CHAPTER 563: CHAPTER 563: SPIRIT MANIPULATION TECHNIQUE, HOLY SWORD JUDGMENT!

Just as Sirram and Huang Duohuan disappeared from everyone’s sight, Xiao Zhan also had his stealth attack preparation ready.

This was his first time battling a Seventh Grade Sovereign, so Xiao Zhan’s movements were very cautious, fearing he might be detected by Sars.

After all, considering Tang Kun as a precedent, he didn’t dare to release his Perception too ostentatiously.

Death Aura slowly approached Sars, blending perfectly with the night, so without careful observation and sensation, one simply couldn’t tell any difference in the misty air on the mountain.

Still, even so, Xiao Zhan didn’t dare get too close.

Death Aura, after all, was an energy, which would fluctuate as it approached and could be detected through these fluctuations.

Xiao Zhan was still very cautious.

Soon, Death Aura encircled the area in a round shape, arriving within ten meters of Sars.

At this distance, Xiao Zhan didn’t dare to get any closer, as he had tried out with Tang Kun before; when within ten meters, Tang Kun had detected him.

However, ten meters was already enough.

Xiao Zhan held his breath and focused, adjusted his breathing, gripped the Death Demon Scythe in his hand tightly, and locked onto Sars as his target.

Taking a deep breath, he simultaneously mobilized the energy within his body, circulating it throughout.

In an instant!

Xiao Zhan made his move.

His body vanished on the spot, then the next second, he appeared ten meters in front of Sars, heaving the Death Demon Scythe high above his head, and with a powerful downward strike.

At the same time as he appeared, the surrounding Death Aura instantly darkened from the faint color of the night to a deep, ink-like darkness!

Sars’s eyes snapped open.

Almost at the same moment he opened his eyes, a Holy Cross Sword appeared in his hand.

The Holy Cross Sword was brought across to block.

Xiao Zhan’s Death Demon Scythe clanged against the Holy Cross Sword, its formidable strength pouring down and forcing Sars’s arm to bow and sink!

A trace of shock appeared on Sars’s face. How dare this Sixth Grade fellow stealth-attack him?

And this strength of his...?

Sars swung the Holy Cross Sword in his hand forcefully, pushing Xiao Zhan away, and looked at Xiao Zhan with an unwelcoming gaze.

Of course, friendliness wasn’t needed.

Xiao Zhan’s strike had not succeeded, and he retreated back into the Death Aura.

Such an outcome was completely within his expectations; if a Seventh Grade Sovereign could be stealth-attacked so easily by him, then he wouldn’t deserve the title of a Seventh Grade Sovereign.

He hid within the Death Aura, controlling it to envelop everything, leaving no bare area for Sars!

He knew that the Death Aura would not be very effective in trapping Sars; he didn’t pin his hopes on the Death Aura but only wished to take advantage of its sensory-blocking effect to create an opportunity for Tang Kun’s attack!

Tang Kun was watching Xiao Zhan’s moves from a distance, observing the Death Aura enveloping Sars, but he didn’t immediately act and remained standing in the same place.

In the arena.

The confrontation between Xiao Zhan and Sars continued.

He also split a thread of his Perception to observe Tang Kun’s actions, and seeing that he didn’t make a move, Xiao Zhan wasn’t in a rush, instead focusing on confronting Sars!

Sars faced darkness and couldn’t hear anything; under such circumstances, most people would already subconsciously fall into a panic.

However, with Sars’s extensive experience, he did not show any panic; on the contrary, he was extremely calm, gripping the Holy Cross Sword in his hand, and casually striking at the Death Aura in front of him!

As he swung, the Holy Cross Sword emitted a dazzling light, directly scattering the touched Death Aura!

The view in front of him brightened up instantly!

He snorted coldly, just about to continue swinging the Holy Cross Sword in his hand, but at that moment, his eyebrows furrowed, sensing imminent danger approaching from behind!

It was Xiao Zhan!

"Spirit Manipulation Technique, Other Shore Blossom!"

Xiao Zhan intended to bring someone to their doom, so his attack left no room for mercy!

The Spirit Manipulation Energy inside him surged crazily; having broken through to the Sixth Grade Realm, his use of Spirit Manipulation Techniques was faster and more ferocious!

This move, immensely powerful and unexpectedly unleashed, made it very difficult for Sars to fully react in time.

But the power of a Seventh Grade was not for naught. As Sars turned his body, the Holy Cross Sword in his hand flashed with white light, accompanied by the appearance of a white shield. Sars’ Spirit Manipulation Technique materialized in an extremely short amount of time!

The speed was astonishing.

Boom!

The Death Demon Scythe’s Other Shore Flower struck the white shield.

The flower blossomed, the black energy struck mercilessly!

The white shield was engulfed by a massive wave of Death Aura, swallowing Sars within it as well.

In less than a second, the white shield was eroded by the Death Aura, the remaining energy blasted onto Sars’s chest, directly sending him flying and crashing heavily onto the ground!

Xiao Zhan landed a successful blow, seizing the moment to gather the Death Aura again, shrouding Sars!

Then he immediately launched a second deadly attack.

Seizing the opportunity to strike at one’s weakest is always at the core of Xiao Zhan’s philosophy!

From outside the arena, Tang Kun, witnessing this scene, showed a ripple in his calm expression.

With a gentle wave of his hand, a silver Sky Shattering Hammer appeared in his grip.

The Sky Shattering Hammer had an imposing appearance, with a handle over a meter long and a head more than ten times the size of an ordinary hammer head, looking top-heavy and extraordinarily exaggerated.

However, in Tang Kun’s hand, it seemed surprisingly fitting, an incongruous harmony.

Lightning wrapped around the hammer, crackling with power.

Its might was extraordinary.

After Tang Kun summoned the Artifact Spirit, following Xiao Zhan’s earlier plan, he quietly moved closer to Sars under the cover of the Death Aura.

Because he knew that the most critical moment was coming.

Xiao Zhan noticed Tang Kun’s action, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, everything was going according to his plan.

The Demon Scythe swung again, heading straight for Sars.

Sars quickly got up from the ground, the glow from the Holy Cross Sword illuminating the immense anger on his face.

"Do you really think I have no way to deal with you?"

Sars roared angrily.

Then he saw him holding the sword with both hands, standing in front of his chest, followed by a sky-piercing light that shot towards the heavens, like a sword opening the gates of heaven, blowing away a great portion of Xiao Zhan’s surrounding Death Aura in an instant.

Right after, from the sky above, a divine radiance descended upon Sars.

Under this divine light, Sars’s eyes turned golden, as if his whole being was elevated!

He saw through the Death Aura and located Xiao Zhan’s position.

Then he raised the Holy Cross Sword in his hands, locked onto Xiao Zhan, and mercilessly chopped down with his sword.

At the same time as his swing, behind him appeared a giant female angelic figure.

White radiance, wings spread, a graceful figure, an exceptionally beautiful face. Holding a sword aloft, she made the same motion as Sars, together they struck down at Xiao Zhan.

Spirit Manipulation Technique, Holy Sword Judgment!