"Clang!..."
Upon hearing the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's words, Xu Taiping sheathed his saber without the slightest hesitation.
"Boom!..."
In an instant, eighteen layers of protective blade gang formed around him once more.
The Divine Manifestation behind him closed its golden eyes again and stood behind Xu Taiping with its arms folded across its chest.
"Boom!"
Almost the instant Xu Taiping used the Returning Blade to Sheath Form again, a bone arrow tore through the air with a piercing whistle, punching straight through the outermost layer of protective blade gang.
"Bang!"
Amid the deafening crash, that layer of protective blade gang shattered.
Looking up, he saw that Blightbone could actually still shoot arrows while hiding inside the black lotus formed from the power of chaos.
Xu Taiping paid it little heed, however. He released the saber's hilt and assumed the punching posture of the Demon Ancestor Heaven-Shaking Fist Heaven-Touching Stance.
In an instant, a tremendous fist force surged outward from Xu Taiping, spreading thunderously through the eighteen layers of protective blade gang.
In the distance, Venerable Mysterious Thunder froze briefly upon sensing this fist force, then frowned and said:
"This fist force is certainly fierce, but breaking through the power of chaos surrounding Blightbone should still prove somewhat difficult."
He had barely finished speaking when Xu Taiping suddenly roared:
"Sixty-six thousand six hundred punches!"
At first, Venerable Mysterious Thunder was somewhat puzzled, unsure why Xu Taiping had said that.
Then another ear-splitting qi explosion rang out.
A fist force several times grander and heavier than before suddenly swept toward him like raging waves across the sea. Only then did Venerable Mysterious Thunder's gaze change abruptly, his eyes filling with excitement as he said:
"With this fist force, he really might break through that power of chaos!"
But even as he spoke.