Chapter 602: One Strike!

In an instant, a massive golden sword beam—dozens of zhang in length—burst out from the sword’s tip.

Wherever the golden sword light passed, it carved pitch-black cracks through the sky, its sharpness utterly terrifying.

The sword beam was unimaginably fast. Just as the others saw the golden light flicker, the massive sword beam had already slammed into the enormous red flower of energy.

Crack!

With a sharp shatter, the strange, whirling red flower—brimming with terrifying energy in front of Granny Xuanhua—was instantly sliced clean in half, unable to resist at all.

Back when Xiao Jin had first wielded this ninth-rank demon core weapon gifted by Gu He, he could already unleash attacks on par with a peak Dou Ancestor. Now, he was even holding back. This strike used less than twenty percent of his power and didn’t even activate the beast flame stored within the demon core.

Pfft!

As the red energy flower was severed, a surge of sweet blood rose to Granny Xuanhua’s throat. She forcefully swallowed it back down. Her face turned pale, and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes.

Hiss—!

Even those below the Dou King realm could feel the terrifying wave of power released by Xiao Jin’s strike. The pressure it produced completely overwhelmed Granny Xuanhua’s red energy flower.

“How is this possible? How can he be this strong… No, it’s not him—it’s that sword! That sword is too bizarre!”

Seeing this, both Yan Luotian and the Mu Lan Three Elders were instantly thrown into chaos. Their attack rhythms collapsed into disarray.

“Vice President is invincible!”

“Vice President is invincible!”

“Vice President is invincible!”

While the Three Empires' coalition stood in shock and fear, the Mercenary Guild’s side erupted in unified cheers.

In the sky, the two Mercenary Guild elders locked in combat with Yan Luotian and the Mu Lan Three Elders also showed expressions of joy.

Seizing the momentum, the elder fighting Yan Luotian finally managed to catch his breath and began to turn the tide.

Meanwhile, the mid-level Three-Star Dou Ancestor elder from the Mercenary Guild launched a sudden offensive against the Mu Lan Three Elders.

Caught off guard by the sudden assault, the Mu Lan Three Elders were immediately placed at a disadvantage.

In the next moment, the tiger-headed elder among them let out a flash of blood-red light in his eyes. Clenching his fist, blood energy surged, and he hurled a heavy punch forward—simple but overwhelming in force.

This strike didn’t rely on trickery or precision, only on sheer, crushing power. The surrounding space warped visibly, and the very air condensed into a faint arc.

An invisible shockwave formed around his fist, whistling through the sky with a shrill, ripping sound.

Facing the tiger-headed elder’s onslaught, the Mercenary Guild elder’s expression remained calm. Dou Qi roared through his meridians like a flood, and with his fist clenched tightly, he met the blood-colored fist head-on with brutal force.

Clang!

A loud explosion of energy rang out as the two fists collided, echoing painfully in the ears of those below. Weaker cultivators winced from the sharp ache in their eardrums.

Above, where they clashed, powerful shockwaves spread like ripples through the sky, and both figures were blasted backward.

Even so, the elder from the Mercenary Guild clearly had the upper hand in this exchange.

“Attack together!”

Seeing this, the lion-headed elder’s bloodshot eyes locked onto the Mercenary Guild elder. He waved his hand and said in a deep voice, “Together!”

Hearing this, the other two elders nodded. They understood clearly—while the Savage Beast Trio Art allowed them to jointly reach the strength of a Three-Star Dou Ancestor, that level of power only existed when they combined forces.

On their own, none of them could match the Mercenary Guild elder in single combat. Moreover, there was still a terrifyingly powerful figure watching from the ground.

Having made their decision, the Mu Lan Three Elders did not hesitate. In a flash, all three moved simultaneously. In just a single breath, they approached the elder, then split apart, forming a triangular formation to encircle him.

Another intense close-range battle erupted instantly.

On Yan Luotian’s side, however, his thoughts differed from those of the Mu Lan Three Elders. After witnessing Xiao Jin’s first strike, a sense of retreat had already begun brewing in his mind.

Though he was still exchanging blows with the hammer-wielding elder from the Mercenary Guild, it was clear that his heart wasn’t in the fight. His attention was locked on Xiao Jin and Granny Xuanhua the entire time.

“That was only the first strike. Will you still take my second?”

Xiao Jin stood with his longsword thrust diagonally into the ground, his young voice calmly asking Granny Xuanhua.

At his words, hesitation and inner struggle clearly flickered across Granny Xuanhua’s face. Xiao Jin’s power had far exceeded her expectations.

“Just three strikes, Granny Xuanhua. Since he has said as much, what harm is there in accepting them?”

Seeing her indecision, Yan Luotian called out from the side even as he fought.

“Let me take one more strike and see. If it truly becomes unbearable, then we’ll end this here.”

Granny Xuanhua sighed. In her withered palm, a massive surge of crimson energy began gathering once more.

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