After listening, Cao Banxian's lips stirred, and he was about to speak.
Opposite him, a streak of ruthlessness suddenly flashed through Xu the Monster's bloodshot eyes!
-The moment he had been waiting for had arrived!
The instant Cao Banxian's attention wavered, a dim light flashed in Xu the Monster's palm, and a pitch-black spike with faint blood-red markings silently appeared!
A single-use High-Grade Magical Artifact-the Spirit-Scourge Nail!
This single-use High-Grade Magical Artifact, which had cost him nearly half his fortune, became an almost invisible streak and shot straight for Cao Banxian's heart!
It moved so fast that even divine sense could barely track it!
Yet faced with this sudden sneak attack, Cao Banxian showed no panic. Instead, a cold sneer of triumph spread across his face.
"Hahaha! Senior Brother, you're still as impatient as ever! Your junior brother has been waiting so anxiously for this move!"
Before his words had faded, his hands were already flashing through seals like lightning. He struck his chest hard, forcibly squeezing out another crimson drop of blood essence.
The blood essence ignited the moment it left his body, turning into a blazing streak that sank into the Sun-Moon Red-Gold Seal hovering beside him!
"Humm-"
Nourished by blood essence and magical power, the Red-Gold Golden Seal shuddered violently, its radiance erupting once more.
Cao Banxian's face instantly turned as white as paper, his aura visibly weakening. His cultivation actually plunged straight from the seventh layer of Qi Refining to the middle Qi Refining stage!
But clearly, he had overdrawn himself to the limit.
Still, he had forcibly activated the precious seal's remaining fraction of power, and a solid golden barrier abruptly appeared!
"Clang!"
A sharp, piercing clash rang out as the Spirit-Scourge Nail slammed into the golden light. Its dim glow collided fiercely with the