Facing Yuanlingzi's undying, inextinguishable blade force, Xu Taiping showed not a trace of fear in his eyes. He simply assumed a blade-drawing stance again and asked Dongfang Yuejian without looking back:
"Yuejian, noon is almost here."
Dongfang Yuejian glanced at the shadow the old elm tree cast on the ground nearby, then nodded firmly.
"Yes, Eldest Brother Taiping, you can strike now."
The reason they had to wait until noon was that only at noon, with the blazing sun directly overhead, would the Blood Ancestor's true body truly appear.
Otherwise, even if they burned that great elm tree to ashes, they would have no way to truly slay the Blood Demon Ancestor.
This was why Xu Taiping and the others had held off on accepting the bounty and had not attacked alongside the other fifteen teams of Dragon-Slaying Persons.
Boom!
Just as he finished speaking with Dongfang Yuejian, the fluctuations of qi and blood and true essence around Xu Taiping abruptly surged. His body grew to over thirty zhang tall, abruptly ascending to the Great Sage Body of the Dragon Whale Physique.
At the same time, the Three Demon-Sealing Swords within his Qi Mansion all slid out of their scabbards.
Boom!
Amid another deafening qi explosion, the aura around Xu Taiping surged once more.
Then, facing Yuanlingzi's blade force, he once again drew the Water-Cutting Blade from its scabbard with a ringing shing.
"Burning Blade!"
The next moment, with a furious shout carried by his overlord's breath, Xu Taiping unleashed the Demon-Slaying Blade's Burning Blade Style at the Ultimate Realm.
Boom!!!
Amid a deafening qi explosion, Xu Taiping slashed out with his long blade. Tens of thousands of fire butterflies formed from blade qi and thunderflame burst from their cocoons, gathering into a streak of blade light as dazzling as