Chapter 177

Yazi was extremely annoyed at Shaohao's contempt, yet had no room to retort, ultimately because in their previous clash his performance had been too poor.

"After three days apart, one should view each other anew; I am no longer what I once was, and after another battle with me we can speak again."

Yazi attacked in anger, the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword displayed its divine might, a terrifying sword qi swept forth, straight toward Shaohao to slash.

The precious sword left its sheath, divine light flashing, even the clouds at the horizon were dispersed by it, being split into two.

Shaohao saw this, his eyebrows slightly raised; Yazi's attack aroused a bit of interest in him, but his attention was more focused on the weapon Yazi used.

"Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword, I never expected to face it again; I heard you once studied under the Responding Dragon, I want to see how much you have learned."

Shaohao raised his hand, a long halberd appeared in his grasp; this halberd's shape was ancient and simple, as if cast from auspicious metal, its surface covered with inscriptions, myriad beasts engraved, three characters written on it: Heaven-Slaying Halberd.

Shaohao wielded the Heaven-Slaying Halberd, easily shattering Yazi's sword qi, while Shaohao continually pressed toward Yazi.

"Back then I also exchanged moves with the Responding Dragon; I regrettably lost to him, and the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword left a wound on the Heaven-Slaying Halberd that has not healed to this day."

"Since we have this affinity today, it's a pity I have no disciples; otherwise I would have had them spar with you, but for now I can only bully the small with the great."

The Heaven-Slaying Halberd was surrounded by divine power, heavily striking the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword; Yazi could not bear this great force, his hand gripping the sword trembled slightly.

Shaohao merely turned the Heaven-Slaying Halberd lightly, and Yazi instantly flew backward, falling among the blue rocks, kicking up a great cloud of dust.

However Yazi did not wait to be slain; seeing within the dust, several sword lights flew out, instantly dispersing the dust and assaulting Shaohao.

The Heaven-Slaying Halberd swung, Shaohao looked into the cleared dust and saw a huge beast emerge, with a jackal's head and a dragon's body, holding a precious sword in its mouth, extraordinarily ferocious.

"This is somewhat interesting."

Shaohao laughed.

Before, he was merely playing around, just a few movements, not even counting as a warm-up.

However Yazi's performance indeed surprised him somewhat; after all, since his debut, Yazi is the first Great Luo Golden Immortal able to block his attacks.

"Now we begin the second round."

Yazi exhaled a high-temperature mist from his mouth and nose, possibly because he held the precious sword in his mouth, making his voice somewhat muffled, but the killing intent and fighting spirit within were fully revealed.

Yazi leapt forward, lunging at Shaohao; cold light flashed on his dragon claws, driving Shaohao back while he swung his head, using the sword's edge to open a path, making it hard for Shaohao to exert force and reducing his counterattack.

The Heaven-Slaying Halberd was waved continuously, but due to discontinuous exertion, Yazi gained room to defend.

Dragon's spittle dripped onto the ground, corroding the land into one deep pit after another, yet instantly flattened by the aftermath of the two's battle.

Shaohao seized the opportunity, sweeping the Heaven-Slaying Halberd horizontally, once again sending Yazi flying, pulling their distance apart as they returned to a standoff.

"As expected of master and disciple, even your styles are so similar; sparring with you guys, I find it hard to exert full strength, my movements feel awkward."

Although Shaohao said so with his mouth, his eyes almost overflowed with appreciation, and he slightly praised:

"You can be considered to have received the true transmission of the Responding Dragon's technique; the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword in your hands does not disgrace its prestige."

Yazi, however, paid no heed; he needed to seize the time to regulate his breath, for Shaohao's power far surpassed his.

Even though it limited him, preventing full exertion, the expenditure of strength and mind was not small; a slight mistake would lead to serious injury.

"It's a pity that we are still in the midst of the great calamity, and you are not an Innate Divine Sage; since we are enemies, I can only let you die here, otherwise you could have been my friend."

Having said this, Shaohao felt a bit regretful; he truly appreciated Yazi now. But as he said, since they are enemies, they can ultimately not be called fellow Daoists.

Faced with Shaohao's words as if he had him figured out, Yazi merely gave a cold snort and said: "Who will win the deer's life is still unknown."

In classical speech, Shaohao instead became somewhat pleased, asking:

"Oh, could it be that you still have strength you haven't shown? If not, I fear you cannot escape this calamity today either."

"You should know, I also have no fondness for your father, and I will not specially preserve your true soul for you."

Shaohao's arrogant demeanor thoroughly enraged Yazi.

Only seen, Yazi's leopard mouth slightly opened, a dragon pearl flew from his mouth, joining with the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword.

In an instant, the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword shone with boundless light, countless terrifying sword qi spewed forth, sweeping in all directions.

Once again gripping the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword in his mouth, Yazi leapt forward, attacking Shaohao again; the sword qi, bolstered by the dragon pearl, had its divine might far surpassing before.

Shaohao rarely became serious; now Yazi let him see the shadow of the Responding Dragon within.

The Heaven-Slaying Halberd also released boundless golden light, sharp metal qi gathering upon it.

At the same time, winds and clouds surged between heaven and earth; gales coiled around the Heaven-Slaying Halberd, even driving the sharp metal qi to swirl together upon it.

As Yazi approached, Shaohao struck once; the gale and sharp metal qi attacked Yazi together, colliding with the Responding Dragon Mysterious Heaven Sword in his mouth.

The surrounding environment was completely flattened, hundreds of millions of li of territory became utterly flat, only a few gullies crossed it, each reaching a depth of ten thousand zhang.

The original surrounding mountains, in this blow, were already swept away by the gale; before they could land they turned to dust, dissipating with the clear wind between heaven and earth.

After Shaohao unleashed a strike, without hesitation he directed continuous attacks toward the direction where Yazi had been blown away.

One storm after another swept away, plowing on the earth a deep abyss far exceeding one million zhang in depth; looking down, one could faintly see water surging from within.

The dragon's roar sounded from the abyss, accompanied by rolling waves; a huge wave surged up from the abyss's bottom and leapt straight out.

The Glare stood on the wave's crest, four feet treading water, moving with the waves.

The Glare was overjoyed at this moment, for beneath the earth there were actually several underground rivers of considerable size; the water of these rivers, under its control, bore a considerable share of the pressure for it.

Otherwise, under this blow, it would have been far more than just a light injury.

Shaohao could sense that the black giant wave lunging at him contained a large amount of earthly evil turbid qi, which most easily pollutes a person's spiritual light.

"You're quite lucky, to actually have such filthy things inside this earth."

It turns out that these underground rivers, deep within the earth and long deprived of sunlight, under the influence of the turbid qi, over many years combined with the turbid qi to form the filthy water before us.

"However, to control such filth with your divine sense, aren't you afraid of defiling your spiritual platform and letting your primordial spirit become tainted?"

Shaohao looked at the Glare standing on the filthy water with some disdain, even wanting to lunge at it.

"Hmph."

The Glare snorted coldly, saying nothing, but the black spot appearing in its eyes showed that Shaohao's words were not false.

(End of chapter)