Involving personal vendetta, there's no room for reasoning.

"To what extent do you wish to go?" Holding onto hope, Mao Rixing tried not to appear too weak.

Aunt Nineteen replied resolutely, "The life of the Winged Snake, and that Sword Cultivator, alive we must see the person, dead we must see the corpse."

Mao Rixing's gaze turned sharp. With such conditions, there was nothing more to negotiate. Even if it understood compromises, it wouldn't sacrifice the life of a valuable ally just to pacify things.

Among these Outer Space Demon Lords, its best aides were only two: a Ghost Sheep and a Winged Snake. Not solely because of their power, but also their high intelligence, unlike reckless ones. Now that the Ghost Sheep was gone, if the Winged Snake was also lost...

The battle once again intensified. Since there was no longer a possibility of peaceful resolution between both parties, it was a fight to the death. Despite having a significant advantage in Realm, Mao Rixing couldn't yet complete the final kill, but victory was leaning in its favor.

...Hou Niao, after several probes, roughly gauged the power level of the two Wood Element Monsters and understood the bearing strength of this Jing'an Forest.

Unfortunately, with his current skill in Flying Sword, wanting to sweep through with a group of swords in one fell swoop was beyond his ability. After all, this was the lifeblood forest of Jing'an, an extraordinary place.

He could see Aunt Nineteen's condition, knowing she had surplus strength; but he couldn't ascertain Tan Xiao's situation, which was his greatest concern.

Among the three, Tan Xiao's strength was comparatively weak. Although he could be considered the top Golden Core in Chu Sect aside from Ye Bai Daoist, this was only in terms of the native cultivators of Jinxiu. Compared to those foreign visitors, he still lacked something.

He didn't want to drag this out too long, lest unexpected changes occur.

Kui Lang's head continued its relentless pursuit of him, clearly a very irritable character, using all sorts of Divine Skills, claws tearing, mouth biting. With the support of Jing'an Forest behind it, it showed no concern for the depletion of demonic power, acting fearlessly.

The counterattack against this wolf primarily involved severing the vine behind it. After some time in battle, he had chopped it numerous times, yet he had not seen any sign of Kui Lang weakening.

As they exchanged blows, while Hou Niao's sword group dealt with the wolf head, part of the sword light once again unified into one, severing the vine behind the wolf head, but unlike before, he had already vanished from sight.

He hadn't truly disappeared, rather he used the long-unused Body Sword Skill, hiding himself within the scattered flying sword light.

The sword light would soon disappear, as without the aura of him as its master, only the Body Sword Skill would remain.

He hadn't employed the Body Sword Skill for decades, most had forgotten this Ultimate Skill that made him famous, only remembering his myriad sword light divisions.

He didn't need to deceive the two monsters for long, just a fleeting moment was enough.

In Kui Lang's perception, the Sword Cultivator was still there, yet the person was unseen; similarly, the same was true for Jing'an, the duration was so short the two demons didn't have a chance to communicate. The sword light that Hou Niao transformed into had already drilled in the direction the vine retracted.

Kui Lang and Jing'an scarcely paid heed, thousands of sword lights couldn't harm this forest, let alone a solitary sword light? They assumed it was merely a fluke, impeded by the vine forest, this lone Flying Sword would soon exhaust its strength and vanish.

Until it penetrated deep, the sword light showed no sign of faltering, only then did the two demons react. Jing'an attempted to mobilize the trees to block, and the vine Kui Lang had become tried to change direction to expose its true form, but by then it was too late.

After all, the forest's limits were finite. Hou Niao indeed found it difficult to track Kui Lang's trail to deliver a killing blow while it hid within. However, after drilling a certain distance into the forest, with the general direction determined, Kui Lang's true form could no longer remain concealed.

It was then that Hou Niao's Body Sword began to exert force; the sword light surged powerfully, cutting through everything in its path. Before Jing'an's trees could encircle him, it had located the true form of Kui Lang nestled deep in the forest, regenerating the Primordial Energy lost when the external wolf head was severed.

Although the beheading of the outer wolf head inflicted significant wounds, due to residing within Jing'an's woods, it received maximum replenishment, which was why it attacked Hou Niao so recklessly.

But now, danger loomed off in a blink. Finding another hiding place was too late; all it could do was withstand this strike first.

Ignoring the temporary frailty, Kui Lang marshaled its Dharma Form, positioning its wolf head against the Flying Sword. This wasn't seeking death, but for such creatures, the skull was their most fortified area – no other place gave it confidence.

In an instant, the Flying Sword broke through countless tree obstructions, coming into intimate contact with Kui Lang's skull. At the moment of collision, Kui Lang felt as though struck by a planet, its entire cranium threatening to shatter.

The Flying Sword was narrowly close to piercing the skull. If it drilled into the brain, not even an Immortal could save it. In this critical moment, Jing'an aided it once more. A stream of pure, vital Wood Element Essence Qi flooded its mind, heedless of possible effects on Kui Lang's consciousness – preserving life was the priority.

Due to Jing'an's reckless input of demonic power, the Flying Sword didn't penetrate Kui Lang's skull entirely, merely boring a hole just shy of breaching into the brain.

Nevertheless, Kui Lang completely lost its combat capability, its head shaken to a mush, unable to think, entrapped in a state of Chaos. How long this would endure remained uncertain; one thing was sure: recovery might take years.

Kui Lang was severely wounded, leaving Jing'an momentarily at a loss, swiftly conveying the situation to Mao Rixing before devising ways to trap the Sword Cultivator within the forest.

Here, it held the advantage of the local terrain.

Yet it wouldn't choose a direct confrontation with the Sword Cultivator; Kui Lang's experience had already demonstrated as much.

An overwhelming expanse, trees seeming to press upon him from all directions, for Hou Niao, this could well be a successful raid. But for Jing'an, was it perhaps a rash self-design trap?

Throughout the previous skirmish, it had been observing the Sword Cultivator's combat style, responsible for restoring Kui Lang's demonic power, but this didn't mean it couldn't attack.

Among the five Outer Space Star Lords, Mao Rixing was the strongest, followed by Ghost Sheep, Jing'an, Winged Snake, and Kui Lang.

If the Sword Cultivator was outside the forest, it might not have confidence in defeating him. However, if he was within its Wood Element Forest Barrier, countless possibilities unfolded.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.