The Fusang Saber collided violently with the spear tip.
The clash of their force exploded with a deafening boom, leaving heads spinning and seemingly shaking space itself.
The raging currents blasted crater after crater into the ground.
Man and demon broke apart the instant they met, facing each other from afar.
Demon Sage Guiche wore an extremely grave expression.
Only a few days had passed since this man had moved the entire Demon-Suppressing Pass alone, yet Guiche could sense no trace of decline in him.
Instead, he seemed... even stronger!!
The gravity on Guiche's face gradually gave way to excitement.
"Good! Good! Good!!"
Guiche exhaled with a shout, then charged straight forward like lightning.
His spear cleaved fiercely toward Li Ping'an's face.
As this thrust shot out, even the winds and clouds seemed to change color. It was a thrust meant to kill in a single strike.
Simple and fierce, incomparably swift.
All his power gathered in the spear, leaving no room for follow-up moves or variations. The attack brimmed with the momentum of an advance that would never turn back.
The battlefield changed in an instant, and this thrust was already poised to claim its prize.
In a flash, an enormous circle appeared out of thin air.
The killing aura within overturned heaven and earth, as though the moon were shattering and the stars sinking.
Utter darkness, utter decay.
Killing intent surged like a tide, eating into every inch of earth, every inch of space.
This lasted for over ten full breaths. The circle shrank smaller and smaller, until it was only a little over twenty feet across.
Guiche spat blood as he flew out of it.
Force pierced the bones of Li Ping'an's fists as he thrust them out with a whoosh.
At the same time, a flying