"Boom...!!!"
Even as the Demonic Daoist spoke, an ear-splitting whistle tore through the air, and his blade force, bearing that terrifying Blightbone Armor-Piercing Power, suddenly enveloped Xiahou Yu like a storm.
"Bang!!!"
Caught off guard, Xiahou Yu had his protective sword gang and enchanted robes shattered by the blow.
Dozens of blade wounds appeared on his body as well.
Then, with a boom, his body crashed heavily onto the lotus leaf in a cloud of blood mist.
"Whoosh...!"
Amid a piercing whistle through the air, the Demonic Daoist vanished from above the lotus leaf. When he reappeared, he was already overhead, twin sabers in hand.
Seeing this, Heavenly Lord Shihu immediately cried out, his face tense:
"This is bad! Xiahou Yu, quick, activate the Golden Light Jue!"
Although he greatly disliked his martial nephew's domineering, spoiled nature, he could not simply watch him die at the Demonic Daoist's hands.
Xiahou Yu had been sitting motionless on the lotus leaf, his face filled with terror, cowed by the Demonic Daoist's terrifying killing power. Only upon hearing Heavenly Lord Shihu's shout did he finally react.
Before the Demonic Daoist could raise his long saber again, he pulled a golden jade jue from his sleeve, poured true essence into it, and squeezed hard.
"Crack!"
With a crisp crack, the golden jade jue shattered into a cloud of golden fragments.
"Boom...!"
In an instant, a mass of golden light enveloped Xiahou Yu.
At that very moment, the long saber in the Demonic Daoist's hand came slashing heavily down upon the golden light, bearing that terrifying blightbone armor-shattering power.
"Bang!!!"
Amid the tremendous crash, the golden light scattered under the slash, but ultimately still blocked the fatal blow for Xiahou Yu.
"Hah! Hah, hah...!"
Having felt the killing power of that slash through the golden