Clang! Clang, clang, clang...!
Immediately afterward, as one piercing sword cry rang out after another, streak after streak of sword light burst from those masses of golden light, breaking out of their "shells" like wild beasts released from their cages.
Boom-!
In a mere instant, the enormous, blinding mass of light formed by the Demon Mother's strike was abruptly torn apart.
Then those hundreds of streaks of sword light, bearing terrifying might, all whistled toward the Demon Mother's enormous Thousand Demon Hands.
The sword light looked ordinary, yet the mighty power of Heaven-Opening lay dormant within it.
Its aura was sometimes like a desolate wilderness where all things lay dormant, deep and heavy, as though it had absorbed and compressed all the vitality and clamor of the heavens into a single point. At other times, it was like volcanic lava that had accumulated for ten thousand years, scorching and immense, each flicker silencing heaven and earth, as though the entire expanse of space were trembling before the imminent eruption.
And the instant this sword light shot forth, the terrifying might accumulated after "heaven and earth fell silent and all things lay dormant" finally broke free of its shackles, becoming a majestic force that seemed capable of devouring all things!
Boom!!!
Amid a deafening roar as it tore through the air, the sword was about to pierce the Demon Mother.
Yet, facing Xu Taiping's sword strike, which resembled the fury of heaven itself, the Demon Mother's expression was filled with excitement, even though her aura had been suppressed.
"Come! Let me see what makes this sword strike of yours different!"
With a roar full of madness, the Demon Mother abruptly summoned the remaining Thousand Demon Hands, twisting and fusing them together once more until they, too, formed an enormous palm.
Rumble...