With the Mingzhi Heavenly Fist Sword unsheathed, its damage doubled that of ordinary sword techniques. In mere moments, two or three moves had changed. The mysterious man marveled, "Fist-sword? Truly rare. There's no one like you in the Ancient Cultivation Realm."
Mingzhi Heavenly casually waved his sword, sneering, "Now you've met me."
The mysterious man clasped his hands together, conjuring a demonic blade from thin air. No longer holding back, he cleaved downwards from the sky!
Mingzhi Heavenly narrowly dodged, then unleashed a fist-sword move: "Star Dragon Yao Hua Ji Jue!"
As the mysterious man was repelled, he roared, "Possessed!"
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His blade became enchanted, and with it, he struck. Mingzhi Heavenly, without the ability to fight opponents from higher realms, and facing an enemy two major realms above his own Wang Tian realm, was at a severe disadvantage.
With an explosion that shook a wide area, Mingzhi Heavenly's Profound Grade magical artifact, the Divine Sword Chashuo, fell to the ground. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
The mysterious man's demonic blade swung, "This is the end!"
"What to do? Mingzhi Heavenly, run..." Xiao Linglong sighed helplessly.
Mingzhi Heavenly suddenly thought of something and quickly retrieved a Celestial Grade hidden weapon from his storage bag!
He aimed it at the mysterious man. Seeing the dragon-head hidden weapon, the man was initially stunned, but he hesitated no further and still swung his blade!
Mingzhi Heavenly pressed the switch, and suddenly! The Nine Gods descended! Exploding forth accompanied by a sky-shattering dragon roar!
The mysterious man took the full impact! He was sent flying, crashing into a crater, and spat out a mouthful of blood!
"Urgh! Cough..."
Seeing the mysterious man bleed golden blood, everyone was shocked, "This! ...Is this the legendary异血脉 (Yi Xue Mai -异 bloodline)?"
Mingzhi Heavenly attempted to fire a second shot but found it could only be used once. Fortunately, the mysterious man didn't notice.
Mingzhi Heavenly approached him, brandishing the empty weapon to intimidate him, "Nine Gods Dragon Roar!"
The mysterious man's pupils dilated. He fled as if his life depended on it, ignoring his severe injuries, and disappeared.
"It's over." Mingzhi Heavenly first took a healing pill himself, then produced detoxification pills and distributed them to the over thirty people present.
"Hundred Grade pills? My first time eating them."
The sect leaders of the Five Cities of the Deep Sea, who didn't recognize Mingzhi Heavenly, inquired, "Producing over thirty at once, who is this person? What noble descendant from which sect?"
They shook their heads, "Don't recognize him..."
Mingzhi Heavenly urged everyone, "Now is not the time to relax and chat. Listen to my command!"
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The mysterious man walked halfway, only to realize Mingzhi Heavenly wasn't pursuing him. He sensed something was wrong, "Since he held a Celestial Grade hidden weapon, why didn't he press his advantage and kill me?"
"Not good, I've been tricked!"
As Mingzhi Heavenly had predicted, the mysterious man returned, only to be ambushed by Mingzhi Heavenly and the thirty-odd sect leaders. All their chaotic techniques bombarded the mysterious man! He was heavily injured once more and fled with his tail between his legs.
Seeing the mysterious man bleed golden blood again, everyone was bewildered. Someone asked, "Golden blood? Are people of the Demonic Sect all of this bloodline?"
"No, this is what the mysterious man called the 异血脉 (Yi Xue Mai - 异 bloodline)."
The thirty-odd people approached Mingzhi Heavenly and bowed, "Many thanks, Senior Brother, for saving us!"
Mingzhi Heavenly waved his hand, "It was nothing, a mere trifle."
At this moment, Lai Xiaoyang, the sect leader of the Da Fa Shang Sect of the Yan Qing Sect from the Five Cities of the Deep Sea, stepped forward and accused Mingzhi Heavenly, "Hypocritical! I recognize you, Mingzhi Heavenly. At the small thatched hut in Lishan, we both sought the healing immortal Qiu Buyi for guidance. Why was it only you who received her treatment, and not me? Do you know that afterwards, my ancestor couldn't be saved and died. I was confined by my family for three months! A full three months!"
Mingzhi Heavenly shrugged, "If others wouldn't save your ancestor, what has that got to do with me?"
Lai Xiaoyang nodded, "Alright, I won't argue with you about that for now. Ling Weiao, the sect leader of the Tian Men Sect of the Five Peaks Sect, is my cousin. If you dare to kill him, it's equivalent to killing me. I will avenge him!"