Chapter 1223: Hun Sha Encounters Injury

Weak is weak—where do all these reasons come from?

Seeing Hun Sha's grim expression, Gu Dao mercilessly continued to mock him.

Damn, I think you're tired of living!

Hearing those words, Hun Sha could no longer hold back; he immediately stopped being polite, fiercely swinging his blood blade, and in an instant a fierce blood-colored blade of light pierced the void at extreme speed, sweeping toward Gu Dao.

Hmph, Hun Sha, I think you've lost your mind—you, at late Seven Stars, dare to fight me, an old man at the peak of Seven Stars?

Seeing the blade light within arm's reach, Gu Dao gave a cold snort, then immediately gripped his hand, and a green bamboo staff several zhang long appeared in his hand.

Meanwhile, as he spoke, Gu Dao's staff shadow danced; under the powerful Qi control ability of a Seven-Star Peak Fighting Saint, the energy of the whole heaven and earth was mobilized, turning into endless fierce staff shadows that clashed head-on with Hun Sha's blade lights.

Clang! Clang!

The staff and blade collided; though it seemed a plain clash, it released an incredibly fierce storm of force that instantly twisted the space within several thousand zhang around violently.

In an instant, the forests around the demonic fire space were swept by raging winds, flying sand and rolling stones; even the strong spectators a thousand li away, who had come to watch the show, were left speechless by the sight.

Since Hun Sha and Gu Dao were senior figures of their respective clans, most of those present did not recognize each other.

But as the two collided, even if they were foolish, they could tell these two were extraordinary; thus, after being shocked, those people fled like a tide toward the distance, fearing to be drawn into the battle.

However, Hun Sha's strength was, after all, somewhat inferior to Gu Dao's.

Therefore, after their attacks clashed, Hun Sha's blade light was quickly shattered by those staff shadows.

Immediately afterward, those staff shadows flew toward him at undiminished speed, forcing Hun Sha to hastily raise his blood-colored great blade, continuously slashing out blade qi to block those staff shadows.

"What are you two staring at? Did the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire in the demonic fire space fry your brains? Hurry up and run—can't you see I can't beat this old man?"

After the clash, Hun Sha turned his head and saw that the Hun Mo Old Man and the Hall Master of the Soul Hall had not fled back, but instead hid to the side to watch the show; Hun Sha's anger exploded, and he immediately burst out cursing.

"Uh, yes!"

Seeing the former angry, the Hun Mo Old Man and the Hall Master of the Soul Hall could only exchange a glance, then clasped their hands and hurriedly turned to fly wildly into the distance.

"Hmph, want to run? It's not that easy."

Seeing the two ahead trying to flee, Gu Dao immediately became displeased and then wanted to give chase.

But seeing this, Hun Sha's eyes flashed with killing intent; he gritted his teeth, and with the hand not holding the blade, quickly formed a hand seal.

At the same time, his blood blade flew from his hand, and amid a surge of bloody light, it instantly expanded to a size of thousands of zhang before him.

This enormous blood blade hovered in the firmament, its killing intent condensing upon the blade as if substance.

Meanwhile, bloody light frenziedly surged along the blade's edge; when the distant onlookers saw it, even their souls trembled slightly.

They could feel that if that blade were to slash down at them, they would likely have no strength to resist at all.

"Blood God Rending Heaven!"

Seeing the killing intent on the blood blade condense to a certain point, Hun Sha's eyes turned cold, his veins bulging as he gripped with both hands; the blood blade instantly swooped down from the firmament, the blade's edge screeching as it tore through space, and in an instant a thunderous boom rang across the sky.

Wherever the blood blade passed, space within a myriad of zhang collapsed and shattered; even the towering mountains within tens of thousands of li around were crushed to ash by the might emanating from the blade's light.

Thus, the surroundings, once a landscape of towering mountains, instantly turned into an endless plain.

Moreover, the very next instant, that plain likewise revealed a colossal abyss myriad zhang deep.

Although this abyss was not wide, looking out over it, it was so deep that its bottom could not be fathomed.

Meanwhile, seeing the blood blade sweep toward him, Gu Dao's expression instantly turned grave.

The next moment, his green staff rapidly expanded, then he raised it and slammed it hard against the blood blade.

"Boom!"

The two collided fiercely; in an instant, an indescribably terrible shock swept forth from the sky, leveling the mountains and plains within tens of thousands of li to dust.

"Hiss, everyone run quick!"

The spectators ten thousand li away, seeing that terrifying oncoming shock, were instantly frightened to the point of bulging eyes, their faces extreme terror as they turned and fled at full speed toward the rear.

At this moment, they felt utter regret, regretting why they had, under that damn curiosity, foolishly stayed in place to watch the show.

This time, the show hadn't lasted long before the clash of those two Fighting Saint powerhouses turned out to have destructive power far beyond their expectations.

Even though they hid ten thousand li away, they were still affected—truly terrifying as a hiss!

However, at the instant their techniques collided, Gu Dao's on‑the‑spot figure flickered and faded, and Hun Sha instantly felt a bad premonition, quickly looking toward the Hun Mo Old Man and the Hall Master of the Soul Hall fleeing into the distance.

But the next moment, he saw that Gu Dao's true figure had already appeared behind the Hun Mo Old Man.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Hun Sha was so frightened his soul nearly left his body, and he cursed inwardly. After all, the Hun Mo Old Man is a veteran Fighting Saint of their Soul Clan, involved in many schemes; if Gu Dao were to seize him and take him to the Ancient Clan, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Thinking of this, Hun Sha gritted his teeth, raised his blood blade once more, and chopped down at Gu Dao in the distance.

"Swish!"

As he swung with all his might, in an instant a huge blood‑colored blade of light several thousand zhang long shot from his blade, slicing through space and arriving instantly behind Gu Dao.

At the same moment the blade light was unleashed, Hun Sha formed a hand seal; black Qi surged forth like a flood from his body, ultimately forming behind him a pair of enormous black wings hundreds of zhang across.

Next, Hun Sha bit his tongue, spraying a mouthful of essence blood; that essence blood, as if alive, split into two halves and instantly became two streaks of blood‑red light that adhered to his pair of bat wings.

"Bang!"

The next moment, his wings behind him gave a violent flap, then with a swish, his figure vanished without a trace as the fragments of compressed space behind him scattered.

Meanwhile, after that instant series of motions, Gu Dao, who was about to seize the Hun Mo Old Man, suddenly felt a blood‑slaughter qi coming from behind him.

Yet in the face of this sudden development, he casually turned and extended his green bamboo staff, easily blocking Hun Sha's blade light.

But before he could catch his breath, Hun Sha, bolstered by his bat wings and essence blood, instantly appeared before Gu Dao.

"Blood God Rending Heaven!"

The next moment, Hun Sha gathered all his Qi into his blood blade and then fiercely chopped down at Gu Dao.

"Overestimating oneself!"

Seeing the opponent clinging like stubborn hide, impossible to shake off, Gu Dao's eyes flashed with an uncontrollable surge of anger.

And just as he spoke, his green bamboo staff suddenly flashed with a piercing green light.

「Go! 」

Right after, Gu Dao's bamboo stick in his hand suddenly stabbed out, and compared to the awe-inspiring Hun Sha, that bamboo stick appeared extremely insignificant.

But the bursts of deadly aura emanating from it made Hun Sha's expression suddenly shift.

Though his expression changed, his body showed no sign of dodging; only saw him clench his teeth, harden his heart, and then he held the blood blade upright and slashed with all his strength at that bamboo stick.

Meanwhile, he yelled at the Soul Devil Old Man and the Hall Master of the Soul Hall, who were fleeing at full speed and about to vanish into the horizon: "You two, I give you three breaths to get out of the range Gu Dao can pursue, or else go die!"

「Boom—! 」

Just as the former's voice dropped, his blood blade and Gu Dao's bamboo stick slammed together fiercely.

But because of the gap in their strength, and with Hun Sha forced into a desperate situation, he could only clash head-on; thus, the blade light of his blood blade soon burst with a bang and vanished into nothing.

Right after, he only felt his palm go numb, his hands relaxed, and in a flash, his blood blade shot out uncontrollably.

However, just as the blood blade left his hand, Gu Dao's azure bamboo stick, its speed undiminished, swiftly arrived before Hun Sha, effortlessly pierced his abdomen, and the tip protruded from his back.

「Damn it, this time I've been badly screwed by that Soul Devil's mother. 」

Looking at the bamboo stick vanishing into his belly, Hun Sha's almost empty mind suddenly blurted out this sentence.

「Old Ghost Gu Dao, you damned well go die, old man! 」

But the next instant, Hun Sha let out an angry curse, then with a grim expression he stretched out his foot and fiercely kicked at Gu Dao in front of him.

But just as the former raised his foot, Gu Dao's eyes twinkled; he acted even faster, and when the opponent's foot had lifted less than ten centimeters, he fiercely stirred the bamboo stick impaling the opponent's belly.

Meanwhile, his body also suddenly retreated several hundred meters, successfully leaving Hun Sha's attack range.

But compared to the unscathed Gu Dao, Hun Sha, after being stirred by that bamboo stick, immediately felt his intestines and stomach being violently tangled together by a huge force.

Right after, a wisp of battle qi silently burst forth from within that bamboo stick, its tremendous force blowing the organs inside his abdomen to nothing on the ground! (End of chapter)