breath.
"You bastard!"
At the sight, Fairy Lingyue cursed, her face blazing with fury amid her alarm.
Then, without hesitation, she took out the Confucian Sect Sacred Treasure hidden within her divine soul, intending to use it to unleash the power of Word-Follows-Law and slay the Chi Dragon from afar.
This had originally been the final trump card she had prepared to save Xu Taiping.
But the price was enormous: it would very likely shatter her painstakingly repaired divine soul once again.
She had