The battles on the three Sword Platforms continue.
However, it’s uncertain how long they can endure like this.
On the Human Sword Platform, Dugu Jiu fights again with a weary and injured body, although, relying on his extraordinary strength, he temporarily subdues the newly arrived Demon King.
On the Earth Sword Platform, Linghu Yao enters the battle; already at the Sixth Stage Peak, his mastery of swordsmanship allows him to suppress his opponent in one go.
On the Heavenly Sword Platform, the entire area is enveloped in Hun Ming’s waters, with sword light piercing through, waves rippling, and shocking fluctuations constantly emanating from within...
Every Sword Master couldn’t help but continue focusing on the Human Sword Platform; currently, this seems to be the most perilous spot.
Xiang Yuntian turns his head and scans his surroundings; after enduring the Earth Tribulation, there are quite a few Low Stage King Level members from the Divine Sect around, but most of them are just Second Stage New Kings.
Apart from Fu Chaosheng and Dugu Jiu, the strength of the other New Kings can be considered just passable.
Yet, while the Divine Sect’s members focus on the Human Sword Platform, the high altitude of the Heavenly Sword Platform sees murky waters shaking, waves collapsing, and ten thousand feet of golden sword light rising like dragons, tearing apart the murky waters enveloping the entire Heavenly Sword Platform!
Then, a Demon King with broad shoulders and a scorpion tail is seen slashed by the sword light, spraying a massive amount of blood in mid-air... along with a gruesomely sinister deep blue scorpion tail!
Lou Zhen stands in the void, with a golden longsword encircling him like a dragon, his imposing aura daunting!
"The Sword Master defeated another one!"
Seeing this, the Divine Sect’s experts on Heavenly Sword Peak brighten their eyes, secretly invigorated.
Yet Xiang Yuntian, closely watching Lou Zhen, faintly senses something amiss.
"Something’s wrong!" Xiang Yuntian mutters in a low voice.
At that moment, Lou Zhen in the high sky lets out a muffled groan; his body shakes, shrouded with wisps of Hun Ming’s dark water vapor.
Upon closer inspection, Lou Zhen’s side has a fist-sized wound, pierced by the severed scorpion tail!
Hun Ming’s water surges and rises at the wound, rapidly transforming into murky chains wrapping around Lou Zhen, forming a sinister aura of a Hun Ming Great Scorpion’s shadow above him.
The spirit light around Lou Zhen instantly becomes dim, even the sword ring encircling him stalling slightly!
The Great Scorpion’s shadow suddenly dissipates, yet Lou Zhen’s wound, amidst the black water transformation, turns into a dark aura-tangled Scorpion Seal.
"This... is a curse!" Luo Qingping exclaims.
Xiang Yuntian’s expression also deepens: "Trouble!"
Meanwhile, the heavily injured Scorpion Demon King Hun Ling suppresses his injuries, retreating from the Heavenly Sword Platform with a cold smile of success.
Seeing Hun Ling retreat, Lou Zhen does not pursue but lowers his head to look at the sinister eerie Scorpion Curse on his side.
"Risking tail severance to pierce me, this Scorpion Demon is quite ruthless."
Lou Zhen probes quickly into the Scorpion Seal with his spiritual sense, a slight heaviness settling in his expression...
Meanwhile, Hun Ling has retreated into the Demon Cloud.
"Hun Ming, how’s it?" Yin Ju asks.
Hun Ling grins fiendishly: "With my Hun Ming Demon Scorpion Curse, his eye power and spiritual sense grow more obscure, and the more star power he uses, the more he corrodes!"
Yin Ju and nearby Chuntong, along with other Demon Kings, brighten their eyes; undoubtedly, the sword cultivator ahead is the strongest expert of this sect.
To deal with such an expert, even Yin Ju himself isn’t absolutely confident, so it’s best to weaken the opponent step by step!
Now, since Hun Ling’s Curse Seal is successfully planted, defeating him is merely a matter of time!
Yet Hun Ling, looking at his severed tail and the deep exposed bone sword wound on his chest, can’t help but restrain his grin, his eyes flickering with a few lingering fears.
"This human is truly fearsome; his swordsmanship cuts through illusions and realities. I almost couldn’t escape just now..."
With a thought, Hun Ling surges Hun Ming’s water around him, starting to repair his wounds.
However, the residual sword intent in the wound makes the repair effect astonishingly slow.
"Let me help."
Chuntong smiles, reaching out with delicate fingers to rub Hun Ling’s chest wound.
Hun Ling frowns slightly, feeling some discomfort, but doesn’t stop him.
"Bloom."
Chuntong whispers, spirit light flickering at his fingertips, as splendid flowers bloom continuously on the wound.
Accompanying waves of flourishing vibrancy, within Hun Ling’s wound, flesh buds swell, new flesh surges, using strong Growth Power to break through the sword intent’s barrier, rapidly healing.
Chuntong retracts his hand, snapping his fingers; a splendid array of flowers immediately envelops Hun Ling.
"He’s heavily injured, so he’ll need more treatment~" Chuntong chuckles.
Yin Ju ignores him, instead looking towards the surrounding Demon Kings: "Hun Ling has planted the Scorpion Curse, so who wants to go up and finish off the person?"
The nearby High Stage Royal Court Demon Kings look at each other, eyes flashing, yet no one speaks.
Although Hun Ling has cursed the enemy, the curse doesn’t instantly render the opponent powerless.
Lou Zhen has consecutively defeated three High Stage Demon Kings, his strength undeniable; going up now might provoke a full-force retaliation.
The one who takes the stage now might not benefit.
Instead, the next one to appear is the optimal moment for harvesting!