Chapter 1017

Facing the impending Heaven-Opening Sword of Primordial Eternity, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu did not dodge—it struck back.

Boom!

The Golden Dao within its body was directly detonated, the surging Golden Dao burning as if ignited.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Vast quantities of sharp bristles erupted like a waterfall, targeting precisely the location where Luo Fu appeared.

As long as Luo Fu remained within the Five Directions and Five Elements Small Universe, his speed—even if immense—remained clearly visible to the Sacred Beast Bai Hu, making it easy to predict his emergence point.

Not just this one clone, but all of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's other clones also surged into turmoil.

Riiip~~~

Under the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's control, the other clones all swung their tiger claws.

Ten massive dark-golden claw beams shot forth from the clones' hands.

Each massive dark-golden claw beam was several times larger than before.

All the massive dark-golden claw beams were aimed at a single point: Luo Fu and the targeted clone.

To counter him, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu had even decided to sacrifice one of its own clones.

These clones were all manifestations of spiritual techniques, not of great importance—even if sacrificed, it mattered little.

Since he had already been targeted, it might as well be put to wasteful use.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Even as the clone's attacks continued, immediately following the dark-golden claw beams, vast quantities of sharp bristles rained down again, sealing off every possible escape route for Luo Fu.

Luo Fu and the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone were extremely close, and the sharp bristles shot forth with incredible speed.

Thus, the moment Luo Fu's form appeared, a flood of sharp bristles directly poured onto his very front.

Seeing the sky-filling sharp bristles, Luo Fu's eyes flashed a hint of sharpness; he lightly swung the Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword, its sword qi blazing, instantly forming a wall of sword qi before him.

Infused with the power of the Sword Dao's Long River, threads of sword qi slithered across the sword wall, radiating unhidden sharpness; the surrounding space seemed unable to bear it, continuously cracking with fine fissures.

The sword wall formed with extreme speed—given the proximity between the sharp bristles and Luo Fu, no time for thought was needed; they could strike him instantly.

Yet within that fleeting instant, the sword wall suddenly coalesced, blocking before Luo Fu.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Countless sharp bristles struck the sword wall, producing crisp sounds.

Every single sharp bristle raining from the heavens was halted by the sword wall.

Zzzzz~~~

The slithering sword qi suddenly erupted, colliding with the sharp bristles; those striking the sword wall were annihilated in an instant.

Those sharp bristles not yet close but within the sword qi's radiation range were also annihilated in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, all sharp bristles aimed at Luo Fu were annihilated.

Luo Fu, holding the Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword, slowly approached the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone, the sword wall moving with him toward the clone.

The Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone continued frenziedly pouring out attacks, utterly unconcerned whether its strikes had any effect.

Clearly, this was the final command left by the Sacred Beast Bai Hu for its clone.

Shhh!

Without giving the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone another chance to attack, Luo Fu raised the Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword once more.

Sword light blazed upon the Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword, then descended toward the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone.

Boom!

Yet before the Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword could strike, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone exploded violently.

At the final moment before being cut down, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu chose to have its clone self-destruct.

Self-destruction was preferable to being cut down by Luo Fu.

If cut down, not only would the clone's body be annihilated, but the fragment of Ancestor Hongjun's divine spirit within it would be directly obliterated.

By self-destruction, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu could, at the last instant, withdraw its divine fragment.

Within the Five Directions and Five Elements Small Universe, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu held high authority, allowing it to remotely reclaim its divine fragment directly—even Luo Fu had no chance to stop it.

Though only one clone exploded, under the infusion of vast heavenly dao energy, the power contained within this clone amounted to at least one-tenth of a Saint's magic power.

The force of its explosion even surpassed a full-power strike by an ordinary Saint.

The energy wave from the explosion directly swallowed Luo Fu and the Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword.

Boom!

Luo Fu's Primordial Eternity Heaven-Opening Sword finally descended—but instead of cutting the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's clone, it struck the center of the explosion.

Sword light and destructive energy clashed violently, triggering another wave of explosion.

Crack!

Large sections of space shattered outright, revealing a five-colored interwoven energy barrier.

Even the five-colored interwoven barrier began to tremble slightly.

This had never happened before.

Clearly, the destructive force generated by this chain of explosions was terrifying.

The terrifying energy wave directly swallowed Luo Fu whole.

The sword wall before Luo Fu was instantly annihilated upon contact with the destructive energy, offering no resistance whatsoever.

The destructive energy poured directly onto Luo Fu's body.

After so long a battle, this was the first time—first time ever—that an attack had touched Luo Fu's body.