In an instant, terrifying killing power gathered into a pillar and surged skyward toward Xu Taiping.
In the blink of an eye, it scattered Xu Taiping's oppressive aura.
Zhao Qian, who had been silently watching the battle, felt his heart tighten.
"Much of Yuyangzi's combat strength comes from these divine artifacts he projects from beyond the domain. Even if Taiping can match his aura, he may not be able to suppress his killing power."
At that thought, Zhao Qian disregarded his incompletely recovered combat strength. With a ringing clang, he rode his sword into the sky.
He was ready to fight alongside Xu Taiping.
Boom-!!
Just as he rose into the air on his sword, a terrifying aura suddenly bore down from Xu Taiping overhead, like an entire world crashing down.
The next moment, Zhao Qian saw Xu Taiping's body suddenly blaze with boundless radiance, like a great sun.
Zhao Qian froze, then his heart seemed to stop.
"Could this be... a Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physique!"
Even Jiang Zhi already knew that Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physiques existed in this world. How could Sect Leader Zhao Qian not know?
Sensing the pressure of Xu Taiping's Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physique, Yuyangzi's expression turned grave.
Without a moment's hesitation, he abandoned gathering power to reopen the Ghost Domain and instead began mobilizing all the ghost power within him.
Boom-!!
With another tremendous crash, Yuyangzi's scarlet, eight-headed evil ghost body, shaped like a rakshasa, suddenly grew taller once more.
Rumble...
An aura of pressure that did not belong to Xu Taiping's Heaven-Hunting Great Sage physique spread from Yuyangzi.
This time, however, Yuyangzi neither grew smug nor let his guard down at the increase in his aura. Instead, all eight heads looked up at Xu Taiping overhead with deeply solemn eyes, then