Han Shuo knew full well that anyone whose battle aura cultivation had reached Carola's level would possess terrifying strength. Besides, he had intended to test his true strength against Carola in the first place, so he held nothing back.
Demonic essence poured into the Demon-Slaying Edge, catalyzing the power of the Malicious Souls within it and making it suddenly erupt with towering fiendish aura. With the Demon-Slaying Edge in Han Shuo's hand as its center, the fiendish aura spread outward in concentric circles like ripples across water.
The rings of fiendish aura were almost tangible. They rippled through the air, producing strange hissing sounds as they rubbed against it. Waves of evil, savage energy streamed uncontrollably from Han Shuo's body.
Sword Saint Carola's expression changed in alarm. His snow-white eyebrows drew together, and his eyes, as deep as the starry sky, shone brilliantly. Naturally, Carola possessed extraordinary talent to have become a Sword Saint. Over his many years of campaigning far and wide, he had encountered countless experts, and his wealth of combat experience stood unrivaled in the Lancelot Empire.
Carola sensed the astonishing fiendish aura bursting from the Demon-Slaying Edge in Han Shuo's hand with perfect clarity. The rings drifting and spreading outward carried an intense air of evil and savagery, as though they contained ferocious explosive power. They truly startled him.
On the Qio Continent, experts had gradually come to recognize the importance of imposing their presence before a battle, but no one had ever turned that presence into power to attack an opponent. This was exactly like Bolands using killing intent to destroy a person's will, except that Han Shuo's fiendish aura was far more perceptible. Carola understood that this energy truly existed, unlike Bolands's killing intent, which could only intimidate the mind.
Just as Sword Saint