It sounded complicated, but it all happened in an instant.
Staring at the human cultivators before it, who buzzed as noisily as flies, the Vajra Crocodile Turtle stretched out its neck and roared furiously.
Its surging, boiling blood energy erupted like a volcano. Demon Qi nodes flickered like stars as they condensed around the Vajra Crocodile Turtle, and countless Demon Qi Pellets mixed with earth-element Demon Qi shot toward the three of them like blasts from a shotgun.
Faced with a sky full of Demon Qi Pellets, each one powerful enough to badly wound or even kill them,
the three of them changed expressions dramatically. Their running slowed, and a calm voice sounded in their ears.
"You only need to hold it back as much as you can."
"I'll take care of the rest."
After Bai Yi spoke, the Azure Edge Sword returned to its scabbard. In an instant, an even sharper sword cry rang out.
The already bright surroundings seemed to grow even more dazzling and blinding at that moment.
Under the sunlight, a silver Sword Light swept past the three of them. Its rainbow light turned back like Dao Resonance scorching the sun, then surged into the densely scattered Demon Qi Pellets like a swimming dragon.
Sword Qi severed the Demon Qi. The Heart-Questioning Sword darted and whirled, with a streak of rainbow light trailing behind it.
Wherever the rainbow light passed, all the Demon Qi Pellets were severed and exploded one after another.
"What a fast sword!"
Guo Lin exchanged a look with the other two, a trace of shock surfacing in his eyes.
The three of them were at Qi Refining, Fourth Layer, and even with their Cybernetic Eyes' intelligent tracking, they could only vaguely make out the trajectory of Bai Yi's White Rainbow Sword Light.
Not to mention the powerful Sword Light condensed along the blade.
Feeling a few traces of relief, Guo Lin quickly came back to his senses and took out two more Electronic Thunderclap Talismans from his pocket.
Lightning gathered at his fingertips. He drew in the air, then tossed them toward the Vajra Crocodile Turtle.
Immediately afterward, Guo Lin took a Thunder Net Artifact from his back, formed a Dao Seal with his hand, and used his Divine Sense to control it. As Lightning Arcs leaped across it, the Thunder Net Artifact rose into the air.
"Go!"
As the Thunder Net Artifact suddenly expanded and covered the Vajra Crocodile Turtle, a flash of light glinted in Bai Yi's eyes, and his Sword Seal shifted.
The rainbow light around the Heart-Questioning Sword faded, covering the blade instead. Spiritual Power gave rise to Sword Qi, condensing into a phantom Sword Gang.
The rainbow light vanished. The Heart-Questioning Sword, enlarged into a giant sword by the many enhancements, swept through the air, kicking up ripples as it slashed toward the head the Vajra Crocodile Turtle had thrust out.
The Sword Beam bore down on it. Sensing the threat to its life, the Vajra Crocodile Turtle spat out Raging Sand, trying to obstruct the Sword Light.
Just as it was about to retreat into its shell, the Thunder Net fell from above, crackling with electricity as it tightly bound its head.
"Roar!"
The Vajra Crocodile Turtle roared in panic and bit down on the Thunder Net Artifact, cracking it with a single bite.
After a few breaths of struggle, the phantom Sword Gang transformed into a hundred-zhang-long Sword Qi that sliced at the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's head like a blade storm.
The Vajra Crocodile Turtle let out a pained growl. As Demon Qi formed a Turtle Shield to withstand the raging Sword Qi, a Sword Light, compressed as thin as a thread, suddenly cleaved through the air and pierced toward the shield.
Crack, crack...
Cracks spread. Under the barrage of rainbow Sword Qi, the Turtle Shield-which had earlier withstood heavy artillery and grenades-held out for only a moment before shattering.
The Heart-Questioning Sword drove straight down, its blade slashing directly into the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's scale-covered neck.
Screech...
Amid the grating sound of metal scraping against metal, the blade gradually pierced in, and scorching blood suddenly sprayed along it.
Bai Yi's expression was grave and sharp. The Minor Five Elements Art circulated furiously, and Spiritual Power reinforced the Heart-Questioning Sword, causing Demon Sword Qi Rainbow Light to erupt again and again.
Roar!
Under the threat of death, the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's eyes turned blood red. Its Demon Core spun, and its blood energy was squeezed into a vast amount of Demon Qi, refined into a mouthful of Raging Sand that it spat out at full force.
As flying sand and rolling stones swept through the air, the Heart-Questioning Sword trembled. Though its Sword Qi surged again and again, it was still struck dozens of meters away by the raging force of the Raging Sand.
"Cough..."
The Demon Qi is too dense.
The Sword's internal Divine Sense was damaged, and Bai Yi felt as if his chest had been struck by a heavy hammer. His face turned slightly pale.
As his Qi cycled through his body, he spat out a mouthful of Turbid Qi tinged with a little blood mist.
He pointed a finger with his Sword Seal. Nourished by Spiritual Power, the Heart-Questioning Sword's Sword Light quickly steadied. It traced a Z-shaped path through the air, transformed into a white rainbow, and slashed toward the charging Vajra Crocodile Turtle once more.
Faced with the Sword Light flying toward it again, a trace of fear surfaced in the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's eyes. Then it glared viciously at Bai Yi, not far away.
Having gradually developed intelligence, it already understood that the terrifying thing that had nearly severed its neck was being driven by that human nearby.
Its claws slammed into the ground, raising layers of boulders to block the Sword Light.
Demon patterns gathered across its back, and it spat two Sandstone Whirlwinds toward Bai Yi.
Feeling the howling sand and stones rushing at him, Bai Yi furrowed his brows slightly. The Heart-Questioning Sword circled back in front of him, and its surging Sword Light cleaved the sand and stones apart.
Amid the blowing sand, Bai Yi shot forward with his sword. The Heart-Questioning Sword in his hand moved like a white colt crossing a gap, reaching the Vajra Crocodile Turtle in an instant.
Sword Light whirled, forming a sky full of Sword Shadows that surrounded the Vajra Crocodile Turtle.
Clang, clang, clang.
The blade struck all around the turtle shell, but even beneath the Sword Light, it could only leave faint white marks and sparks on the shell.
"With my current Sword Light, it's basically impossible to break through this shell."
"I can't keep dragging this out."
Feeling the Spiritual Power rapidly draining from his Dantian and Qi Sea, Bai Yi glanced at the three people on either side, who could barely find a chance to help.
"I'll use all my strength to shake its shell."
"When the Vajra Crocodile Turtle exposes its head, you must hold it back for five seconds!"
"Otherwise, if I fail to kill it in one strike, I won't be able to get all three of you out of here."
Hearing Bai Yi's words, the middle-aged couple and Guo Lin gritted their teeth, looked at him, and said, "Understood."
Having received their answer, Bai Yi willed the rainbow light around the Heart-Questioning Sword to disappear. The Sword Light that had been racing at tremendous speed suddenly became ethereal and nimble.
As Sword Light scattered, it pierced through the Demon Qi Turtle Shield and repeatedly struck at the gaps between the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's limbs, where it was hard to defend, making the creature roar again and again.
In the instant when the shifting Sword Shadows filling the sky made the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's vision swim,
the Clearwind faded away, and the blurred patterns of rainbow-light Dao Resonance covered the blade. The Heart-Questioning Sword, which had been moving with the wind, gathered its Sword Light, and its sharpness suddenly surged.
Countless streams of Sword Qi rose and fell, tearing through the air and transforming into a heavy, lightning-fast Sword Light that slammed toward the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's head.
Sensing the danger, the Vajra Crocodile Turtle gathered layers of rock around itself, spat out a mouthful of sand and stones, then quickly pulled its head into its shell.
As long as its neck was no longer struck, the other Sword Light from this human cultivator wouldn't threaten it in the slightest.
The Sword Light cleaved through the rock layers and broke through the falling sand and stones. The moment Bai Yi saw the Vajra Crocodile Turtle's head withdraw again, his eyes turned cold. The sharp edge of the Sword Gang condensed on the Heart-Questioning Sword shifted, drawing on the Dao Resonance of heaven and earth as it struck the shell, sealed shut after the head had retreated, like a rosy glow.
Boom!
The ground sank, and cracks radiated outward in every direction from the Vajra Crocodile Turtle.
Crash!
The ground collapsed. The terrifying force raised a shockwave that sent sand and stones flying. Under the violent collision, the Heart-Questioning Sword vibrated at tremendous speed.
The Shock-Resistant Array inside the blade activated, quickly reducing the Spiritual Energy vibrations.
Even so, the impact on the sword sent a jolt through Bai Yi. His face suddenly turned pale, and he took half a step back. A smear of blood slowly seeped from the corner of his mouth.
He quickly took out a Qi-Replenishing Pill and a Qi-Blood Pill from his robes and swallowed them. Only after the Five Elements Qi Vortex began to circulate did some color return to his face.
"Two Sword Arts at the Dao Resonance level, and Sword Dao techniques so skillful they seem divinely mastered."
"With a single sword strike at Qi Refining Fifth Layer, he actually managed to crack the shell of a Vajra Crocodile Turtle, a beast comparable to Late Qi Refining that was renowned for its steady defense."
"Which First- and Second-rate Academy did this monster come from?"
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