Chapter 974

The transformation of life's level is like becoming another species entirely.

Although appearance, personality, and race have not changed, immortals and mortals, sages and immortals still belong to two different species.

Mortals find it hard to understand the perspective of immortals, just as ants cannot comprehend the perspective of humans.

In tens of thousands of clashes, the sacred beast Bai Hu had more than once tried to seize the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword.

Under Luo Fu's control, the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword slipped like an eel, evading Bai Hu's tiger claws again and again.

The sacred beast Bai Hu paid no mind to this; its eyes held not the slightest impatience.

Whether or not it could seize the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword was unimportant. What Bai Hu truly desired was to enjoy the battle.

It must be said that Luo Fu had completely understood the sacred beast Bai Hu's psychology.

The brief gap while forming the sword wall stirred a flicker of impatience in Bai Hu's heart.

The next instant, Luo Fu delivered a thrilling clash that instantly erased that flicker of impatience from Bai Hu's heart.

Yet, such a thrilling clash came at a cost.

Each collision consumed the Great Dao power contained within the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword.

Tens of thousands of collisions had rendered the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword utterly dim; the Great Dao power within it had nearly been exhausted.

Boom!

After another collision, both the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword and the tiger claw bore the terrifying shockwave of impact.

The destructive force hammered against the tiger claw, but every strike was blocked by the shimmering golden light on its surface.

In each of the tens of thousands of collisions, the tiger claw consumed vast amounts of Heavenly Dao power.

The gap in realm and Great Dao potency forced Bai Hu to expend dozens, even hundreds, of times more magic power than Luo Fu to counter the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword.

Yet Bai Hu's body gathered the power of the Five Sacred Beasts, reinforced by the Five Directions and Five Elements Array; its magic power was nearly infinite, and this consumption could be restored in a breath—nothing at all.

Thus, the sacred beast Bai Hu remained at peak condition, effortlessly withstanding the shockwaves of their clash.

The chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword was different; the power within it had nearly been depleted.

That last collision had been the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword's final burst.

With its magic power heavily drained, the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword could no longer generate sword light to cut through the impact; it could only let the force strike its blade.

The massive blade began to tremble violently under the terrifying impact.

The sacred beast Bai Hu keenly sensed this; golden light blazed from its tiger claw, torrents of Heavenly Dao power surged forth, and five sharp golden claws pierced through the collision's shockwave, slamming directly onto the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword.

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out as the five sharp golden claws plunged into the blade, drilling five enormous holes into it.

The chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword, pierced through by the five sharp golden claws, lost all ability to flee or resist.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Crisp snapping sounds echoed continuously; after seizing the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword, Bai Hu decisively clenched its claws, unleashing torrents of Heavenly Dao power onto the blade.

Under the immense force of the claws, the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword—its magic power long depleted—began cracking outward from the five holes.

As the cracks spread, the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword held for only a breath before shattering violently into countless fragments, dissolving into Bai Hu's tiger claws.

After such a long battle, Bai Hu had finally achieved some result.

Yet, after crushing the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword, Bai Hu's eyes held no trace of triumph.

For it suddenly realized the surrounding sword walls had not dissolved with the destruction of the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword.

Only then did Bai Hu understand that the surrounding sword walls were not mere illusions.

Think about it—if the sword walls were just illusions, Luo Fu would not have wasted magic power to form them.

For Luo Fu, every bit of magic power mattered.

Hum! Hum!

Not long after Bai Hu crushed the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword, two more chaotic-colored Great Dao Swords flew forth from the sword walls.

Using the perception granted by the Five Directions and Five Elements Array, Bai Hu could clearly sense that both new swords were real.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sound of tearing air rang out as the two Great Dao Swords pierced the void, hurtling toward Bai Hu with terrifying killing intent.

This time, both Great Dao Swords glowed a heavy earth-yellow hue.

Although the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword contained little magic power, it could not possibly sustain tens of thousands of clashes.

Each clash with Bai Hu, leveraging the realm gap, consumed only a small amount of Luo Fu's magic power.

Before forming the sword walls, the chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword's endurance was dozens of times greater than just now.

Thus, the previous chaotic-colored Great Dao Sword contained only a portion of the magic power.

The sword walls could still summon dozens more identical chaotic-colored Great Dao Swords.

The battle was far from over.

The two Great Dao Swords attacked from front and back, surrounding Bai Hu.

Seeing the two newly formed Great Dao Swords, Bai Hu felt no disappointment—instead, he grew excited.

Though the number of clashes had been many, the actual duration of their battle had been only a few breaths.

A few breaths were far from satisfying Bai Hu's battle lust.

Had it not been for holding back too much and ruining the combat experience, Bai Hu would have continued to hold back.

Unexpectedly, the previous battle had merely been a beginning; for Bai Hu, this was not bad news—it was good news.

For this kind of battle was precisely what he wanted.