Chu Ge had not written the next chapter. Naturally, as long as the overall direction was right, the details of the battle could go any way. Even describing what he saw in a "documentary" account would be fine.
As long as they won.
Whether Chu Tiange won after a hard fight, won easily, or ended up too injured to move, any of those outcomes would work. He could simply hold out until Xie Jiuxiao returned to help. The battle could even alert Qiu Wuji far away, and she could rush thousands of miles to their aid.
Chu Ge wanted to know what result Chu Tiange could achieve on his own without a script laid out for him.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Chu Tiange's sword split into three, then those three split into nine. Nine streaks of light shot simultaneously toward the Hydra's different heads.
His swordsmanship, too, had nearly reached the Dao. It originated from the Cloudreach Sect's sword arts, but through his long years of training on his own, he had comprehended and incorporated much more. It had already become Chu Tiange's own distinctive swordsmanship, faintly bearing the air of a grandmaster.
With the support of Skyreach City's sword formation, its power far exceeded what Deification could achieve, but it still failed to breach the Hydra's vital points.
All nine serpent mouths spewed flames at once, blocking and dissolving all nine streams of sword qi.
Their powers collided, and their souls invaded each other. Ghostly wails and mournful howls suddenly rang out in Chu Tiange's Soul Sea, stirring it into agonizing pain like the stabbing of needles.
Fortunately, the Magic Treasures of Skyreach City's experts rose all around him, bombarding the Hydra together. Given this brief reprieve, Chu Tiange swiftly broke away, becoming one with his sword and shooting straight