The webbing between Songshan True Person's thumbs and forefingers split open. Crimson blood dripped from his fingertips, pattering onto the bluestone slabs and blooming into flowers of blood.
Yet his pride remained undiminished. He took his earlier setback as nothing more than a moment's carelessness.
A vicious gleam flickered in his eyes, like a wild beast enraged.
"Again! Overturning Mountains and Seas!"
Songshan True Person roared, his hands rapidly forming the Sword Art seals. The heavy ruler in the air hummed, its body blazing with light as it swept toward Qing Chen's waist with the force of overturning mountains and seas.
"You're courting death!"
Qing Chen gave a cold snort at the sight. Demonic qi and Buddha Light instantly surged and intertwined around him, while the phantom of the second demon aspect behind him grew ever more solid.
At the same time, the baleful core inside him spun madly, and true essence from his golden core poured into his flesh in an endless torrent, like a mighty river.
"Immovable Wisdom King Palm!"
Qing Chen roared, his voice ringing like a great bell. His right palm, wrapped in tremendous Buddhist power and demonic might, thundered out to meet Songshan True Person's heavy ruler.
In an instant, Digu Pass Peak, over two thousand zhang tall, seemed to tremble. The two mighty forces collided with an earth-shaking crash.
Boom! The crash even knocked many of the weaker cultivators to the ground.
Once again, Qing Chen's palm sent the heavy ruler flying. It smashed through more than thirty massive bronze pillars before barely coming to a halt with a dull thud.
Fragments of the bronze pillars flew in every direction, raising clouds of dust that filled the air.
Songshan True Person felt his qi and blood surge in his chest. A metallic sweetness rose