Facing Luo Xiu's incredibly sharp Death Granting Sword Technique, Watari Kagura panicked for a moment.

What truly alarmed her was not the Death Granting Sword Technique itself, but the Divine Power contained within Luo Xiu's strike.

In that strike, Luo Xiu had fused all the Divine Power he had absorbed from the Shanhai Territory!

He was keenly aware of his own condition—he did not have much time left.

If not for the Blood Fiend Jade Amulet accelerating the generation of his Essence Blood, he wouldn't have had enough to sustain his body's burning until this point.

Thus, he had no choice but to go all in!

SHINK.

With a slight sound, Dream and Asura smoothly pierced Watari Kagura's chest.

Under Luo Xiu's control, the Sword Qi imbued with Divine Power did not burst outward but was completely contained within Watari Kagura's body.

Watari Kagura's delicate body stiffened. Her face twisted into a ferocious snarl as she glared at Luo Xiu, whose expression was just as savage. She reached out to tightly grasp Dream and Asura, trying to pull the sword out of her body.

At this moment, she was truly desperate.

She had never expected Luo Xiu to be so ruthless to himself.

To carry Divine Power in a mortal body! The pain and the price this required were beyond her wildest imagination. If it were her, she would rather die than attempt to endure that agony.

BOOM!

Suddenly, Watari Kagura mustered her strength and fiercely kicked Luo Xiu away.

Propelled by the tremendous force, Luo Xiu's body flew backward like an arrow loosed from its string. He soared in a straight line for thousands of meters, piercing through countless fragments of land before finally crashing into a pile of ruins.

Back at the original spot, Watari Kagura weakly knelt on the ground. Her aura had completely scattered, leaving her weakened to the extreme.

Could it be... that I will actually fall to his hands?

This man... is too terrifying...

Suddenly, she spat out a mouthful of clotted blood. Her delicate body convulsed, her expression one of utter agony.

The Sword Qi suffused with Divine Power was now twisting wildly inside her!

If I stay any longer, I might truly die here... Never mind. I'll find another chance.

Watari Kagura clenched her teeth. She struggled to her feet, using the last of her strength to tear open The Void before jumping in and vanishing as if she had never been there.

...

An unknown amount of time passed.

When Luo Xiu regained some consciousness from the extreme pain, he discovered that Watari Kagura was gone.

He tried to climb out of the ruins, but he could not muster any strength, as if his body no longer belonged to him.

The rubble and broken walls weighing him down felt heavier than mountains.

Heh heh... Am I going to die here... like this?

He slowly lifted his hand to his face and let out a self-mocking laugh. Peering at the pitch-black sky through the gaps between his fingers, he saw not a single trace of light, only endless, lonely, and cold darkness.

His entire arm was almost reduced to bone, with very little flesh left. His body was covered with deep, bone-exposing cracks. White vapor, generated by the intense heat of his burning Essence Blood, spurted from these fissures, causing his flesh to desiccate further.

My Essence Blood is exhausted, my body is broken, my bones are shattered, and my meridians are severed... On top of it all, my illness is acting up again.

Perhaps... I really am going to die.

Xi Yue, Shan Shan... Senior Sister... Su Fox... I miss you all so much...

No, I can't die yet... At least I have to... die in battle for you...

But I'm really... so tired, so tired... I just want to keep sleeping...

His feeble voice drifted through the pitch-black, shattered wasteland, as faint as a mosquito's buzz, like a grain of sand in the vast ocean.

No one heard it, no one knew, and no one would care.

In the silent darkness, the last glimmer of light in his eyes suddenly froze and then extinguished. As his pupils stopped dilating, the final wisp of his life force drifted away into the dark yonder.

...

...

「Henghai Provincial City.」

With a deafening boom, Ye Ningxue's body flew backward, smashing a giant hole into a leaning skyscraper.

Almost simultaneously, Sword Qi gathered into clouds above the entire city before dispersing in all directions, dancing and slashing wildly!

One by one, the Heavenly Azure Warships exploded and disintegrated like blooming fireworks.

Countless fragments from the warships rained down from amidst the Fire Clouds like a torrential downpour.

Throughout the battlefield, people looked up at the spectacular scene, smiles spreading across their faces.

Is this the Ghost Sword Wild Dance?

Xiao Xue... you're really something else. Di Xuanji thought, looking up at the sky with a relieved smile.

...

「Among the ruins.」

Luo Xiao knelt on one knee, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His battle armor was damaged, and his bloodshot eyes were fixed on the dusty ruins of the buildings ahead.

A Half-step Earth Immortal had pushed him—a cultivator at the Dao Jade First Realm—to this state!

Worse, she had destroyed most of the Heavenly Azure Warships while fighting him!

For Luo Xiao, this was undoubtedly the greatest humiliation of his life!

"I never expected to find a powerhouse like you in this Lower Realm."

"But you've reached your limit!"

Using his War Sword for support, Luo Xiao shakily stood up. The piece of Dao Jade that had fallen nearby floated up, returning to The Void behind him.

Dragging his heavy War Sword, he limped toward the ruins.

Ye Ningxue, drenched in blood, shakily climbed to her feet to face him.

"Who gave you the courage to get up?!" Luo Xiao suddenly roared, leaping up and slashing down with his sword!

A sword light, hundreds of meters long, soared into the sky. It curved under the immense speed of the swing as it slashed toward Ye Ningxue with terrifying might.

Ye Ningxue clenched her teeth and held her sword horizontally to block.

BOOM!

A tremendous explosion erupted.

With Ye Ningxue's feet at the epicenter, the ground in a radius of hundreds of meters instantly collapsed and cracked!

A bone-chilling sound of fracturing echoed through the air.

Under the immense pressure, the bones in Ye Ningxue's arms shattered. Her frail body could no longer hold, and she dropped violently to one knee, her kneecap pulverizing on impact.

Luo Xiao stared at her with a savage expression. "Your stubbornness changes nothing! It only brings you more pain!"

As he spoke, he suddenly increased his power. The long sword Ye Ningxue held horizontally shattered.

The heavy War Sword landed on her shoulder.

"Die!"

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