Wang Hong felt some reluctance in his heart; he didn't want Ying Shisan to intervene in this battle, but he understood that if Lu Yu kept holding onto the Seven-Colored Glazed Tower while he held onto the Flaming Red Lotus, neither side would have a chance to fight.

No one could break the other's defensive Spiritual Treasure unless one side could erupt with power beyond the peak of the Qi Sea Realm.

Wang Hong believed he couldn't do it, nor did he think Lu Yu could.

If no one could instantly break the defensive Spiritual Treasures, this battle would turn into a war of attrition, measuring whose spiritual power reserves were greater, completely meaningless.

A divine sword exuding seven-colored radiance appeared in Wang Hong's hand: "Heaven and Earth Separation Sword."

Wang Hong gently brushed over the Sword God and recited the sword's name. This was a semi-divine weapon, superior to Ninth Grade Spiritual Weapons, yet not reaching the grade of Divine Soldiers.

Semi-divine weapons are refined by experts above the Core Formation Realm but have not been crafted into Divine Soldiers, lacking the core of a Divine Soldier, and are far weaker than them, though superior to Ninth Grade Spiritual Weapons.

Swoosh~ The Heaven and Earth Separation Sword swept through the air as if the air was sliced open by the colored sword light, unable to heal for a long time.

Lu Yu tightly gripped the Demon-Breaking Saber, his consumed power within rapidly recovering, maintaining the saber's weight at thousands of pounds.

Wang Hong charged at Lu Yu with his sword, Heaven and Earth Separation Sword sweeping horizontally, a beam of seven-colored radiance sword light flew out. The dazzlingly cool seven-colored radiant sword qi was immensely powerful, but the real threat lay in the Heaven and Earth Separation Sword hidden behind the radiance.

Clang~ The collision of sword and saber erupted in fierce sparks. Wang Hong was slightly surprised, not expecting Lu Yu's saber to remain intact against the Heaven and Earth Separation Sword.

It's known that the seven-colored radiance itself has an eroding effect, low-quality Spiritual Treasures, Spiritual Weapons, and Spiritual Armor would lose their spirituality under its wash, becoming scrap.

As a semi-divine weapon, the Heaven and Earth Separation Sword was even more formidable, crafted from radiance at the dawn of creation by powerful beings, its power stronger.

Generally, any Spiritual Weapon that has touched the Heaven and Earth Separation Sword would be eroded by the seven-colored radiance, its power greatly reduced, even turning into scrap with ease, cut by the Heaven and Earth Separation Sword.

Yet Lu Yu's saber was unharmed, truly odd.

Unless this saber was also a semi-divine weapon!

At the moment of collision, Lu Yu felt the spiritual power within the Demon-Breaking Saber was rapidly consumed, almost wholly depleted the moment they clashed as he injected spiritual power to maintain the saber's weight.

If not for Lu Yu's ability to quickly replenish spiritual power, after clashing a few times with Wang Hong, his spiritual power would have been completely exhausted.

"Damn, his sword is consuming my spiritual power!" Lu Yu cursed inwardly.

Consuming the spiritual power within the Demon-Breaking Saber equivalently weakened Lu Yu's damage capabilities, causing great frustration for him, as each clash between sword and saber diminished his force before it fully erupted, leaving only pure brute strength.

Clang clang clang~ The saber and sword clashed continuously, Wang Hong first unable to withstand, feeling as if his wrist would break.

The strength of the savage before him reached fearsome levels, and when opposing Lu Yu's strength, Wang Hong felt as if colliding with a steel gorilla in sheer force.

Anyone understands, never compare strength with such monstrous power.

Thus Wang Hong resolved Lu Yu's slash and took the opportunity to retreat, circulating radiant spiritual power at his wrist to alleviate the damage, accumulating strength.

He didn't want to prolong with Lu Yu; a decisive strike to settle it.

Lu Yu also found it incredible, his first time encountering a same-grade Martial Cultivator capable of meeting his power head-on.

Fire Demon Eye activated! He wanted to see what was going on with Wang Hong.

[Wang Hong, Peak of Qi Manipulation Realm, Qi Blood 1560/3425, Spiritual Power 6789/17600]

"?", after seeing Wang Hong's stats, a perplexed expression appeared on Lu Yu's face, these stats did not resemble anything of someone at the peak of Qi Manipulation Realm.

Wang Hong's stats exceeded the typical range for someone at the peak of Qi Manipulation Realm, especially his Qi Blood reaching over 3000; could it be he also practiced Body Refining Technique?

Wang Hong looked at Lu Yu, eyes swirling with colored turbines, speaking: "Lu Yu, I'll show you how vast the gap truly is between us!"

"This is a gap you'll never cross! An evolved divine technique from a Saint-level Cultivation Technique—Celestial Grief Rainbow!"

Seven-colored radiance rapidly spread and enveloped a thirty-meter radius, expelling, eroding, and assimilating all forces within that were not of the seven-colored radiance.

"Hum~" Blood trailed from the corner of Wang Hong's mouth, the capillaries under his skin burst, his entire person resembling a blood-soaked being.

"Though what I've manifested is an incomplete divine technique, its power might be but a fraction of true divine techniques, yet this force remains something you cannot withstand!"

Lu Yu's expression turned grim, feeling his internal strength being expelled and eroded by the seven-colored radiance, even his body transforming into the color of the radiance.

The golden light of the Nine-Cycle Vajra Body couldn't withstand this power's erosion. Lu Yu felt the Nine-Cycle Vajra Body would collapse, at any moment.

"Damned Saint-level Cultivation Technique? Divine Technique! What is it?" Lu Yu attempted to break Wang Hong's Celestial Grief Rainbow, but his attacks had no effect, instantly eroded assimilated by the radiance once released.

The areas on his body turning into the color of the seven-colored radiance increased, Lu Yu felt his internal power circulation clogged, only able to resist briefly with the Demon-Breaking Saber in hand.

However, the Demon-Breaking Saber's power was not strong enough to break the Celestial Grief Rainbow, unable to tear a rift to escape.

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