"Boom!"
Amid the clash of blade qi, Sudden Rain was swept away by Cicada Wing, while Spring Tiger in Xu Taiping's hand sliced through Qingyu's demonic cultivator true form.
Had an ordinary blade struck him, Qingyu's demonic cultivator instincts would have allowed him to recover without lifting a finger, but what had struck him was the "Demon-Slaying Blade."
This was the blade technique into which Duan Tianya had poured his life's work, designed specifically to counter demonic cultivators.
When he discovered that the Demon-Slaying Blade's blade qi suppressed his body and prevented it from recovering, fear suddenly appeared in Qingyu's eyes, which had still been filled with arrogance.
"Boom!"
He forcibly drove the demonic qi within him, turning back into a puddle of blood and trying to slip into the pool below.
His demonic cultivator true form thrived in water. As long as he could return to it, he was confident he could continue holding Xu Taiping off.
But how could Xu Taiping leave him such an opening?
"Whoosh!"
Before Qingyu could slip into the water, Xu Taiping opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of cold air toward the Ice Pool.
In an instant, the surface froze.
Had Qingyu not reacted in time, even that mass of blood would likely have been frozen solid.
This was precisely the power of the Ice Breath Art.
Strictly speaking, however, the spell Xu Taiping was casting now was more appropriately called the Frost Breath Art.
After all, Fairy Lingyue had originally adapted the Ice Breath Art from the Frost Breath Art to make it easier for him to use.
Now that Xu Taiping had reached Great Completion in the Nether Gazing Realm, he no longer had any difficulty learning the Frost Breath Art.
"Boom!"
Just then, Xu Taiping delivered another slash.
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