"You—!" Taihuang Demon’s second sword strike was pinched tight between Nangong Bing’s two fingers. In that instant, she felt something was wrong.

Fear actually began to bloom in her heart!

"Clang!"

However—before Taihuang Demon’s fear could be snuffed out, a blazing scarlet, ultimate power twined between Nangong Bing’s fingers. That power formed into a sphere, then erupted.

With a thunderous boom, the Heartless Sword in Taihuang Demon’s hand was forcibly bent. Yet under Nangong Bing’s matchless strength it still didn’t break! It was bent into a bow.

"Huh?!"

Nangong Bing’s Han Mei knit for a moment, then another scorching shockwave blasted out from between her fingers. After it exploded, the violent gust howled like a deep-sea tempest—within nearly a hundred meters, everyone was swept flying by that ferocious wave of force...

"How can she be this strong?" Jia Zhenjing rapidly retreated. This was the first time he’d felt the aura emanating from Nangong Bing’s body—too terrifying!

"Bang!"

Taihuang Demon was blasted away, gliding and tumbling in midair before she managed to right herself. When she landed, her chest heaved violently, and then she suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood...

"Damn it!"

Taihuang Demon dropped to one knee, using her War Sword as a crutch to support her body. The other side’s strength was so horrifying that her delicate body couldn’t help but tremble...

Even the tiger’s mouth of her palm was bleeding...

"Wommm~" Beiming Yu’s jade-like fingers lightly flicked across the zither strings. Instantly, an invisible, water-colored energy arrowed straight toward Taihuang Demon to kill her.

"Demoness, I want to see just how long you can hold out!"

Beiming Yu sneered inwardly. Nangong Bing’s mutation had completely exceeded her expectations, but that was fine—now that they had such a powerful helper, South Heavenly Gate might just turn defeat into victory!

"Swoosh!"

Nangong Bing’s eyes flashed with a cold light. Blood-red light flickered as she turned into a gale, striking toward Taihuang Demon once more.

At that moment, Taihuang Demon had just finished spitting out that mouthful of reverse blood, and the other side had already locked onto her again. This made Taihuang Demon feel utterly unlucky.

"Boom!!!"

The longsword in Taihuang Demon’s hand thrust straight for the space between Nangong Bing’s brows, yet it was once again easily pinched tight between Nangong Bing’s two fingers.

"What!"

Taihuang Demon’s eyes widened in unsteady terror as she watched the Heartless Sword in her hand get clamped between the other’s fingers. In that instant, Taihuang Demon finally began to panic, a trace of fluster flashing through her heart.

"Clang!"

However—the immense power bursting from between Nangong Bing’s fingers still couldn’t truly snap the Heartless Sword in Taihuang Demon’s hand.

This scene even surprised Taihuang Demon herself. Heartless Sword and Heartless Sword were both bestowed upon her by the Sect Hierarch Supreme Emperor—she knew how terrifying these two swords were, but she had never imagined they’d be tough to the point of being indestructible...

And the Nangong Bing she faced right now absolutely had Combat Power far above her own.

"Clang~"

Another metallic clang rang out. Taihuang Demon’s feet lifted lightly, borrowing the rebound from the Heartless Sword to spring into the air, then she stomped downward with both feet, ruthlessly kicking toward Nangong Bing’s face.

"Bang!"

Nangong Bing’s face was as cold as ice, wordless. She raised both elbows, blocking the other woman’s fierce kick...

"Thud!"

The tremendous force carved long grooves in the ground under Nangong Bing’s feet as she slid back, dust billowing. But those two kicks from Taihuang Demon still failed to inflict any real damage on her.

"Swoosh!"

Seeing the momentum on her side, Taihuang Demon flipped once in midair, then launched a second wave of pursuit, striking at Nangong Bing while she was "on the run"!

"Demoness!"

At the same time, Beiming Yu struck again. The ancient zither thrummed, its strings shivering. Her fair jade hands lightly plucked five times, sending five ripples of water-like energy surging back toward Taihuang Demon.

"Whoosh~"

The Holy Daughter of Qingchi shot out of the crowd and soared into the sky, Dual Swords in hand with a slender azure sword. She casually slashed downward, and an unmatched streak of azure light fell like a waterfall, blocking Beiming Yu’s five killing notes! 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Pop pop pop pop pop..."

The five sonic attacks were each shattered by the azure light. With a twang, one of the long strings on Beiming Yu’s zither actually snapped!

"Hm?!"

Beiming Yu’s Han Mei arched, then knitted again. Her pale fingers plucked off the broken string. Locking onto the Qingchi Holy Daughter, she flicked her fingers, and that long string tore through the resistance of the air, lashing toward the Holy Daughter!

"Slash!"

The Qingchi Holy Daughter’s delicate brows furrowed slightly. Even under Beiming Yu’s grand, lethal strike, her expression did not change. She simply chopped down with force, sending out a streak of azure Sword Qi that crashed into the flying string. Sparks erupted skyward; neither side could gain the upper hand.

However, the Qingchi Holy Daughter could feel that the other woman hadn’t used her true Combat Power. If she went all out, whether or not the Holy Daughter could withstand her was a complete unknown...

"Boom boom boom..." On the other side, Jia Zhenjing alone was battling several top-tier experts, locked in combat with masters from numerous major Sects. The mountains cracked and the earth split, shockwaves blasting into the sky, rubble flying, stones pierced and metal split, the roar like rolling thunder...

"Pop!"

The "Desert" of the Great Wilderness Holy Land took a palm from Jia Zhenjing, turning into a black streak that slammed viciously into a small hill. Stones exploded, dust surged up, and he was buried beneath the tumbling rocks...

"Bang!"

The Desert struggled out from the rubble, his body covered in blood. Enraged to the point of smoke coming out of his seven orifices, he roared and charged back into the battlefield.

"Heh heh, I don’t believe I can’t beat you to death!"

Jia Zhenjing cackled, turning into a residual shadow. His steps were like lightning as he launched a rapid assault, fingers spread wide, then clenched into a fist. One punch slammed into the Desert’s, vicious and direct—there was a cracking sound, and the Desert grimaced in pain, his fist bones snapping.

Then Jia Zhenjing sent him flying with another punch...

At this moment, the battle was growing fiercer and fiercer. Black Hawk, Bu Chen, and the others were leading all the South Heavenly Gate brothers into a bloody slaughter against the Heavenly Punishment Alliance.

Even with Nangong Bing’s forceful arrival, the situation didn’t shift in any obvious way. After all, the Heavenly Punishment Alliance had mobilized quite a lot of power this time.

Their overwhelming suppression once again caused South Heavenly Gate to lose many members.

"Roar roar!!!"

Right then, another furious roar echoed from the Wolong Mountain Range.

Everyone present froze for a beat, because that roar carried a kind of awe-inspiring force that made one instinctively want to bow.

"What’s going on? Don’t tell me South Heavenly Gate has more reinforcements?"

An Elder of the Taiyi Sect immediately sensed something was off. Nangong Bing’s domineering arrival had already made the battle even more intense; the South Heavenly Gate people were fighting like they didn’t want their lives.

"This is..."

Jia Zhenjing, Meng Chanji, and the rest rolled their eyes, thinking darkly, Could it be the Heavenly Punishment Alliance has more people coming?

"Sister Nangong! I’m here!!!"

Just as everyone was bracing for some shocking development, a massive black shadow suddenly vaulted off the cliffs of the Wolong Mountain Range. When everyone could finally see it clearly, they were all stunned.

They saw Liu Tangtang sitting on the shoulder of a gigantic ape, constantly directing it to attack.

And that gigantic ape—how could it be just some ordinary ape?

Some of the older-generation Cultivators recognized it at a glance: that was a top-tier Titan!!!

(I really don’t get it—just one day without updating and I’m getting cursed out like a dog. The reason there was no update yesterday is because your boy Hua went to the hospital. Long-term sitting at the desk, my whole body feels like crap, so I went for a checkup. When I came back, the doctor told me to rest properly. Add in a whole day of running around after the exam, and I had zero mood to write. I was afraid if I forced it, it’d turn out crap and you’d spray me like a dog.)