Li Dalong's outrageous maneuver left the Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast, which had been waiting to beat a drowning dog, staring in stunned disbelief. Even... that worked?
While it was distracted, Li Dalong guided the Soul Chaser Sword around behind it and slashed at its short tail again. After several consecutive strikes at the same spot, even its astonishing defenses could not withstand the repeated follow-up blows.
Sword light flashed, and a tail separated from its body and fell to the ground.
With its tail severed, the Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast howled in pain.
Its eyes, fixed on Li Dalong, instantly turned red. Throwing all caution aside, it charged straight at him, thrusting its sharp horn directly at his chest.
Li Dalong also steeled himself, ready to settle life and death in a single exchange.
Now that the Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast's tail had been severed, the place where the five grains completed their cycle lay exposed. He was already injured and could not drag this out any longer. A prolonged battle in the Netherworld Secret Realm would definitely draw in orioles waiting to swoop upon the spoils.
He unleashed "Void," the Fourth Form of the Grand Void Sword Formula, and charged straight at the Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast.
The Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast's horn struck Li Dalong's abdomen first, but because of Void's properties, it did not harm him at all, as though he were not on this plane.
Li Dalong then surged with immortal power, carrying himself over the Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast's head. As he flew behind it, he poured immortal power into the Soul Chaser Sword and, with a wave of his hand, thrust it into the place where the five grains completed their cycle.
The instant the sword tip entered its body, the Silver-Scaled Rhinoceros-Horn Beast let out a loud howl. At