The words fell.
Without any visible movement from Liu Wen, a sword qi suddenly descended from the sky.
"Whoosh!"
It fell like a meteor, accompanied by thunder and the roar of wind.
Like lightning.
Like a thunderclap.
It gave no one any time to react.
In the blink of an eye, it had already reached Bai Zihe's head, intending to pierce him!
"Careful!"
"Young Master, be careful!"
"Brother Bai, don't be careless—"
As this sword was unleashed, everyone within the light cocoon was terrified.
Liu Wen was too terrifying now.
The moment he struck, he gave no chance for a response.
This battle...
Would undoubtedly be unprecedentedly difficult.
"Ching!"
The next moment, a crisp sound clearly reached everyone's ears.
Like...
A sharp knife slicing through tofu.
Clean and efficient, with no obstruction whatsoever.
Hearing this sound, everyone's eyes twitched violently, and they focused on Bai Zihe's direction.
"Huh..."
"It seems like the strike hit an afterimage!"
"It's not 'seems like', it *is* an afterimage. Young Master's speed is too fast!"
The experts saw clearly.
In place...
Bai Zihe's afterimage dissipated. He had not been hit by the sword qi.
"Brother Bai indeed has had some fortunate encounters..."
Zhuge Sheng's expression greatly improved.
The many experts also calmed their hearts.
Bai Zihe was not so easily defeated!
"Afterimage?"
Liu Wen's pupils contracted slightly, but a curve appeared on his lips.
He knew.
Bai Zihe was definitely coming for him!
"Swish..."
Liu Wen raised his hand and suddenly swung a sword qi towards a position diagonally ahead.
"Bang!"
The sword qi moved at incredible speed, instantly traversing space, but not landing on the distant open ground as Zhuge Sheng and others had imagined.
Instead, in the void, it seemed to hit something, emitting a sound.
Then...
It exploded with a roar.
In that spot, a figure revealed himself—it was Bai Zihe.
"Impressive."
Bai Zihe furrowed his brow slightly, and a hint of solemnity appeared in his starlike eyes.
Just now.
He had attempted to use the method of the Black Shadow, to approach Liu Wen silently and deliver a fatal blow.
He had not expected.
After consuming the Golden Sword Bone, Liu Wen's sensitivity to his surroundings had reached an extreme.
He had been discovered and forced out by sword qi as soon as he reached within ten feet of Liu Wen. Clearly, this fellow's strength had also advanced significantly.
"Swish!"
"Swish-swish!"
While Bai Zihe was contemplating,
Liu Wen had already attacked without hesitation.
Streams of sword qi appeared in the air, then densely flew towards Bai Zihe.
One after another.
Endless and continuous.
And...
Like the tides of the sea.
Each wave was stronger than the last, as if gathering momentum.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Bai Zihe did not hesitate, unleashing wave after wave of fist winds.
The fist winds were powerful and sharp, also containing Bai Zihe's understanding of Dao, instantly shattering these sword qi into pieces.
For a time.
The leaked energy blasted the already devastated surface of the mountain range into smithereens, as if it had been plowed.
"Swish!"
Liu Wen now was far from his former self.
While controlling countless small sword qi to attack Bai Zihe, he was also brewing a powerful, sky-piercing sword qi.
This was the same move he had used before to deal with the formation of the three elders.
"Hum..."
"Hoo hoo..."
"Rustle rustle..."
Sword intent continuously gathered.
From all directions, from land and water, from the marshes.
It converged onto the sword of light suspended in mid-air, which in a blink of an eye shone with dazzling brilliance, inspiring awe.
As his opponent, Bai Zihe.
He instantly felt an immense pressure, rushing towards him.
"This is..."
Bai Zihe's heart tightened.
He couldn't let him continue. Otherwise, once the sword intent reached its peak, even he would find it difficult to contend with.
"Boom!"
Bai Zihe gathered his strength for half a second, and his fist erupted with world-shattering light.
He unleashed a punch.
It carried the might of a dragon and the majesty of a phoenix.
"Swish!"
"Chirr..."
"Puff puff puff..."
The countless small sword qi, which had filled the sky, were all crushed into dust by this punch, turning into countless streams of light that disappeared into the air.
Like...
Raindrops hitting a lake, only causing ripples, then vanishing and merging into it.
"Swish!"
After dealing with the small sword qi.
Bai Zihe flickered and closed the distance, closing in within ten feet of Liu Wen.
This distance...
For a cultivator of the Divine Transformation realm, it was merely a thought away, not a distance at all!
"Well met!"
However, Bai Zihe was still a bit too late.
At this very moment.
Liu Wen's sword qi had already been fully assembled.
Seeing Bai Zihe charging, a chilling smile spread across his lips.
"Kill!"
As the word, filled with frigid killing intent, was uttered.
That colossal sword, its edge revealed, aimed directly at Bai Zihe's brow and charged forth.
"Boom..."
In an instant.
As soon as the sword qi was unleashed, the sky darkened and clouds churned.
Above this volcanic mountain range...
This land, suppressed for thousands of years, seemed unable to withstand the aura of the attacking sword qi, and it exploded with a roar!
Sand and stones flew, dust obscured the heavens and earth.
Even...
The magma below the cliffs, which had solidified for who knew how many years, churned, surged, and roared at this moment.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Then a gale erupted, sweeping across.
All of this...
Centered on Bai Zihe.
"Not good!"
"This sword has actually caused an anomaly in heaven and earth! Brother Bai is in danger!"
"Such power unleashed with a single sword!"
"The Guardian of the Imperial City is too terrifying!"
"Young Master... he can definitely hold on!"
The people inside the light cocoon were already pale with fear at the world-upsetting phenomena.
Even though they were inside the light cocoon.
They could still feel the supreme might, the endless killing intent, and the inexhaustible residual force brought by Liu Wen's sword.
This sword...
Could truly cleave the heavens!
"Heaven-Shattering Sword!"
As the sword qi descended, Liu Wen let out a furious roar.
At this moment...
He stood in the void like a sword itself.
His eyes blazed like lightning; no one could meet his gaze, no one could withstand his edge!
"Bai Zihe..."
"Die, you deserve to die!"
Liu Wen's voice was icy cold, yet everyone could discern the exhilaration in his tone.
It was as if...
Though this sword had not yet arrived, it had already pronounced Bai Zihe's death sentence.
"Die?"
Bai Zihe snorted coldly and raised one hand to the sky.
"Hum..."
A point of light suddenly appeared.
Then...
Like a spark, it flared up with the momentum of a wildfire.
Initially, it was like a light bulb, then like a lighthouse, and finally like the sun, a second sun cast upon the mortal world.
Its dazzling light not only dispelled the surrounding darkness but also illuminated the entire mountain range in an instant, and further...
The entire sky.
Bright enough to outshine the stars!
"Boom!"
The next moment, the supreme sword qi entered the boundless light.
In this instant.
Rivers, mountains, insects, fish, birds, beasts, all things in heaven and earth... froze at this moment.
As if...
The scene had been fixed.
Time and space halted, and a profound silence descended.
And around Bai Zihe...
An incomparable radiance erupted, instantly engulfing him.
At the same time...
Landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, all phenomena followed suit.
All of them...
Centered on Bai Zihe!