Li Dixian's sword… was incredibly fast! Incredibly sharp!
At times, it was like biting cold ice; at others, it was like scorching hot flames; and then again, it scattered starlight across the sky.
His sword sought to encompass all phenomena in the world!
In contrast, the sword mark left by the young Chen Xin contained only killing intent.
Wherever the sword's edge pointed, even the air was tinged with blood.
His sword was only for killing!
In the ethereal realm.
Two completely different swords collided in the void.
In an instant, sword qi surged and intertwined, and the dust around Li Dixian was pulverized into fine powder by an invisible force.
A few breaths later.
This cross-temporal sword dao confrontation finally concluded.
Facing the young Chen Xin.
Li Dixian did not win, but he also did not lose.
Just as he was about to open his eyes.
A sudden change occurred.
A drop-dead crimson sword qi shot out from the stone wall, like a living thing, attempting to entwine itself around Li Dixian's Azure Lotus Sword.
"Hiss—"
Feng Buyu and Elder Feng Xiao's bodies trembled violently, their eyes filled with an unconcealable envy.
"This is a wisp of Sword Douluo's true sword dao intent!"
"Li Dixian actually obtained such an opportunity!"
Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and others also showed joy.
However.
Li Dixian suddenly opened his eyes, pointed his fingers like a sword, and slashed through the air.
Chii—
That wisp of bloody sword qi dispersed instantly.
He did not want it.
Sword dao not comprehended by himself, Li Dixian disdained it.
His sword must be forged by him alone.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin was indeed exceptionally strong.
His remnant sword mark was so potent that even after the Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger observed it for a long time, sword qi would sprout from its claws.
But Li Dixian believed in himself even more.
He firmly believed that at the peak of sword dao in the future, the three words "Li Dixian" would surely be inscribed!
His sword dao possessed its own soul; it did not need to be tainted by others' aura!
Moreover, if he truly adopted another's sword intent, he would still need to refine it.
It would instead delay his own sword dao cultivation.
The bloody sword qi slowly dissipated into nothingness.
Everyone was stunned and discolored.
Feng Xiao and Feng Buyu were even more heartbroken.
"Ugh ah…"
Feng Buyu clutched his chest, almost pounding his chest and stamping his feet:
"Brother Zhe Xian!"
"You… why did you do that?!"
"That was Chen Xin's true sword dao intent!"
"Such a waste, it's simply a waste of heavenly treasures!"
The heartache on Feng Xiao's face gradually settled.
In his aged eyes, as he looked at Li Dixian, an unprecedented solemnity appeared.
"Young Hero Zhe Xian… this old man is now even more convinced that you will surely forge a grand path in sword dao."
Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others were about to speak again.
Suddenly!
A foul wind howled, and the sky and earth changed color!
Rolling crimson blood mist swept over, covering the sky and earth!
"Watch out!"
"That ten-thousand-year demonic tiger has returned to its lair!"
Elder Feng Xiao's sharp shout had not yet faded.
Roar—!!!
A ferocious roar, piercing metal and splitting stone.
It made everyone's minds buzz and their blood churn.
The foul wind, like knives, carried sticky blood rain that poured down.
A six-meter tall red-black giant tiger, like a collapsing mountain of flesh and blood, plummeted from a hundred meters high, crashing to the ground, bringing with it monstrous malevolent qi.
Boom—
The ground trembled violently!
Bloody qi waves swept across the wilderness like a raging tide!
Almost the instant the Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger appeared.
Buzz—
Buzz—
Soul rings lit up one after another.
The Wind Sword Sect's reaction was the quickest.
"Wind Thunder Sword Formation—"
"Rise!"
Amidst the sharp shouts.
The formation instantly took shape.
Elder Feng Xiao stood firmly at the main formation eye, Feng Buyu was at the right wing formation eye, and more than ten Wind Sword Sect disciples' qi mechanisms were connected.
More than ten long swords hummed in the air, and azure-blue wind and thunder power gathered between their blades, actually forming a giant wind and thunder light sword, five meters long!
The sword body was entwined with wind and thunder, drawing forth faint rumbling thunder in the sky, and the turbulent gales tore open a gap in the surrounding crimson mist.
Feng Xiao's hair and beard bristled, his azure robe flapped, and he gripped the giant wind and thunder sword with both hands, slashing it down at the Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger with a furious roar.
The more than ten individuals of the Wind Sword Sect roared in unison, their voices shaking the mountains and forests:
"Wind Thunder Sword Formation!"
"Slay—!!!"
Boom Kacha—
Boom Kacha—
The giant wind and thunder sword tore through the air.
Emitting a high-pitched shriek of unbearable strain.
The wind and thunder qi waves fanned out on both sides of the blade, like a brilliant and deadly aurora.
Facing this world-shattering sword, the Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger's ferocious eyes were crimson, yet it neither dodged nor avoided, roaring up at the sky!
Its two millstone-sized claws were raised defiantly, and sharp sword qi burst forth from their tips!
At the same time, its massive body erupted with an even denser crimson malevolent qi, enveloping its claws, its power increasing further!
Boom—!!!!
The giant sword and the sharp claws collided with a thunderous crash!
The violent wind and thunder power and the crimson malevolent qi surged and annihilated each other wildly!
The shockwave spread, tearing cracks through this sinister land, soaked in the blood qi of soul beasts!
Pfft—
Feng Xiao, Feng Buyu, and the more than ten Wind Sword Sect disciples' faces flushed, and they staggered back more than ten steps, their formation collapsing.
The Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger was also jolted back several steps, its body plowing deep furrows in the ground, and the malevolent qi around it thinned somewhat.
Just at this moment.
The forest around the demonic tiger's lair began to tremble violently.
Towering ancient trees swayed, as if a thousand armies were galloping forth.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
"What's happening?!"
"Are the nearby soul beasts rioting?!"
While the Wind Sword Sect was assaulting the Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger.
The offensive of Li Dixian's group of seven had already reached its peak.
They couldn't bother with any forest anomalies; the arrow was on the string, and it had to be loosed.
Dugu Yan's body was enveloped in colorful poisonous mist, surging towards the demonic tiger like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.
But the crimson malevolent qi surged, actually dissolving all the potent poison.
Ghost Leopard Ao Si Luo's soul rings flickered beneath his feet, and his figure split into two, rapidly approaching the demonic tiger with Wind Swift Bird Yu Feng.
The Shi Brothers, with their Black Tortoise Spirit attached to their bodies, joined their tortoise shells together to form a giant shield wall, charging fearlessly towards the demonic tiger, intending to attract its attention.
Swoosh—
The demonic tiger's tail, like a giant siege hammer, tore through the air and swept over.
Crack—
The Black Tortoise Shield shattered with a resounding crack.
The Shi Brothers were struck heavily, sent flying hundreds of meters.
"Nine Heart Begonia—Heal!"
Ye Lingling cried out, the nine-petaled begonia in her palm glowing, and gentle life energy surged towards the heavily injured Shi Brothers.
Taking advantage of this gap.
Ao Si Luo and Yu Feng's attacks finally landed.
"Second Spirit Ability—Leopard Claw!"
"Third Spirit Ability—Wind Blade Split!"
Their attacks landed on the demonic tiger's tough hide, only sparking a few embers, like a tickle.
The Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger roared impatiently, and the foul-smelling malevolent qi it exhaled sent both of them flying.
And it was precisely in this instant, when old power had just faded and new power had not yet arisen… Li Dixian, who had been continuously drinking wine to build up momentum, inciting "Wine Boiling Sword Cry," moved!
Soul power surged into his legs.
He shot up from the ground like an arrow from a bowstring.
Appearing directly above the demonic tiger's broad back.
A dense purple soul ring coiled around his Azure Lotus Sword.
Above the dim forest, starlight seemed to descend, condensing at the sword's tip.
At this moment!
The Azure Lotus Sword was incomparably sharp, its cold light dazzling!
The tearing sensation, as if something wanted to burst out from his back, came clearly again!
But Li Dixian had no time to spare.
He seized that brief opening after the demonic tiger repelled Ao Si Luo and Yu Feng.
Gripping the sword hilt with both hands, the sword tip pointed directly at the demonic tiger's back, and leveraging the immense force of his descent, he poured all his strength into this one sword strike.
"Second Soul Skill - Three Swords' Splendor!"
"Azure Lotus Sword Song First Form—Shaking Light!"
Puchi—
Roar—!!!
The Azure Lotus Sword was incomparably sharp.
It plunged into the demonic tiger's back up to the hilt.
The demonic tiger let out a pained roar.
But the joy on everyone's faces had not yet fully appeared.
Rumble—
The forest's tremor had become earth-shattering!
The aura of countless powerful soul beasts approached like a tsunami!
Everyone frantically retreated into the demonic tiger's cave, horrified to see… three-headed green wolves, giant centipedes cast entirely in silver, golden pythons with half a giant elephant carcass in their mouths… countless powerful soul beasts.
As if driven by an invisible command.
They frantically rushed past the cave entrance.
And the heavily wounded Bloodtooth Demonic Tiger also let out a low roar.
Ignoring the intense pain in its back and the embedded Azure Lotus Sword, it suddenly turned and merged into this surging torrent of soul beasts, galloping wildly in an unknown direction.
Taking with it… Li Dixian, who was still clinging tightly to the sword hilt, hanging on the demonic tiger's back.
"Li Dixian!!!"
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling rushed out of the cave like mad… Sorry, sorry, it's late, it's late… It's really, really hard to write… Please, please, for monthly votes, dear readers, I'm about to be caught up by those behind…