Huang Xiao had not expected his first use of the second stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration to prove so utterly vulnerable.
Immediately afterward, Huang Xiao activated his two wisps of Supreme Demonic Qi.
With the activation of these two wisps of Supreme Demonic Qi, the true qi within Huang Xiao swiftly began to fight back.
The Saber Soul clearly had not expected the aura of Supreme Demonic Qi to erupt from Huang Xiao either.
His aura rapidly retreated, and Huang Xiao could vaguely sense a trace of fear from him.
After a moment's thought, Huang Xiao understood. The Patriarch had probably used Supreme Demonic Qi to suppress him back then. Over the past ten thousand years, those Hall Masters could use Supreme Demonic Qi to nurture him, and could likewise use it to suppress him.
If he encountered someone capable of wielding Supreme Demonic Qi, subduing him would naturally pose no problem.
Seizing the instant when the Saber Soul's aura retreated, Huang Xiao tried to release the saber's hilt.
Yet at that very moment, the Saber Soul seemed to notice something and kept Huang Xiao's hand firmly drawn against it, preventing him from letting go.
This is bad! Huang Xiao cried inwardly.
He realized the Saber Soul had detected that his imposing exterior concealed an empty core.
After all, he only had these two wisps of true qi, with absolutely no further Supreme Demonic Qi to replenish them. It was merely an empty show.
The Saber Soul soon began to counterattack, continuing to suppress Huang Xiao's true qi and destroy the meridians throughout his body.
Huang Xiao found himself at his wits' end. He had been using Imperishable True Qi to repair his damaged meridians, but no matter how he repaired them, he could not keep up with the rate