The battle was stalemated. The demon beast tide was like an endless black tsunami, one wave fiercer than the previous, impacting the demonic suppression squad's defensive line. Ao Zhan's dragon roars carried a thread of fatigue. Ling Shuang's sword qi were no longer as cold and piercing as initially. Shadow's movement also exposed flaws due to spiritual power consumption. Hui Ren's Buddhist light flickered under concentrated demonic energy erosion. Shi Yi at the sealing crack, despite huge demonic energy counterattack, his hands rapidly flipped, arranging formation flags, embedding spirit stones, sweat pouring like rain, progress slow due to interference.
The defensive line was at the edge of collapse.
One especially strong Three-Eyed Demon Lizard, almost reaching Golden Core middle-stage strength, forcefully endured Ling Shuang's three sword qi. Its bone armor broken, black blood streaming, yet still roared, broke through the sword net, its huge claw, directly grabbing Formation Master Shi Yi who was arranging spirit stones at a key node! If this claw landed, Shi Yi would certainly die. The sealing repair action would also be completely wasted!
"Watch out!" Ao Zhan roared, but was by two other demon lizards. Rescue was too late. Ling Shuang's sword stance was already exhausted, defense slightly slow. Shadow, Hui Ren, and others were also pinned by their respective opponents. It seemed Shi Yi was about to die under the claw!
At this critical moment—
"Om!"
A hard-to-describe aura, like a volcano, suddenly erupted from the battlefield center!
Tang Xiao Qi, who had been using the Azure Lotus Domain to assist the overall situation and suppress the main crack's demonic energy, finally moved!
He no longer floated but stood firm on the ground, positioned between Shi Yi and that claw. Facing that, demonic-energy-surrounded terrifying attack, his expression was calm, yet his gaze was sharp as drawn divine sword.
No earth-shaking. He merely formed a sword gesture with his fingers and lightly pointed forward.
At his fingertip, a thread, presenting sword aura suddenly blazed! That was not a physical long sword but formed by the purest Golden Core power, fusing his complete understanding of sword Dao, plus a thread of Nirvana Red Flame Sword Intent and Azure Lotus Purification Origin, condensed into—the Core Sword Aura!
The sword aura was initially only an inch long. But the moment it left his fingertip, it expanded dramatically!
"Hiss—!"
No deafening, only a light yet seemingly able to's sharp sound!
That sword aura, like a hot knife cutting butter, without obstruction penetrated the demonic claw's concentrated demonic energy, penetrated that hard bone armor, penetrated its sturdy front limb bones!
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
The next second, under everyone's, that powerful Three-Eyed Demon Lizard, starting from its claw, along its front limb, shoulder, half its body, to that grotesque head, was split in two by that sword aura! The cut was smooth as a mirror. Even blood did not spray, because all flesh and demonic energy, the moment contacting the sword aura, were directly, by its sword intent and purification power!
One sword's might, terrifying as this!
This was merely the beginning!
Xiao Qi's gaze was cold. He swept the surrounding demons rushing like a tide. He took a deep breath. That dragon's eye-sized Golden Core within him fiercely rotated at unprecedented speed. Vast Core power was like a breached dam's flood, surging!
He formed a sword gesture with his fingers and slashed across the sky!
"Clang—!"
A hundred zhang long, extremely sword light, like a divine punishment chopping from the Nine Heavens, fiercely battlefield! Where the sword light passed, space seemed cut open, leaving a long-unhealing and purification mark.
Within a hundred li, demonic energy retreated! All demons swept by this hundred zhang sword light, whether Foundation Establishment stage cannon fodder or Golden Core early-stage elites, all turned to ash in an instant. They could not even scream! The Nirvana fire intent within the sword light burned all things. Azure Lotus purification power cleansed evil. The combination caused to demons!
The originally black tide-like demon army was actually forcibly emptied of a huge fan-shaped area by this one sword!
Silence!
Dead silence shrouded the battlefield!
Whether the crazy attacking demons or the demonic suppression squad members were all shocked by this sudden, terrifying blow!
Ao Zhan widened his dragon eyes. Looking at the instantly annihilated demon tide, feeling the and pure quality within the sword light that made his dragon soul tremble, he murmured: "This. is this his true strength?"
Ling Shuang's sword-holding hand. His cold eyes first showed deep shock. He questioned himself. Perhaps he too could cause large-area damage at full strength, but certainly not so cleanly, so.! The purification meaning within that sword light was even more beyond his reach.
Shadow, Hui Ren, Jing Wuxin, Su Zhi, everyone stopped their actions. Looking at that vacuum zone center, clothes fluttering, emanating aura young figure, what surged in their hearts was hard-to-describe shock and. reassurance!
Shi Yi was especially moved, trembling all over. He knew, the True Lord had acted! They had hope!
Xiao Qi slowly retracted his finger. That sword light slowly dissipated. His expression was as usual, as if he had merely done a trivial matter. But only he knew that that previous strike almost Golden Core origin power. Had it not been for this place's concentrated demonic energy where the Azure Lotus Domain could accelerate recovery, he would not have dared such waste.
However, the effect was remarkable.
Demons' assault was checkmated. Those remaining, having some intelligence, showed fear in their eyes for the first time, not daring to easily advance again. Their crazy, morale was broken!
Xiao Qi's gaze swept the entire field. His voice was calm yet carried supreme authority, clearly entering each team member's ear: "Everyone, stabilize your positions. Shi Yi,!"
Simple words, yet like a stabilizing pillar poured into a about to capsize.
"Yes! True Lord!" Shi Yi's spirit greatly lifted. With no more worries, he poured into seal reinforcement.
Ao Zhan, Ling Shuang, and others also had morale greatly boosted. The previously somewhat scattered defensive line instantly became solid again. The True Lord had shown crushing strength. What was there to fear?
Tang Xiao Qi, this newly elevated "Qingxu Tang Xiaoqi True Lord," for the first time before everyone, without reservation, revealed his Golden Core stage's terrifying combat power. First trial of edge, and already earth-shaking. One sword settled the universe! Not only stabilized the defensive line but also greatly boosted morale, buying precious time for seal repair.
He stood there. He was an impenetrable barrier. He was a dazzling light piercing through demonic darkness! Golden Core's might, first showing its edge, already made ten thousand demons retreat!