A month later.
The third layer of the Infernal Blade Prison.
"This is just about Gu Yu's limit, isn't it?"
Watching Gu Yu struggle against an old man with two thick chains hanging from his body in the great desert below, Dongfang Yuejian folded her arms and frowned.
Shing!
As she spoke, a piercing whistle of blade qi cutting through the air rang out. The burly old man draped in chains suddenly unleashed a slash bearing a blade shadow like a fire dragon, cleaving through Gu Yu's blade force.
Bang!
Amid the tremendous collision, Gu Yu's body plunged straight down from high in the sky like a meteor, smashing toward the desert covered in yellow sand below.
Boom!
With another thunderous crash, a deep crater was smashed into the desert below.
Rumble...
Almost simultaneously, the old man's fire-dragon-like blade shadow slashed down into the crater after him.
Bang!!!
Amid the deafening collision, the old man's fire-dragon-like blade shadow not only split the desert open for several hundred zhang, but its scorching blade qi also set the sand ablaze for dozens of zhang around the blade shadow.
At this sight, Xu Taiping shook his head and said:
"Without the Jade Shatter Art, it seems Gu Yu is no match for this Blade Slave."
The Blade Ghost also nodded and said:
"With his cultivation no longer restrained, this Blade Slave's combat strength alone is enough to rival a cultivator at great perfection of the Heaven Questioning Realm."
He immediately added:
"If those two iron chains were removed from him, he should be able to fight you as you are now, Taiping."
Xu Taiping drew a deep breath and said:
"This Blade Slave may be strong, but if Gu Yu can't even defeat him, I'm afraid he won't have a chance against a