"Swift!"

Bai Kun summoned the Heaven Gold Ring, channeling all the mana he had cultivated over the years into it.

Buzz!

The Heaven Gold Ring suddenly erupted with astonishing spiritual light, transforming into a giant golden dragon.

Roar!

The golden dragon let out a roar, rolling in mid-air, its body expanded several times. Its claws and fangs sharpened, its eyes became extremely lively, and it ferociously charged at Xu Ping.

"Good timing!"

Xu Ping's expression was calm. In a brief instant, he thrust several swords in succession. Each sword light, about a long length, appeared and crisscrossed, forming a massive net that wrapped around the golden dragon entirely.

Crunch!

Squeak!

The golden dragon was entangled by the Sword Qi net, emitting spine-chilling sounds, and the scales composed of spiritual Qi on its body began to crumble. Finally, the entire golden dragon disintegrated into specks of spiritual light, dissipating into the void.

Bai Kun saw Xu Ping easily dissolve his offensive, his expression turned exceedingly gloomy, "You do have some skill, but do you really think that's all I have?"

He raised his hand in a gesture.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Six second-stage puppets appeared, each hovering in mid-air.

"So Bai Kun is actually a Puppet Master?" Gong Yang and Duan Shuang showed shocked expressions.

They hadn't expected that Bai Kun's hidden card was being a Puppet Master, able to control six puppets at once, with two of them being Second-stage Mid-grade puppets. Bai Kun was at least a Second-stage Mid-grade Puppet Master.

After all, unless a puppet possesses some intelligence like Xu Ping's puppet rat demon, they require a cultivator's divine sense or other secret techniques to control.

"Puppet Master?" Xu Ping's face showed surprise.

"Go!"

With a thought from Bai Kun, the runes on the chests of the six second-stage puppets started to flicker, producing mechanical sounds, then with a roar, they rushed straight at Xu Ping.

Though surprised by the other party's Puppet Master identity, with only four Second-stage Lower Grade puppets and two Second-stage Middle Grade ones, they couldn't pose a real threat to him.

"Blood Demon True Form!"

Xu Ping shouted in a low voice, instantly, his body began to swell, transforming into a giant over four meters tall, his entire skin enveloped in intense blood light.

He unhesitatingly threw a punch.

Boom!

One Second-stage Lower Grade puppet was instantly smashed away by him.

Then spiritual light flashed over him, and the Perfection Level Light Body Technique exponentially increased his speed.

In an instant, he broke out of the puppet encirclement and rushed straight at Bai Kun.

"Second-stage Body Refining!" Bai Kun showed a panicked expression.

How on earth did this person cultivate? His swordsmanship is already so exceptional, yet even his body refining is equally strong.

In a panic, he hastily activated the Heaven Gold Ring, instantly a golden protective shield enveloped him. But feeling it wasn't enough, he slapped several Second-stage defensive talismans on himself.

The next moment.

Thud!

Xu Ping punched heavily at the spiritual Qi shield, an invisible soundwave resonated all around, blowing several things over, but ultimately did not break Bai Kun's defense.

"Body refining's attack power is still somewhat lacking!" Xu Ping shook his slightly numb arm.

"Get lost!"

Bai Kun yelled in a strange voice, then waved his hand on the ring, causing several Second-stage talismans to appear!

Bing Fire God Thunder, Fiery Fire Golden Saber, Xuanyin True Water...

Several Second-stage Lower Grade, even Mid-grade talismans were madly consumed and activated by him, in a frenzy of bombardment, forcing Xu Ping to retreat.

And at this moment, the six puppets that were brushed aside by Xu Ping blocked Bai Kun's front.

"Attack!"

Bai Kun, hiding behind the puppets, pointed a finger.

Buzz!

The six puppets opened their mouths, six colorful energy balls rapidly gathered in their mouths.

The next moment!

Bang!

Six energy balls instantly shot out, intertwining in mid-air, carrying a catastrophic aura, attacking Xu Ping.

"This power... probably just barely reaches the threshold of Late-Stage Foundation Establishment!!" Gong Yang exclaimed.

If he faced this attack, he definitely couldn't withstand it, and Xu Ping, who was only at Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, was surely in grave danger.

"Fellow Daoist Gong, quickly activate the array, block this attack!" Duan Shuang said urgently.

She couldn't help but deeply regret, if she had known it would be like this, she would have definitely stopped this duel earlier.

And Gong Yang now knew the seriousness of the situation, without any hesitation, he took out the array plate to control the array.

Boom!

Just as he was preparing to manipulate the array, suddenly a deafening thunderous sound erupted, as if the Thunder God had descended!

"Primordial Sword Skill, Five Qi Extinguishing Heaven!"

Xu Ping shouted low, holding his magic sword, the sword light suddenly splitting into five beams, each carrying the endless might of thunder, a magnificent momentum!

Boom!

Lightning sparkled, Sword Qi slashed wildly!

The Sword Qi entwined with multicolored energy, devouring each other... finally dissipating completely.

"What, actually took it!!" All three present were shocked and discolored.

Especially Bai Kun, his eyeballs practically popped out. He was very clear about how strong his attack was, never expecting that a cultivator in the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment could also explode with such powerful strength.

Could it be the power of Sword Qi Thunder Sound?

"My turn!"

Xu Ping's face showed coldness, he swung a sword down, the sword light split into five beams, accompanied by heaven-shaking thunder sound, slashing towards Bai Kun.

"Oh no!"

Bai Kun's face changed drastically, wanting to once again manipulate the puppet for a combined attack was already too late.

He could only place a Second-stage puppet closest to him in front of himself for protection, directly pulling out the Divine Sense thought, letting this Second-stage puppet meet the Sword Qi.

Bang!

Under a single sword, the Second-stage puppet was instantly slashed into two halves.

Bai Kun showed horror, using this bit of time, he poured his entire Mana into the Heavenly Gold Ring like it was free.

Buzz!

A thick Spiritual Qi shield enveloped his whole body!

In the next moment!

Crack!

The Sword Qi slashed onto the Spiritual Qi shield, producing a grating sound of fragmentation, Bai Kun's protective spiritual shield shattered instantly.

But at this moment the Sword Qi was also exhausted!

Not even waiting for Bai Kun to breathe a sigh of relief, he found Xu Ping had somehow appeared in front of him.

In his face of terror, Xu Ping punched out.

Boom!

Bai Kun was punched away, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted, heavily hitting the stone wall, his aura quickly withering.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, please hold your hand, I surrender on behalf of Fellow Daoist Bai!"

Seeing Xu Ping seemingly still not planning to let Bai Kun go, Gong Yang immediately shouted out in a long call, coming out of shock.

If they killed Bai Kun just like this, how would they explain to the Song family!

Hah!

In front of the stone wall, a fist glowing with blood light pressed against Bai Kun's forehead.

Xu Ping smiled slightly, asking, "Fellow Daoist, do you surrender?"

"Pfft!"

"I... I surrender!"

Bai Kun struggled to spit out a few words, another mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, his messy hair, the green robe also covered with blood stains, extremely embarrassed, no longer the previous graceful appearance.

"That's good."

Xu Ping casually withdrew his fist, looking incredibly relaxed, "The five thousand Spirit Stones you lost to me, don't forget to give them to me!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Kun almost spat out another mouthful of blood, but forced himself to swallow it.

After struggling to climb out from the stone wall, he took out a storage bag from the Storage Ring and tossed it to Xu Ping, "This is my offering, I hope Fellow Daoist Xu is generous and lets me go."

Facing the fear of death, Bai Kun had to lower his noble head.

"Fellow Daoist Bai is overreacting, we were merely having a simple duel, not a life-and-death fight!"

Xu Ping sent his Divine Sense into the storage, discovering it contained a full seven thousand Spirit Stones, a slight smile involuntarily showing on his lips.

He originally didn't intend to kill him openly, if to kill, then it would be sneakily.

Honestly, Bai Kun's Magical Artifacts and Puppetry were very tempting, if he could get them, they would be quite helpful to him.

...

Already seriously injured, Bai Kun naturally dared not stay any longer, he set up Escape Light and left dejectedly.

At this moment, only Xu Ping, Duan Shuang, and Gong Yang were left on Thousand Leaves Mountain.

Facing Xu Ping's meaningful gaze, Gong Yang only felt his scalp tingling.

After all, Xu Ping's Swordsmanship at present was comparable to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment, truly making him awed.

Thus Gong Yang could only brace himself, pulling out a trace of a smile, "Fellow Daoist Xu's Swordsmanship is unmatched, truly admirable."

"Oh? Really?" Xu Ping stared at Gong Yang with a faint smile.

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