Shing!
Just then, the Blade-Sharpening Boy, having steadied his breathing, suddenly swept forward with mountain-toppling, sea-overturning blade force, transforming into a flaming blade shadow nearly a hundred zhang long as he slashed down at Beiguo Xiao, who still stood motionless.
Bang!
But to everyone's surprise, when the hundred-zhang blade shadow was still over ten zhang from Xu Taiping's head, the twin-dragon-shaped protective blade flames around Xu Taiping suddenly surged out and scattered it.
The Blade-Sharpening Boy crashed to the ground in a sorry state.
And Xu Taiping, sheltered within the twin dragons of blade flame, finally opened his eyes.
Boom!
The instant he opened his eyes, the blade flames around him suddenly shot Sky-Piercing into the sky, shattering countless restriction runes atop the Blade-Testing Pavilion.
Meanwhile, the blade qi spreading from his body pierced the surrounding barrier and slashed incessantly at the spectators like real blades.
The watching disciples of the Profound Elixir Palace had no choice but to bring out their treasures and weapons to block it.
Even so, not a single person chose to leave.
For they could sense that they might soon witness a scene worthy of being recorded in their sect's annals.
Boom!
At that moment, the aura around the Blade-Sharpening Boy, who had already risen, swelled again.
At the same time, the Blade-Sharpening Boy placed his hand on his blade's hilt and spoke in an utterly emotionless voice:
"Draw."
For a moment, every gaze in the Blade-Testing Pavilion fell upon Xu Taiping.
Still immersed in his comprehension of the ultimate realm, Xu Taiping glanced expressionlessly at the Blade-Sharpening Boy, then nodded slightly and placed his hand on his blade's hilt.
Thoom!
The instant his hand touched the hilt, all the blade qi radiating from Xu Taiping suddenly flowed into the blade qi of the Spring-Slaying