377: A draw, then Xiao Sanxiao appears.

The scattered energy impact spread outward like a tsunami, directly slicing off several small hilltops in the distance!

As the light faded, the two figures flew backward several hundred zhang, hovering in the air.

Lu Jiuyuan's Sword Intent was still piercing the sky, though his aura was slightly chaotic.

Meanwhile, the invisible barrier in front of Xiao Jingtian fluctuated violently, covered in fine cracks; although it had not completely shattered, he was clearly heavily injured.

The first round of hard confrontation was actually an even match!

"Refreshing! Come again!"

Xiao Jingtian laughed instead of being angry, his Battle Intent rising even higher. Having dominated for three thousand years, this was the first time he had encountered an opponent capable of matching him in a direct, head-on collision!

"As you wish."

Lu Jiuyuan's eyes were cold, and his Battle Intent was ignited as well.

The next moment, both of them moved simultaneously!

Lu Jiuyuan transformed into sword light; at times it was like a celestial river reversing, majestic and grand; at times it was like Ding the Butcher dismembering an ox, precise and cunning; at other times it was like a thunderclap, fierce and incomparable!

Xiao Jingtian was like a demon god of destruction, pushing his Four Absolutes of Chaos and Myriad Paths of Sylvan Darkness to the Peak.

With fists and palms striking together, he invoked heavenly phenomena, at times summoning falling meteors, at times raising molten earth fire, at times controlling ice to seal ten thousand miles, and at times triggering Soul storms!

His offensive was violently unparalleled, and his defense was as solid as a fortress.

The two fought from the ground to the sky, their figures as fast as ghosts, leaving countless afterimages in the air.

Sword Qi and destructive energy collided incessantly, erupting in continuous roars as if countless thunderclaps were exploding in the night sky!

Under the moonlight, a brilliant sword light and a crimson demonic shadow frantically intertwined and collided in the air; every exchange caused the world to lose its color and the mountains and rivers to shake.

They fought from above the World Society all the way to the Peaks of the distant, continuous snow-capped mountains; wherever they passed, snow Peaks collapsed and glaciers ceased to flow, as if the apocalypse had arrived!

Xu Fu had long since hidden far away, watching in dumbfounded shock, his mind swaying.

He prided himself on having lived for a thousand years and seen countless experts, but this was the first time he had witnessed such a high-level, tragic, and evenly matched battle of the century!

"These two monsters... even Seven Nothings Ultimate Realm is somewhat insufficient!"

In the face of such absolute power, any trickery seemed pale and powerless.

The great battle lasted for several hours, from the dead of night until the horizon turned grayish-white.

The two were still fighting fiercely in the air, their speed not slowing down in the slightest, and their offensives were becoming even more violent.

Lu Jiuyuan's Dao of the sword became increasingly pure and condensed, while Xiao Jingtian's destructive power became more and more refined in its control.

Both had pushed their martial arts to the limit, yet neither could do anything to the other.

Lu Jiuyuan's sword was unparalleled in sharpness and could break all laws, but Xiao Jingtian's Four Absolutes of Chaos had a profound Origin, and Myriad Paths of Sylvan Darkness could simulate the mysteries of all laws, always managing to block or resolve them by a hair's breadth.

Xiao Jingtian became more alarmed and terrified the more he fought!

The drawback of the Four Absolutes of Chaos—while the night of the full moon could allow his power to skyrocket and turn him into a true Incarnation of a demon god of destruction.

But once the moonlight weakened and the morning sun rose, his power would recede like the tide, and at that time, his power would plummet to less than sixty percent!

Right now, the eastern horizon was already showing a faint whiteness, and the light of that full moon seemed no longer as blazing as before.

Opposite him, Lu Jiuyuan had a long-lasting aura, his Sword Intent like a vast, long river, seemingly endless, growing braver the more he fought!

"Cannot drag this out any longer!" Xiao Jingtian's thoughts raced, and he began to harbor intentions of retreating.

He seized the moment when Lu Jiuyuan's sword slashed through the sea of fire, just as his old strength had faded and new strength had not yet been born, and suddenly let out a heaven-shaking roar:

"Lu Jiuyuan! Consider yourself lucky today. I have fought two people in a row and am hungry, so I will spare your life. Wait until I have filled my stomach, then I will come to take your life and flatten the World Society!"

Before his voice had faded, the dark red patterns on his body flared to the limit. The power of wind, thunder, water, and fire he had invoked no longer attacked Lu Jiuyuan, but instead suddenly contracted inward, and then exploded with a roar!

"Four Absolutes of Chaos · Annihilation Explosion!"

This was not to injure the enemy, but to create the most extreme chaos and obstruction!

Boom—!!!

A huge energy ball, concentrated to the extreme and containing the chaotic power of the four Origins of earth, water, fire, and wind, appeared out of thin air and then exploded violently!

In an instant, space seemed to have been torn open, light distorted, and sound vanished; only a pure energy storm remained, sweeping in all directions, swallowing everything, and annihilating everything!

Its power was so strong that it far exceeded all his previous attacks!

This strike had almost drained thirty percent of his current power, just to create a fleeting opportunity to escape!

Facing this sudden, self-mutilating explosion, Lu Jiuyuan's eyes narrowed; he had finally managed to drag it out to this point:

"Want to leave? Leave your life behind!"

Lu Jiuyuan did not hesitate. A brilliant Sword Qi that spanned the heavens and earth, seemingly capable of slicing through mountains, suddenly took form. Ignoring the destructive energy storm, he locked onto Xiao Jingtian's Qi and slashed out with his sword!

Just before this, a strange power, so void-like it was almost imperceptible, yet pure and rich, intervened in the battlefield silently, like a pebble dropped into a calm lake.

This power was not a direct attack, nor was it a defense; it was more like a kind of... interference.

It was like the finest sand, flowing into Lu Jiuyuan's flawless Sword Intent lock; it was like the gentlest wind, brushing against Xiao Jingtian's violently released Qi trajectory.

It was extremely subtle, yet perfect to the minutest detail!

It was precisely this trace of interference that caused Lu Jiuyuan's guaranteed-hit sword strike to develop a negligible, almost ignorable deviation.

And it was this very deviation that allowed Xiao Jingtian, who had been tightly locked by the Sword Intent, to feel the death crisis, which had been like maggots on a bone, suddenly loosen!

"Hmm?"

Lu Jiuyuan and Xiao Jingtian felt the sensation almost simultaneously.

Lu Jiuyuan was astonished at who could interfere with his Sword Intent lock so tracelessly; the technique was brilliant and exquisite!

Xiao Jingtian, although he did not understand why, instinctively seized this fleeting and only opportunity!

The speed of his escape and the trickiness of his direction far exceeded before!

Lu Jiuyuan's slightly interfered-with brilliant Sword Qi grazed past his afterimage, silently slicing off a distant snow Peak, but ultimately failed to keep his true form.

"Hmph!"

Lu Jiuyuan snorted coldly, withdrew his sword, and stood, hovering in the air.

He did not pursue immediately, but instead, his gaze was like lightning, scanning the surrounding Void Realm, his brows slightly furrowed.

That strange interference power came quickly and went quickly; by now, there was no trace of it, as if it had never appeared.

"Laugh Three Times!" He felt a sense of dread in his heart.

This old immortal who had lived for four thousand years finally took action when his second son was about to lose his life.

Xiao Jingtian's aura had completely disappeared from his perception range; by now, he was probably a hundred miles away, making it difficult to pursue further.