By then, the area around the Great River in Cangzhou had been blasted beyond recognition.
The Great River no longer retained its somewhat orderly appearance. Now it was riddled with wounds, the aftermath of the clash seemingly having altered the course of Cangzhou's river.
The rushing waters surged in every direction, yet still could not fill the enormous craters left by the clash between the man and the demon.
Xu Yuan could barely keep his expression under control anymore, because he realized Chu Xingchen truly did not care in the slightest about Baxia's condition.
And he had never imagined that this Karmic Nascent Soul could actually take on a form like this!
This man... this sword...
Xu Yuan sensed the scant blood power remaining in the Dragon-Slaying Sword, then looked into Chu Xingchen's calm eyes.
Without the Dragon-Slaying Sword, regardless of whether he could ultimately defeat this brat, he would have no chance of obtaining Baxia.
"Go!"
Xu Yuan tossed the Dragon-Slaying Sword into the air. It instantly became a streak of rainbow light, flashing toward Chu Xingchen.
At the same time, Xu Yuan's body transformed into an enormous turtle. Unlike the turtle clad in black armor from before, this time its shell consisted only of swirling gusts of black demonic wind.
Once a demon revealed its true form, holding a weapon became inconvenient, but it could still control one with divine sense.
Although this would leave the Dragon-Slaying Sword without the support of Xu Yuan's demon power, weakening it somewhat.
It also freed Xu Yuan to use his true form.
Chu Xingchen watched the red Dragon-Slaying Sword attack from his left, while Xu Yuan charged toward his right amid rolling demonic winds.
Chu Xingchen had fought Xu Yuan in his turtle form before. Given his origins as a turtle,