"Boom!!..."
Amid Venerable Mysterious Thunder's startled cry, Blightbone ignored its grievously wounded Demon Eye and suddenly hurled a punch at Xu Taiping.
"Bang!..."
With a tremendous crash, Xu Taiping was sent flying backward.
But after flying only over a hundred zhang, he was caught by the palms of the Deity Projection behind him.
At the same time, a terrifying aura fluctuation abruptly spread from within Xu Taiping.
"Rumble!!..."
Amid deafening qi explosions, Xu Taiping's blade force, which had been on the verge of shattering, suddenly blazed like a mass of flame.
But at that very moment.
Blightbone's fist came crashing down again with the force to collapse mountains and split seas.
"Clink!"
At this critical instant, Xu Taiping abruptly performed Returning the Blade to Its Sheath.
"Boom!..."
In an instant, eighteen layers of protective blade gang transformed into eighteen golden screens of light, enveloping Xu Taiping completely.
"Bang!!"
Amid the tremendous crash, Blightbone's fist force broke through only one or two screens before exhausting itself and coming to a halt.
Then Xu Taiping spoke, sudden understanding on his face:
"So that's it! Even the Life-Taking Blade's killing power was shackled by the Lower Realm's restrictions!"
As he spoke, another deafening qi explosion rang out, and the enormous Blightbone's aura surged once again.
Then it threw back its head and roared before swinging another punch at Xu Taiping.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"
It had to be said that this Blightbone's blood qi power was already approaching that of a Great Sage Realm martial artist. This single punch actually broke through more than ten screens of light around Xu Taiping in succession.
Even so, its fist force and strength showed no sign of diminishing.
"Bang!"
Then, with another explosive crash, yet another layer of protective gang qi around Xu Taiping shattered.
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