Boom...!
After a brief, deathly silence between heaven and earth, the Northern Emperor, riding his Nine-Tailed Mysterious Cat, actually broke through the Demon-Slaying Army Battle Formation alone as though using Instantaneous Movement, appearing above Xu Taiping's head over the central army's formation.
He meant to behead Xu Taiping.
At this sight, Vermilion Bird Army Commander-in-Chief Huo Xuan's heart leaped into his throat. His face turned deathly pale as he said:
"Xu Taiping, you mustn't let anything happen to you!"
In his eyes, Xu Taiping was the absolute core of this Demon-Slaying Army. Once the Northern Emperor beheaded him, the army would likely collapse at once.
Boom! Boom, boom, boom...!
Just as Huo Xuan was filled with apprehension, deafening Qi Explosions rang out one after another within the Demon-Slaying Army Battle Formation.
Then, dumbstruck, Huo Xuan saw a Divine Generals Phantom Image suddenly appear above the Demon-Slaying Army Battle Formation, which was enveloped in a Five-Colored Halo resembling the eight trigrams of the heavens. He stood upon an Azure Dragon phantom image, holding a sword in one hand and supporting a cauldron in the other, with the phantom image of a seal hovering above his head.
At the same time, Xu Taiping spoke in a grim, murderous tone:
"Slash!"
In an instant, that enormous Divine Generals Phantom Image brought his sword slashing down at the Northern Emperor.
The moment the sword descended, the seal above his head, the Azure Dragon beneath him, and the Giant Cauldron all attacked the Northern Emperor, who was about to behead Xu Taiping.
Boom-!
Amid an ear-splitting crash, the Northern Emperor escaped from beneath the Demon-Slaying Army Battle Formation's Divine Generals Phantom Image by a hair's breadth, but the Xuanyuan Sword Phantom Image in the divine general's hand had already severed one of his arms.
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