"Boom!..."
Just as the crowd below was buzzing with discussion, another deafening qi explosion suddenly rang out atop the platform.
Then everyone saw the blade qi surrounding Beiguo Xiao abruptly transform into burning purple-gold feathers.
In an instant, a surge of aura brimming with destruction swept out with terrifying pressure, making the entire Blade-Testing Pavilion shudder.
The ancient restrictions laid throughout the Blade-Testing Pavilion lit up one after another.
A translucent blue-green barrier enveloped the entire platform in the center of the Blade-Testing Pavilion.
Yet even with these layers of restrictions, the terrifying aura spreading from Beiguo Xiao still battered the crowd like a raging tide, wave after wave.
In the blink of an eye, Beiguo Xiao's aura had already become a match for the Blade-Sharpening Boy's true body.
The watching disciples of the Profound Elixir Palace all felt a chill run down their spines.
That was the Blade-Sharpening Boy's true body!
That was the Blade-Sharpening Boy, one of the Profound Elixir Palace's greatest trump cards!
Never in their dreams had they imagined that Beiguo Xiao, whom they had always regarded as a joke, could match this legendary being in the aura of his fighting strength.
But just as everyone thought this was the limit of the aura Beiguo Xiao and the Blade-Sharpening Boy could unleash, the "Thump, thump, thump!" of battlefield drums suddenly resounded throughout the Blade-Testing Pavilion.
When everyone came to their senses, they saw that the platform where Beiguo Xiao and the Blade-Sharpening Boy stood had already become the startling sight of a battlefield wreathed in smoke.
"An illusion?"
"No, it's not an illusion. It's blade intent manifestation!"
The watching Profound Elixir Palace disciples initially thought they had fallen into an illusion, but some disciples well versed in blade techniques soon realized that it was merely the