Wu Tao saw that the Yin Yang Wuji Thunder Bead was no longer effective against the skeleton knight, so he put it back into his storage bag.
With his spiritual energy depleted, Wu Tao decided to take a risk and drain his own vital blood to increase the power of the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade.
No sooner said than done. Wu Tao took out the "Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade," a strange black long saber he had obtained from that cross-dressing fop, Wang Siyuan, from his storage bag.
Taking a deep breath, a stern look flashed across Wu Tao's face. He placed his left hand on the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade and slashed it, causing a large amount of blood to gush out and stain the entire blade a bloody red.
Due to his dual cultivation of body and spirit, the wound immediately stopped bleeding, turned pale, and gradually disappeared. However, after this ordeal, Wu Tao's face was noticeably paler.
Wu Tao held the item with extreme caution, as if it were not an inanimate object but something extremely dangerous.
"You lunatic, actually expending so much vital blood to activate the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade! Aren't you afraid of being drained dry by it?" Zhang Wan'er's face suddenly showed panic. She threw away her ladylike demeanor and pointed at Wu Tao, shouting furiously.
Wu Tao remained unmoved. He unhesitatingly grabbed the hilt of the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade and held it in his hand, casually waving it. No power was manifested.
However, he revealed a look of utmost satisfaction.
After a deep glance at the blade, Wu Tao suddenly charged towards the mountain-like skeleton knight.
Zhang Wan'er, controlling the skeleton knight, stared at the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade in Wu Tao's hand with cold eyes.
This Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade was no ordinary item. It was the renowned magical artifact used by her cheap master in his youth, possessing incredible power.
Even the formal Foundation Establishment disciples under her master had not been granted it.
In the end, her master instead gifted it to Wang Siyuan, his favored disciple who was only in the Qi Refining stage, that cross-dressing fop.
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Once the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade was nourished by the vital blood, Zhang Wan'er's divine sense, which had been roaming nearby, was immediately and forcefully absorbed by the blade, seeming intent on devouring it completely.
Zhang Wan'er was greatly alarmed and quickly withdrew her divine sense. Fortunately, the absorption was an instinctive action of the artifact itself, with no active control from Wu Tao.
Therefore, Zhang Wan'er's divine sense was able to escape easily and immediately return to her body.
Even so, it left Zhang Wan'er breaking out in a cold sweat. If her divine sense had been fully absorbed by this wicked blade, her fate would have been truly dire.
At this thought, Zhang Wan'er couldn't help but curse her cheap master.
Such a powerful top-tier artifact, not given to her senior brothers in the Foundation Establishment stage, nor to herself who had great talent, but instead given to the weakest, least capable fighter, Wang Siyuan, that cross-dressing fop who only knew how to sell his posterior.
And now, this powerful top-tier artifact had been taken by the enemy and used against her.
Wu Tao's palms tightened around the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade. As he approached the skeleton knight, he ferociously swung the blade down upon it.
A sharp blade cry echoed from the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade, followed by a burst of black light that shot up into the sky. The Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade unleashed an astonishing ten-zhang long black blade aura.
With a "slash," the ten-zhang long black blade aura actually cleaved through the skeleton knight's heavy shield...
Seeing this, Wu Tao was overjoyed. Without hesitation, he unleashed several more black blade auras, directly cleaving the skeleton knight into seven or eight segments. The fifty-zhang tall skeleton knight then dissolved into black mist and disappeared.
"Hmph, my old man's renowned artifact is indeed exceptionally powerful, capable of so easily breaking through the skeleton knight I summoned."
Seeing that the skeleton knight she had painstakingly summoned was destroyed by Wu Tao after only a few exchanges, Zhang Wan'er blamed her cheap master even more.
The bone banner shook frequently. Zhang Wan'er gathered all the surrounding black mist and ghostly aura back into the Ten Thousand Bone Ghost Banner, and then, holding the banner, which shone with a green-black light, she flung it towards Wu Tao.
Roar!!
Countless low growls of vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts emanated from the banner, followed by an eruption of green-black light that enveloped half of the underground cavern world.
Innumerable vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts, roaring and snarling, charged ferociously towards Wu Tao.
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In a flash, Wu Tao swung the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade again. The runes on the blade shimmered, and its aura shot up into the sky.
An intensely dazzling blade light, carrying a terrifying killing intent, roared out, like a sword technique from the nine hellish depths of the abyss!
The blade aura was like a rainbow, its cold glint like an immortal tiger descending from the mountain, forcefully slicing through many vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts, carving out a path.
Zhang Wan'er chuckled. Her soft, boneless body suddenly soared into the air. Her jade-like hands moved rapidly, like an eight-armed demon god. In the blink of an eye, she had performed seven or eight different hand seals and cast several demonic secret arts.
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Facing this blow, Wu Tao felt cold sweat trickling down his back, as he believed he would have great difficulty resisting it.
This was because the strike was a divine move, perfectly timed and angled, seamless and impeccable.
Wu Tao, who had to take this blow head-on, aggravated his previously unhealed injuries, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood.
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Looking at Wu Tao struggling to hold on, a change occurred in Zhang Wan'er's eyes. She said faintly, "Senior brother, if you obediently surrender now and come with me to see my master, I will spare your life today."
"Haha, laughable. It's not yet decided who will live and who will die."
Zhang Wan'er's expression remained unchanged. She merely shook her head and silently raised her bone banner.
The moment Wu Tao refused, Zhang Wan'er no longer hesitated and began to strike with lethal intent.
A battle to decide their lives was about to erupt.
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Not far away, in Wu Tao's direction, a black radiance shot up into the sky.
He gripped the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade with both hands, his fighting spirit soaring. Burning his own blood essence, he took a step forward and swung with all his might towards Zhang Wan'er.
Boom!
The two auras collided fiercely. Black and green-black light continuously clashed and then dissipated. The power of their collision spread outwards, creating two starkly different scenes.
The blade aura exuded demonic energy, and the bone banner was filled with ghostly energy. Along a dividing line, an area of several hundred meters was split by the two forces, which then rapidly dissipated outwards, affecting numerous stone pillars, causing many of them to collapse.
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Wu Tao strode forward, rapidly wielding the Immortal Slaying Demon Blood Blade, drawing streaks of black blade aura in the air that surged towards the sky.
The hundreds of blade auras, scattered and dancing, each capable of killing Zhang Wan'er, now gathered into a single core of black blade aura, transforming into a direct and fierce strike that slashed downwards.
The savage black blade light erupted with full power, its unique murderous demonic energy fully displayed, pouring downwards.
Zhang Wan'er held the Ten Thousand Bone Ghost Banner in her left hand, her eyes sharp as she gazed upwards.
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In the sky, that pitch-black, terrifying blade aura directly slashed down towards her.
Boom!!
Facing this blow, Zhang Wan'er's expression became unprecedentedly solemn. She poured all her spiritual energy into the Ten Thousand Bone Ghost Banner in her hands, pushing its power to its absolute limit.
A torrent of deathly spirits of ghostly energy permeated the air. The Ten Thousand Bone Ghost Banner vaguely condensed into a massive furnace, carrying an extremely terrifying power, and swiftly moved to meet Wu Tao.
Bang!!
The two forces erupted, and a fierce confrontation began. In the sky of this underground stone bell cavern world, they intertwined to form networks that enveloped everything around them.
Many places in the underground stone bell cavern world cracked. Numerous stone pillars began to collapse on a large scale. The underground stone bell cavern world began to change color, divided by the two different forces and forcibly dyed two colors.
In mid-air, the black and green-black forces continued to gather, each forming a torrent that intertwined and tangled, creating an incredibly terrifying spiritual energy storm in the underground cavern.
The forces of both sides squeezed against each other, shaking the entire underground stone bell cavern world to its core.
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Just as Wu Tao and Zhang Wan'er decided to continue their fierce battle to the death, the entire underground stone bell cavern world suddenly began to shake violently. With several booming roars, numerous cracks appeared, and it began to collapse bit by bit.
Wu Tao and Zhang Wan'er, who were on the verge of a decisive battle, exchanged glances upon seeing the situation. With exceptional decisiveness, they decided to divide the small pool of "Stone Bell Nectar Spiritual Fluid" equally.
Otherwise, if they continued to stalemate, neither of them would get anything.
Before the entire underground stone bell cavern world completely collapsed and the falling earth buried everything, Wu Tao and Zhang Wan'er quickly retrieved the small pool of "Stone Bell Nectar Spiritual Fluid" into their respective storage artifacts.
Then, they each quickly activated their spiritual energy shields and, amidst a series of tremors, "panting" they fled this collapsing underground stone bell cavern world.
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