Its power was fifty-seven times.

Such a terrifying strike instantly drained all of Lu Qingshan's strength, including the Power of the Mountains and Seas, without any surprise.

And precisely because of this terrifying strike, even an Eighth Realm Cultivator would definitely not dare to say they could block it easily.

One strike from the heavens, with the Green Snake slaying the Tribulation Realm.

One person on the ground, invincible at this moment.

Lu Qingshan let out a slow breath.

The ferocious Green Snake, indestructible, charged forward.

"No!" Tian Mang screamed, incredulous, his face pale as snow, facing the might of the Green Snake, a feeling of fear arose in his heart.

He was scared, feeling the crisis of life and death, his heart trembled.

He immediately ordered his beast pet to block ahead, hoping to use its physical body to withstand this blow.

In the face of life and death, what counts a beast pet?

Just a mere beast.

"Heavenly Beast!" Tian Mang roared.

The Eighth Grade Realm demon beast immediately spread its wings, its whole body gleaming golden, blocking before the Green Snake.

Lu Qingshan did not open his eyes, remaining very calm.

"Spit!" Qin Yitian looked at Tian Mang's reaction, couldn't help but spit.

The Young Master risked his life to enter the Abyss to save it.

Yet at this moment, Tian Mang sacrificed his beast pet's life to save himself.

Among cultivator sects, except sword cultivators who have life-bound swords, beast cultivators have life-bound beast pets, while dharma cultivators have life-bound thunder seeds, wind seeds, and similar concepts.

But why is the life-bound sword of sword cultivators the strongest, the most special?

Besides the so-called sword nurturing method, the biggest reason lies therein.

To a sword cultivator, a life-bound sword is not just a sword, but a comrade, a fellow soldier.

For other cultivators, the life-bound object is often just an object.

Boom!

In the Heaven's Vault, the giant Green Snake of sword qi engulfed the Eighth Grade demon beast named Heavenly Beast.

The Green Snake unleashed enormous energy, and the world seemed to lose its color, the sun and moon seemingly lost their light.

The Heavenly Beast's golden stone-like physical body was pierced by the Green Snake, disintegrating, emitting a series of tremors.

The divine radiance on its body dimmed, then dissipated, disappearing.

"Screech!" The Heavenly Beast cried out, but couldn't change anything.

The Green Snake unleashed countless strands of sword qi, exploding within its body, recklessly destroying every inch of its physical body.

Bam!

Its massive body was torn into countless limbs and fragments, bursting apart, turning into a mist of blood spraying forth.

"I'm not willing!" Tian Mang's eyes were filled with anger.

Because after the Green Snake tore apart the Heavenly Beast, it immediately lunged at him.

Who isn't afraid of death?

Even if this was just a soul split and not true death, Tian Mang was still filled with dread and reluctance in his heart.

As the son of the Demon Lord of the Heart Demon Clan, with outstanding talent, he was destined for great achievements.

He even had ambitions, intending to use Lu Qingshan as a second soul split to forge his own path, but at this moment, all his aspirations seemed incredibly pale.

When the Green Snake roared out, his fate today was destined.

Tian Mang, filled with anger, fear, and unwillingness, used all his strength to try and block the ultimate strike formed by Lu Qingshan's Sword Qi Spirit combined with the Waxing Moon Slash, but it was all in vain.

There was no way to stop it.

The transformed Sword Qi Spirit, with just its basic power, had already reached the peak level of a Seventh Realm Cultivator.

After receiving a fifty-seven fold power amplification, it had reached the level of an Eighth Realm Cultivator.

Sizzle!

The sword qi pierced through the heavens, penetrating Tian Mang's physical body, bringing out large sprays of blood, with blood holes bursting open.

His body was fracturing, rapidly disintegrating, nearly exploding.

At the last moment, he vaguely saw Lu Qingshan on the ground open his eyes, his face covered with blood, yet with a tranquil smile that sent chills through his spine, watching him.

"It shouldn't be!" Tian Mang screamed in despair, infinitely regretful, wishing time could turn back, so he could boldly kill Lu Qingshan directly, not giving Lu Qingshan the chance to strike back.

The Green Snake, carrying overwhelming energy, like a vast ocean, completely engulfed him, causing his body to shatter into a mist of blood, eradicating all life force.

"Lu Qingshan!!"

"I, Tian Mang, will kill you for sure!"

In his dying moments, Tian Mang let out a shrill, angry roar.

Boom!

A mist of blood exploded.

.......

In a distant swamp.

On a black lotus, a pair of eyes suddenly opened, filled with blood-red streaks.

"My soul split... has fallen." The owner of the eyes murmured, his voice hoarse, with an indescribable violence hidden within.

"Ah!!" The next moment, the violent voice turned into a shrill low roar.

"Lu Qingshan, Lu Qingshan... you must die!" Tian Mang closed his eyes, his mind filled with scenes his soul split had experienced, constantly flashing by.

"Wait!" Suddenly, Tian Mang seemed to realize something, the images in his mind abruptly froze, continuously magnifying.

Finally, all the images were consumed by a long sword shrouded in black demonic qi.

"I remember now!" The blood-red streaks in Tian Mang's eyes had faded considerably, now slowly being occupied by shock, "This is... the Demonic Sword?!"

"The treasured heirloom of the War Demon Clan, the Demonic Sword?!"

Tian Mang finally remembered what the long sword that gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity was.

As one of the most famous Demonic Weapons of the War Demon Clan and even the entire Abyss, the Demonic Sword was as well-known to the Demon Race as the Xuanyuan Sword was to the people of Huaxia.

But it had always existed in records, like a legend, and Tian Mang had been mostly focused on Lu Qingshan, so he didn't think in this direction at first and failed to recognize the sword on the spot, only realizing now.