Spirit Ruin, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Roar!

Nine Heavens’ dragon roar echoed in all directions, reaching every beast in the Heavenly Massacre Sea. Under its overwhelming dragon’s might, every low-rank beast cowered to the ground. The pressure of Nine Heavens’ top-tier bloodline was terrifying to lesser demons, and even the Crimson Lightning Suanni hesitated under its force.

That brief pause was all Nine Heavens needed. Its claws slashed forward with deadly precision.

Shhk!

The strike raked the Suanni’s cheek into a bloody mess, deep and shallow scratches crisscrossing its face. The deepest cut nearly exposed bone.

The Suanni’s massive lion claws slammed down in retaliation. Nine Heavens knew its opponent’s strength all too well and refused to take the hit head-on, flashing aside and narrowly avoiding the strike.

Boom!

The claw struck a mountain and leveled the entire peak. The force cracked the earth for over a thousand zhang, heaving the ground up in massive slabs and shredding the surrounding terrain like a plow through soil.

The enraged Suanni howled at the heavens. That strike had nearly blinded it, the searing pain driving it into a frenzy. Blood-red energy surged from its body, and the surrounding void shuddered.

The space that had once been incredibly solid, almost like an independent realm, began collapsing.Meng Wanshu was dumbfounded. She hadn’t expected the Suanni to be so powerful. Her domain felt incredibly fragile against it, and she had no way to stop it from breaking through.

“Then so be it…”

Meng Wanshu huffed, and her figure flashed, splitting into multiple afterimages as she charged at the Crimson Lightning Suanni. Fierce winds tore through the domain, forming four thousand-zhang-tall tornadoes that demolished everything in their path and surged toward the Suanni.

Rumble! Boom!

Wherever the storm passed, it shredded space into fragments and obliterated the earth. The four tornadoes blocked every possible route of escape.

The Crimson Lightning Suanni clearly hadn’t anticipated such terrifying strength from Meng Wanshu. Though she was only a late-stage Illusory Refinement Realm cultivator, the snowflake mark on her brow had nearly faded, and her aura had swelled to something immense.

Roar!

With an angry roar, the white lion’s demonic aura erupted. Dozens of massive lightning strikes burst from its body and surged toward the surrounding storms with devastating force.

Rumble! Crack!

The lightning shattered all four tornadoes. As they collapsed, they morphed into furious elemental tempests, sweeping across the land and plunging everything into a freezing cold. The shockwaves instantly leveled every mountain within ten li.

Boom! Rumble!

The force blasted Nine Heavens and Peng Luo back over a thousand zhang before they managed to regain their balance.

Yet Meng Wanshu did not retreat. Her eyes glimmered faintly, her overwhelming aura nearly rivaling the Suanni’s. Snowflakes fell across the land with each breath she took.

She lightly raised her sword. She shifted her stance and flickered across the battlefield, hundreds of afterimages appearing around the Suanni, all striking at once.

“Ultimate Frost Myriad Slash!”

For a moment, the heavens seemed to freeze. Even the spirit power drifting through the air solidified. More than one hundred blades of icy sword energy erupted.

The Suanni roared, unable to move in the chaotic storm, forced to endure the onslaught. Its gaze was cold, full of killing intent, yet beneath it lay a sense of impending doom.

Roar!

The Crimson Lightning Suanni leaped upright with its claws enveloped in lightning. They transformed into elongated lightning claws. The Suanni swung violently, and dozens of claw marks streaked across the void. The lightning strikes engulfed the surrounding space; the beast was willing to trade injury for injury.

Nine Heavens’ eyes narrowed. It sensed extreme danger within those claw strikes. With a sweep of its tail, Nine Heavens dove recklessly into the chaotic attack range.

Peng Luo was so frightened he could barely speak. “Nine Heavens, are you crazy?!”

Boom! Rumble!

Nine Heavens shattered the void as it charged forward, ignoring Peng Luo’s screams.

Gritting his teeth, Peng Luo broke his own arms, determined to help.

The Suanni’s lightning claw strikes shredded the void as explosions reverberated for dozens of li.

In the blink of an eye, the jade bracelets on Meng Wanshu’s wrists shattered one after another. Her ancient defensive artifact, forged to withstand tremendous force, broke after absorbing only a few strikes.

At the last moment, Nine Heavens appeared before Meng Wanshu and took the attacks head-on.

The lightning claw strikes shredded its scales. No matter how much it reinforced its defenses, it could not stop the razor-sharp claws. Its scales were flung aside, exposing raw flesh beneath.

Nine Heavens roared in pain as it curled its body to shield Meng Wanshu completely. Meanwhile, Peng Luo crushed his arms, squeezing out spirit fluid to pour over Nine Heavens’ wounds while feeding the broken pieces into its mouth. Nine Heavens healed even as it took damage.

Peng Luo’s body visibly shrank, his face paling as his eyes rolled back.

Roar!

Fierce sword qi streaked in all directions. Over a hundred beams of sword light engulfed the Crimson Lightning Suanni, shredding its defenses.

One wound after another, deep enough to see bone, covered its massive body. The Suanni let out a painful, guttural roar. Frost energy seeped through the wounds, rampaging through its flesh and meridians. Even with all its strength, it could not force the ice from its body.

The Crimson Lightning Suanni was already contemplating retreat. It was covered in sword scars, the frost nearly freezing its mind and soul.

As Meng Wanshu gazed at the battered Nine Heavens, her heart stirred, and her eyes blazed with killing intent. Only the last fragment of the Frost Flower seal on her brow remained.

Nine Heavens, who had been hanging its head, opened its eyes. A primordial aura of ruthless wrath erupted from it. It swiped its dragon claws through the void and gently sent Peng Luo to safety. Peng Luo was foaming at the mouth, eyes rolled back.

Lightning crackled along Nine Heavens’ scaled body. Meng Wanshu’s pupils shrank. She hurriedly poured over a dozen bottles of top-tier spirit elixirs into Nine Heavens’ mouth.

Nine Heavens was about to break through.

It raised its dragon head slightly and swallowed all the elixirs. Its body swelled, larger and larger. The dragon, originally over thirty zhang long, grew to over seventy zhang.