The Seven Demon Venerables, your master has a sword strike that can slay monsters and demons

Clang!

Almost the instant that sound rang out, a Sword Cry carrying a lion's roar suddenly resounded. Then a flying sword burst from the gourd with a surge of vast righteous qi, finally hovering before Xu Taiping.

Compared with seven years ago, today's Rusty Lion brimmed with vitality, like the king of a pride of lions.

"This is the first time even I have seen Rusty Lion so full of life. It seems it chose the right person."

Seeing the Rusty Lion Sword, Recluse Sansan nodded in satisfaction.

As though it had understood Recluse Sansan's words, Rusty Lion let out a series of joyous Sword Cries.

Having received Recluse Sansan's praise once again, Xu Taiping was naturally delighted.

After all, throughout his years of sword training, Recluse Sansan had rarely praised him, instead sternly correcting his mistakes almost every day.

But this clearly was not the time for delight.

After bringing out the Rusty Lion Sword, Recluse Sansan gazed at the Demonic Beasts falling incessantly overhead and spoke to Xu Taiping with a trace of killing intent in his voice:

"Build your momentum. Mark every Demonic Beast with your divine sense, then draw your sword."

Xu Taiping nodded, then raised his fingers into a Sword Finger gesture and extended his arm forward. "Intent unites with qi, qi unites with the sword, the sword unites with the heart."

Almost the instant he recited the formula, an utterly distinctive sword intent spread rapidly outward from Five Elders Peak, like a blast wave surging after an explosion.

On the Stored Swords Grounds, cultivators with powerful divine souls, such as Sword Saint Amon and Patriarch Wuya, immediately detected this sword intent and pinpointed Xu Taiping's current location.

"It's that boy."

"Xu Taiping?"

Almost at the same moment, both recognized Xu Taiping on the summit