"Blade cultivators truly are special. The true intent they seek has been clear from the moment they began practicing the blade. So although demon cultivators hate sword cultivators the most, the cultivators they most want to kill are blade cultivators."
Fairy Lingyue also smiled and nodded.
"Come on. Since it isn't Full Moon Day, I can't maintain this blade domain for long. Within that time, you must fuse the Cicada Cry Form and Immortal-Rending Slash as quickly as possible, ideally reaching the ultimate realm currently within your grasp."
As Blade Ghost spoke, he stepped back and raised the Giant Axe in his hands, imitating the Heavenly Wolf King's stance, before continuing:
"After all, with your current cultivation, you have only one slash with which to defeat the Heavenly Wolf King!"
"All right!"
Xu Taiping nodded firmly.
Blade Ghost was right. The gap in strength between Xu Taiping and the Heavenly Wolf King was too great. Even the Asura Armor could not make up for much of it.
His only chance now lay in his first slash when they clashed: catching the Heavenly Wolf King off guard and breaking his blade force.
"Bang!..."
But things clearly were not that simple. Even wearing the Asura Armor, Xu Taiping was still smashed to pieces by Blade Ghost's axe.
And so he once again began the process of dying, reviving, and fighting again, over and over.
Although tonight's blade testing was meant to prepare him for the Heavenly Wolf King, having a clear target allowed Xu Taiping to improve his blade techniques far more than usual.
*For Blade Ghost to be so kind as to help Taiping, he must have realized that Taiping has reached the bottleneck before breaking through to the ultimate realm in his blade techniques. And this chance to test his