Chapter 707: Heart Demon Form

Boom!

Thunderfire exploded across the horizon, as rolling fire clouds and thunderbolts spread wantonly with bared fangs and claws, like a calamity about to descend from the heavens.

Under the ecstatic gazes of the Luo Lan Mansion crowd, Shen Shen Jinxiao's figure was sent flying backward several hundred meters through the sky, the void along the way trembling ceaselessly; only when his strength was spent did his figure finally stabilize.

At this moment, the clothes on Shen Shen Jinxiao's back burst apart, and a fist-sized bloody hole appeared on his back; around the wound, flames and Lei Guang flickered, eating into his flesh and blood.

However, this erosion did not last long, because within the bloody hole some eerie black substance appeared; this black substance spread out, swiftly swallowing the flames and Lei Guang, and in the end even filling the bloody hole itself.

Such terrifying vitality made everyone's scalp go numb.

"What a treacherous Lord of Duze Mansion." Shen Shen Jinxiao stared expressionlessly at Duze Yan, his gaze somewhat cold and sinister.

Shen Shen Jinxiao had not expected that, among the three before him, the one he had originally paid the least attention to was instead the first to inflict a wound on him.

Yet, facing Shen Shen Jinxiao's cold gaze, Duze Yan's face remained stern, with no intention of conversing; three Marquis Platforms descended from the void, violent flames and thunderbolts intertwining, a calamity-like offensive raining down toward Shen Shen Jinxiao.

Shen Shen Jinxiao's face was expressionless; the enormous Flame Demon phantom behind him opened its mouth and spewed forth rings of fire that coiled around his body, not only blocking every bit of Duze Yan's offensive, but also beginning to scorch violently the deep-blue fire rings that Xi Chan had originally cast.

Looking at this display, if not for Xi Chan's augmentation from that "Master Guixu Water Pearl," given the gap in their resonance strength between the two sides, she would probably have been evaporated alive by the flames long ago.

In this brief clash, Shen Shen Jinxiao revealed the absolute dominance of a Sixth-Grade Marquis; single-handedly, he easily suppressed both Xi Chan and Duze Yan.

However, at this moment, the attack from Niu Niu Biaobiao caused Shen Shen Jinxiao to direct the bulk of his attention toward the former.

Niu Niu Biaobiao gripped a mottled, bloodstained executioner's greatsword; the fierce, baleful aura erupting from his body shot straight into the clouds. Right now, he looked even more like a villain than Shen Shen Jinxiao did; that dense baleful aura was more terrifying than that of some spirit beasts.

Ferocious blade-light ceaselessly shattered the void, slashing toward Shen Shen Jinxiao.

And around Shen Shen Jinxiao's body, torrents of flame kept erupting, evaporating every bit of that blade-light.

Niu Niu Biaobiao stared at Shen Shen Jinxiao, who still appeared composed despite their three-man siege; he understood that among the three, Xi Chan and Duze Yan could only achieve some restraining effect, and the one truly capable of forcing Shen Shen Jinxiao back was still only himself.

At this thought, Niu Niu Biaobiao's gaze grew even more ferocious.

He let out a long howl; the howl was like thunder, echoing across a hundred li.

The executioner's greatsword in his hand swung slowly; wherever it passed, the void seemed unable to bear its might and began to show signs of collapse.

A terrifyingly extreme blade-qi was leisurely born between heaven and earth.

Shen Shen Jinxiao immediately sensed this overbearing blade-qi; his gaze turned slightly solemn. Finally unleashed, is it... On the day of the Mansion Sacrifice, the Spirit-Grade Marquis Art Niu Niu Biaobiao had displayed had shaken many of the Great Xia's Marquis-level powerhouses.

After all, a Marquis Art of this caliber was not commonly seen in a place like Great Xia.

Niu Niu Biaobiao struck with exceptional decisiveness; when the blade-qi had been brewed to its peak, the executioner's greatsword in his hand directly cleaved down through the air toward Shen Shen Jinxiao's position.

"Berserk God Blade!"

A low voice rang out in response.

This Spirit-Grade Marquis Art once again revealed its awe-inspiring might.

Hum!

The layered clouds of the nine heavens seemed to be split apart at this moment; a dazzling, resplendent blade-light swept across the world, and every substance blocking its path was reduced to nothingness.

Both Xi Chan and Duze Yan were moved by the ferocity and overbearingness of this blade.

Although Niu Niu Biaobiao currently only possessed the strength of a Fourth-Grade Marquis, the might of this blade was such that even an ordinary Fifth-Grade Marquis could only avoid its edge.

However, Shen Shen Jinxiao, who was being strained to the utmost by Xi Chan and Duze Yan, could not dodge.

Of course, he had no intention of dodging either.

Over these years, he had suppressed and hidden himself for too long; now, the time had come to reveal himself fully.

The strength of a Sixth-Grade Marquis was enough to place him at the very pinnacle of Great Xia's Marquis-level.

If not for Lord Zhu Xuan Chen, then he now would almost be considered the strongest person in Great Xia aside from Pang Pang Qianyuan.

Shen Shen Jinxiao's face was indifferent; his hands formed seals at lightning speed, and as the seals were completed, a crimson point of light condensed between his palms. The moment that point of light appeared, everyone felt the temperature of the world surge violently.

It was as if they had fallen into a world of a great furnace.

In the end, that crimson point of light expanded at a startling speed; after only a few breaths, it transformed into a blazing great sun roughly a hundred zhang across, and on its surface, countless energy runes seemed to flow.

Within the great sun, wave after wave of terrifyingly extreme flame resonance emanated.

"Marquis Art, Great Flame Sun!"

Shen Shen Jinxiao watched the blade-light rapidly enlarging in his pupils; the next moment, that hundred-zhang blazing sun crashed down, colliding head-on with the blade-light that had even split the clouds apart.

Boom, boom!

At the instant of impact, terrifying high temperatures and overbearing blade-light madly eroded each other; energy shockwaves surged through the world like a hurricane. At this moment, even Xi Chan and Duze Yan were caught in the backlash, their two figures shooting backward; the Marquis Platforms behind them released vast resonance, ceaselessly dissolving that energy shockwave.

The Luo Lan Mansion convoy below, although only brushed by the aftershocks, was still thrown into chaos, men and horses tumbling about in disarray.

Yet no one cared about that; all their gazes were fixed dead on the high sky.

There, Niu Niu Biaobiao's figure violently shuddered; the clothes on his upper body were directly incinerated, revealing a body covered in scars, his skin roasted to a glowing red, and at the same time a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from his lips.

Looking at Shen Shen Jinxiao on the other side, his figure showed a momentary stagnation, and then with a ripping sound, a blade-mark appeared on his chest out of thin air; that blade-mark slanted down from his shoulder to his waist and abdomen—this blade had nearly split him open.

Rolling fresh blood flowed down from the blade-mark, revealing the writhing organs within.

Within the flesh and blood, the eerie black substance appeared once more, attempting to repair the wound, but at this moment terrifying blade-qi was rampaging at the site; the moment the black substance appeared, it would be annihilated.

Judging by this state, both sides had suffered no light injuries in the previous clash.

"Heh heh, worthy of a Spirit-Grade Marquis Art, its power is so astonishing; taking a few more strikes like this, even a Sixth-Grade Marquis would find it hard to bear." Having taken a solid hit from "Berserk God Blade," Shen Shen Jinxiao laughed darkly.

"If you want to eat it, then eat two more." Niu Niu Biaobiao's face was full of brawn, brimming with murderous aura.

Shen Shen Jinxiao smiled and shook his head, saying lightly: "I'm afraid you won't have that chance."

Hearing this, Niu Niu Biaobiao's gaze instantly sharpened.

Shen Shen Jinxiao then raised his palm, and a blood bead suddenly appeared in it.

"This drop of blood of yours was indeed not easy to obtain."

The six Marquis Platforms behind Shen Shen Jinxiao trembled, and mysterious runes began to manifest upon them.

Seeing this, Xi Chan and Duze Yan immediately drove their own Marquis Platforms to launch ferocious offensives at Shen Shen Jinxiao; although they did not know what he was about to do, his stance clearly indicated he was about to employ some decisive measure!

However, Shen Shen Jinxiao paid no heed to their two-man offensive; six Marquis Platforms spewed torrents of searing floodwaters, dissolving their attacks.

"Are you all very curious about my 'Inner Demon Visage' ability?"

"Then next, let me demonstrate it for you." Shen Shen Jinxiao smiled eerily, his fingertips forming a seal. The drop of fresh blood from Seeing Niu Niu Biaobiao immediately began to writhe, gradually forming a blood-man the size of a thumb.

And the blood-man's appearance was identical to Niu Niu Biaobiao's.

From the six Marquis Sealing Platforms, mysterious runes flowed down like liquid, finally plunging entirely into the body of that blood-man Niu Niu Biaobiao.

At the same time, Shen Shen Jinxiao's sinister, eerie laughter rang out between heaven and earth.

"Marquis Sealing Divine Talisman, Inner Demon Tribulation."

The instant his voice fell, Niu Niu Biaobiao, who had been preparing to once again unleash the "Mad God Blade," suddenly stiffened. Then his gaze rapidly went hollow at that moment, as if he had fallen into some kind of uncontrollable Huan Jing.

Xi Chan and Duze Yan's expressions both changed drastically.

Seeing this, Li Luo below also felt his heart gradually sink.

Shen Shen Jinxiao smiled faintly, then lowered his head to look down at Li Luo on the ground, his gaze pitying.

"Without Niu Niu Biaobiao, how will you block me from here on?"