Boom-!
In the flash of lightning striking flint, an enormous mountain suddenly hurtled out of the Void Vortex, crashing down toward Xiaohei.
Boom...!!!
But at that hairbreadth moment, Xu Taiping invoked the Form- and Shadow-Transposition Edict, forcibly swapping their positions with his own.
Bang!!
Immediately afterward, with a tremendous crash, Xu Taiping shattered the mountain formed from the Jade Emperor's Edict Power with a single punch.
"I was waiting for you!"
The instant the mountain shattered, the Jade Emperor appeared directly above Xu Taiping's head, as though by Instantaneous Movement.
Xu Taiping had already anticipated this when he invoked the Form- and Shadow-Transposition Edict.
Thus, when the Jade Emperor appeared, he had already drawn his blade with a metallic rasp.
Snap...!
But just as Xu Taiping prepared to strike, the crisp snap of fingers suddenly rang out.
The Mystic Yellow Bell that the Jade Emperor was smashing down toward Xu Taiping slowed for an instant.
This was clearly Ni Zhao's doing.
Whoosh-!
And in that very instant, Xu Taiping fiercely slashed out with the Water-Cutting Blade, using the Annihilating Blade Art's No-Blade Form.
Bang-!
Amid a collision that mingled with a blade cry, Xu Taiping cleaved a crack straight into the Mystic Yellow Bell. Even the Jade Emperor's true body was sent flying several yards backward by the strike's blade force.
But the Mystic Yellow Bell's Backlash Power then struck Xu Taiping.
Boom!!
A deep blade mark appeared across Xu Taiping's back.
Boom!!!
Just as the Backlash Power struck Xu Taiping, Ni Zhao's two Reflected Projection clones suddenly attacked the Jade Emperor together.
Bang...!!
Yet the moment the killing power of these two Reflected Projection Bodies landed on the Mystic Yellow Bell, both bodies abruptly exploded.
Nevertheless, this blow also dimmed the Mystic Yellow Bell in the Jade Emperor's hand