I Have a Compass for Opportunity

It was a blood-colored skeleton frame.

The skeletal frame’s arms spanned nearly twenty meters, and its height was even more intimidating, standing in the arena with its skull nearly touching the ceiling of the cave.

"Roar!" The skeletal frame howled towards the sky, emanating a violent aura all over.

In the midst of its roar, the blood-colored skeletal frame assumed a protective stance, shielding Xu Hetong beneath its body.

At the same time, the power of Xu Hetong’s strike had already been completely shattered by the sword qi.

The momentum of the sword qi did not diminish, slicing through the void, piercing into the form Xu Hetong had just condensed into the skeletal frame.

The size of this sword qi was utterly negligible compared to the blood-colored skeleton.

Yet it was this insignificant beam of sword light that effortlessly penetrated the body of the blood-colored skeleton.

Thunk! That hint of green, after piercing through the blood-colored skeleton, did not lose force and continued to penetrate the rock wall behind it, an unknown number of meters deep.

And the spectral image of the blood-colored skeletal frame, unable to withstand the force of this sword, sent Xu Hetong flying backward along with it.

Carried by the sword qi, they were hurled out of the boundary of the Refined Gold Breaking Mountain Array, then collided heavily with the rock wall at the entrance of the cave passage.

Bang! The rock wall was smashed into a huge crater by the blood-colored skeletal frame.

"Roar!" Xu Hetong bellowed low from within the crater, still trying to support the skeletal frame to stand up.

But then, the torso of the blood-colored skeletal frame, at the spot hit by Liou Yuan’s sword qi, began to spread with dense cracks.

Finally, with a roar, it exploded.

The explosion also included the Nether Bone defense attached to Xu Hetong’s body.

The blood-colored skeletal frame was a form of the Nether Bone, symbiotically existing with the Nether Bone on Xu Hetong’s body surface.

Once the blood-colored skeletal frame shattered, the Nether Bone defense would also shatter.

Thunk! At the moment the Nether Bone exploded.

Xu Hetong, unable to bear it, spat blood and fell back into the crater, with his black hair disheveled.

There was a fist-sized bloody hole reflecting on his chest area.

Liou Yuan’s sword qi eventually penetrated all his defense methods, injuring this descendant of the Golden Core.

"The Nether Bone broke! That was a Nether Bone condensed with a Grade B Foundation Establishment Skill, and Junior Brother Liou Yuan equaled defeating a Grade B Foundation Establishment Skill!"

Looking at Xu Hetong, who was in the depression and barely breathing.

Just a moment ago, all members of the Wind Chasing Division, who were holding their breath with their hearts in their throats, now showed expressions of disbelief.

The ultimate terror of the Blood Sacrifice Nether Bone Body Refining Skill lay in the support of the Nether Bone cultivated by it.

As long as the Nether Bone could be broken, half of Xu Hetong’s methods were as good as crippled.

In contrast, Liou Yuan.

Seeing the power of his sword, his face also showed an undeniable surprise.

His intent was actually to rally the sword qi and break Xu Hetong’s Nether Bone defense; whether he could harm the latter was uncertain in Liou Yuan’s heart.

The power of the sword qi surpassed Liou Yuan’s expectations, breaking through all of Xu Hetong’s defensive methods and still penetrating his body.

"My sword qi is only in its early stage, and even descendants of the Golden Core find it hard to withstand its power."

"If the sword qi reaches Great Success, even Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators must avoid my edge."

This was Liou Yuan’s first use of sword qi in a fight, and also the first time he directly felt the power of sword qi.

Why cultivators who grasped sword qi hold such a transcendent status among the many in Foundation Establishment.

Why his elder brother could face three opponents on the Holy Spirit Platform.

Yet his bodily state quickly darkened Liou Yuan’s expression again.

Continuously using swordsmanship and employing the Star Wave Spirit Network to bolster the Lion’s Roar Spell.

The power Liou Yuan gained from the Evil Eyes had started rapidly waning, with severe depletion of spiritual power within.

He had initially estimated that he could maintain the strength of the Evil Eyes for about as long as a cup of tea.

But the Star Wave Spirit Network consumed far too much spiritual power.

Not to mention the sword qi, which nearly drained Liou Yuan’s last bit of spiritual power.

Now the power of the Evil Eyes started to recede from his body, a wave of weakness sweeping over Liou Yuan entirely.

If not for being a Body Cultivator with a robust physique, he would already be collapsing with weak legs.

"Damn it! Why at this time!" It was clear to even the unobservant that Liou Yuan gained the upper hand in this fight through the might of the sword qi.

Just a few more breaths were all he needed to end the battle completely.

But his spiritual power running low, Liou Yuan could not help but exclaim it wasn’t good.

On the other side.

Xu Hetong suffered a heavy injury from absorbing Liou Yuan’s sword qi.

Not just because of the wound on his chest.

The injury indeed was severe for Xu Hetong, this descendant of the Golden Core, but it wasn’t fatal.

The truly fatal aspect was the destruction caused by the residual sword qi in his body.

The Silent Rain-Slaying Sword Skill inherently carried secret strength, which the sword qi further amplified terrifyingly.

From the center of the bloody hole on Xu Hetong’s chest, streaks of emerald light began spreading towards his upper body.

His body, honed by a Grade B Foundation Establishment Skill, couldn’t sustain the erosion of the sword qi, and blood cracks started appearing.

Thud, thud, thud! Blood mouths burst open on Xu Hetong’s upper body, as if continuously slashed by invisible blades, spilling steaming blood everywhere.

"Roar!" Xu Hetong bellowed low, attempting multiple times to use his Blood Sacrifice Nether Bone Body Refining spiritual power to erode that sword qi, to no avail.

Even as a descendant of the Golden Core, Xu Hetong found himself at a loss, helplessly witnessing the rampant sword qi within.

Blood began to ooze from his mouth, nose, and even ears.

His body swayed unsteadily, unable to rise from the pit.