"Annihilate!" Gelike watched the vines sweeping toward him and softly uttered a single word. The moment his voice fell, the black light on his blade surged violently. Dozens of black sword lights curved eerily, finally forming a vast, impenetrable net before him.
The vast net of sword light flew toward the vines, its power swelling continuously. Every streak of sword light seemed to carry an exceptionally fierce destructive force, tearing even space itself apart wherever it passed.
Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! Squelch! ...
The vast net of sword light instantly struck the strange, enormous vines summoned by the green-robed old man. Wherever the black sword light ran rampant, those seemingly tough vines, each several meters thick, fell in great swaths like wheat beneath a sickle.
Such power. His mastery of the Path of Destruction is far above mine. If merely a few separated streaks of sword light possessed such power, how formidable must his sword itself be?
"Die!" Taking advantage of the opening while Gelike dealt with the vines, the tiger-headed man charged in with his heavy sword. Dense, earthen-yellow battle aura erupted from his blade. He was clearly a Saint-level expert who had comprehended the Laws of the Earth.
Seeing Gelike standing motionless, the tiger-headed Sangzhuo sneered inwardly. I've comprehended the Laws of the Earth Element. My offensive power is the strongest. If you dare take this head-on, you're deliberately courting death.
Although this tiger-headed man had only comprehended the most basic Earth Element Profound Mystery within the Laws of the Earth, he was a beastman, and his strength was inherently far greater than that of human experts at the same level. Few Saint-level experts of his level could withstand a single sword strike in a head-on clash with him.
Sensing the weighty power of that strike, Gelike was slightly startled as well. The energy contained within it was indeed extraordinarily terrifying. But he reacted quickly, the pale lavender longsword in his hand suddenly shifting at tremendous speed before he fiercely slashed at the tiger-headed man. The strike came almost instantaneously, yet met Sangzhuo's attack without the slightest deviation.
Boom!
The pale lavender longsword slammed into the tiger-headed Sangzhuo's heavy sword.
"What! He actually blocked it!" Seeing that their opponent had actually blocked the strike head-on, not only was Sangzhuo himself greatly shocked, but his two companions were somewhat stunned as well.
Taking his opponent's strike head-on briefly checked Gelike's body, but he recovered almost immediately. An overbearing aura of destruction emerged from him. His pale lavender longsword suddenly danced wildly, dazzling afterimages appearing before the tiger-headed Sangzhuo. Fierce sword lights interwove into a net, almost filling the space around his opponent.
A whistling rush of wind suddenly arose, echoing continuously above the canyon.
Faced with such an astonishing move from Gelike, the tiger-headed man, whose momentum had been so powerful, abruptly paled. He mustered all his battle aura, forming a hard suit of battle-aura armor over his body to defend himself.
"So strong." Luo Ao watched with shining eyes. Neither the green-robed old man nor the tiger-headed man was weak, and working together, they could achieve an effect greater than the sum of their parts. Yet now they were completely at a disadvantage, and the tiger-headed man himself had even suffered considerable injuries.
"But one of the three still hasn't made a move. It's too early to say." Although the beautiful woman seemed to have the weakest aura, Luo Ao would not underestimate her merely because she was a woman.
To be teammates with the green-robed old man and the tiger-headed man, this beautiful woman certainly could not be ordinary in strength either.
"Frenzied Dance of Life!" Seeing the battle turn unfavorable, the green-robed old man was clearly growing anxious. A strange, bloody light surfaced in his eyes, and the terrifying giant vine plant under his control seemed to receive some sort of stimulus. It began growing wildly, and spikes sprouted along every vine.
"Break!" An angry shout suddenly rang out, and a powerful surge of battle-aura energy likewise erupted from the black-robed Sword Saint Gelike.
He suddenly unleashed a concentrated sword strike toward the green-robed old man and his two companions. This enormous streak of black sword energy was rather too frightening.
Wherever the black sword energy swept past, it carried an aura of destruction that would annihilate everything. Before the sky-reaching giant vines, brimming with life as though about to unleash a catastrophe of rampaging pythons, could even approach him, their roots and stems were once again severed completely.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The severed giant vines crashed onto the surrounding boulders like enormous pythons cut apart, creating a spectacular scene.
The tiger-headed man, who had been planning to attack again, looked horrified at the sight. He knew full well how powerful the green-robed old man's ultimate move was.
The sky-reaching giant vine his companion had summoned was not actually an elemental creation constructed through his own strength, but a genuine plant lifeform.
The green-robed old man's life magic, combined with this plant lifeform, could unleash astonishing strength. In particular, that final move, "Frenzied Dance of Life," would absolutely bind even an ordinary Peak Saint-level expert, leaving them at another's mercy.
For Gelike to break the green-robed old man's ultimate move so easily, he was already beyond their ability to handle.
"Let's go!" At that moment, the beautiful blue-robed woman, who had remained in the sky without making a move, suddenly spoke.
Since they could do nothing to Gelike, there was no need to keep entangling themselves with him. Those chosen by the Tower of Black were indeed extraordinary, every last one of them.
Seeing that the trio already intended to retreat, Gelike made no further move to stop them.
"Come out. I've already found you." After the trio flew away, Gelike discovered that someone still had not left, and he could not help frowning.
Originally, he had thought this person belonged to the trio and intended to hide in the shadows to launch a surprise attack on him. But now that he was the only one left, why had he still not gone?
Saint-level experts were particularly sensitive to auras.
If a Saint-level battle took place somewhere, Saint-level experts hundreds of li away could sense it.
Thus, although Luo Ao had been hiding in the shadows just now, everyone had actually known he was there. It was precisely because of this unpredictable factor that both sides had held something back during their fight.
"Mr. Gelike, I mean no harm. I simply happened upon your battle." Luo Ao flew straight out of the woods, a gentle smile on his face.
If he had wanted to leave, he could actually have slipped away just now. But it was rare to encounter such a formidable master of the Path of Destruction. How could he possibly leave just like that?
"Is that so?" Gelike did not believe Luo Ge simply on that account and stared straight at him.
"I came because I'd actually like to discuss the Path of Destruction with you, Mr. Gelike." As Luo Ao spoke, he had already drawn the Crimson Annihilation Divine Sword from his back.
"You cultivate the Path of Destruction too?" Gelike smiled. "You're quite bold, daring to draw your sword against me."
He could tell that Luo Ao truly was very young. For him to dare approach and challenge him even after witnessing their earthshaking battle just now, he had to commend his courage.
"Mr. Gelike, please instruct me." Since Luo Ao dared step forward to challenge him, he naturally had something to rely on. If Gelike truly tried to kill him, he would not stand on ceremony with him either.
People who cultivated the Path of Destruction were indeed very rare. And there probably were not many across the entire Boya Continent who could reach Gelike's level.
He truly did not want to miss such a fine opportunity.