Wanting to completely slaughter the enemy, Jiutian stood his ground and used significantly more strength than before to parry the man's incoming sword attack.
Clanggg!!!
The After recoil from the powerful clash of the two swords' energies sent them flying back a considerable distance.
After getting pushed back by several metres Pei Xuan (19 years old) shouted at the Boy murderously.
"You.... You must be using some special method to hide your cultivation. Otherwise, you're a powerful mid-stage Body Cultivator, and that's why, despite having lower energy, your raw strength was enough to counter me.
Hahaha. Are you so confident that you can defeat me with this cultivation base? Me, who is a Mid-Level Spiritual Energy Cultivator, whose energy and sense can suppress you in an instant?"
"You truly are the utter idiot mentioned in the rumors, or you are arrogantly prideful for your own good."
After saying that he slightly looked behind to command his subordinates.
"None of you will interfere in this fight anymore. I want to experience the prowess of this ignorant cultivator with my own hands, who has been fooling everyone in the city by hiding his true cultivation."
"We obey, Lord Pei Xuan," the attackers behind him shouted in unison and moved about 100 meters away from the fight, standing together.
After finishing his words, Pei Xuan rushed toward Jiutian and, from a specific distance, used another powerful technique to strike Jiutian's head with his heavy sword.
SLASHHH...
Jiutian, although not purely a Body Cultivator, but because of the golden bones that merged within him, gave him a strength compared to the middle stage Qi refining strength, and his abilities made himself several times greater than even a Body Cultivator of the same stage.
Besides, he was now almost certain that his newfound ability and the power of these golden bones might increase or evolve with each cultivation stage.
Therefore, due to the powerful Mid-Level sense and pressure from the Mid-Level cultivator, Pei Xuan, Jiutian was only feeling discomfort and no real problems.
Slash×Slash....CLANNIG
Slash×Slash....CLANNIG
Jiutian was easily parrying Pei Xuan attacks repeatedly with the sword in his right hand.
However, this time, the attack was very intense and powerful. As a result, the collision and recoil caused him to crouch down and forced him to step back several meters again.
But as soon as he regained his balance, Jiutian targeted Pei Xuan, raised his sword towards the sky, launching the very first attack of his newly learned powerful Raging Flame Thrust technique: the Vertical Raging Flame Slash.
FOOOOOOSHHHH!!!!!!
As he performed the attack, a 10-meter-long vertical line of dark orange fire shot from his sword, targeting the Mid-Level man from head to toe, who was a few meters away.
SWOOOOOOSH!!!!!
….
BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!
Pei Xuan quickly rotated his sword and used an unknown sword technique to perform a horizontal slash towards Jiutian's attack.
As a result, a green-colored wave of Wood Energy with a Mid-Level spiritual energy quality was released from his sword, blocking Jiutian's incoming orange-colored fire energy line.
HooooooooOoOOSHHH!!!!!
*FOOOooooOOSHHH
Although Jiutian's fire energy attack was stopped, the heat and intensity of the fire energy were so high that Pei Xuan's green robe was burned away, revealing a bronze-colored protective vest underneath.
Pei Xuan then used his movement technique to get close to Jiutian again, despite being slightly roasted by the fire. He gripped his long, two-meter heavy sword with both hands to strike Jiutian's chest. Jiutian parried it as before, and Pei Xuan attacked again and again.
Slash×Slash…CLANG!!!
Slash× Slash….CLANG
Slash×Slash…CLANG
…Slash× Slash….CLANG
.....Slash×Slash...….CLANG!!!!!! ...
...
And just like that, within a few moments, Jiutian and the man clashed about 30 to 40 times non-stop at an incredible speed. It was so fast that the other attackers behind them would witness several clashes with a single blink of an eye.
SLASH×SLASH~×CLANG!!!!!!
~~Swishhhhh~~~
After the final, 41st clash, both of them were sent flying back more than ten meters in opposite directions.
Then, Pei Xuan used his movement technique to move another 40 meters away, creating a significant distance between Jiutian and himself.
Upon reaching this specific distance, Pei Xuan pulled out several recovery and healing pills from his storage ring, placing them in his mouth and chewing them forcefully.
He knew that although the healing pills would work quickly, the recovery pills would take a minimum of a half-hour to replenish his energy. However, if he meditated, it would only be a matter of time, which was now completely impossible.
During these past clashes, Jiutian hadn't used his full power from the start, but was gradually increasing it according to the situation, so that he could catch;Pei Xuan Off guard.
However, Pei Xuan had used various techniques and forbidden methods to narrowly escape death several times from Jiutian's sudden, powerful attacks.
Although Pei Xuan survived, his condition had already taken a terrible turn for the worse.
Jiutian eats a few pills to mask his quick healing and rapid energy recovery.
In the clash, a combination of his energy quantity and powerful techniques, despite his low-level energy, allowed him to completely parry Pei Xuan's attacks without any harm.
Furthermore, due to Jiutian's continuously increasing power, his attacks were getting stronger with every clash.
As a result, Pei Xuan, now caught off guard, was suppressed from the middle of the fight until the end, his energy reserves had started to decrease with every clash, and his body's wounds and internal injuries were becoming more severe.
Therefore, Pei Xuan already realized the huge difference between him and Jiutian during this clash, which almost caused his death.
Because of his various techniques and forbidden methods, Pei Xuan's energy reserve was almost two-thirds empty, and the injuries to his body had already reduced his power by 40 percent.
On the other hand, Jiutian's continuously increasing physical strength, abilities, and powerful fire affinity were completely beyond the grasp of a Mid-Level cultivator like Pei Xuan. So, he accepted the hard truth that, despite being a 5th-stage Qi cultivator, he was no match for Jiutian.
However, Pei Xuan's realization came too late. If he had been at his peak from the beginning, he might have been able to catch off guard or defeat him with his techniques or a sudden forbidden method.
But now, after using various techniques and forbidden methods, his energy reserve was almost running low, and his body was completely exhausted from the clash. He couldn't even use his techniques properly, let alone defeat Jiutian.
So, Pei Xuan knew that if this continued, his head would be cut off by Jiutian's sword within a few more clashes.
Since it was completely impossible to defeat Jiutian at close range due to his monstrous physical power and abilities, Pei Xuan had to do something from a distance.
For this reason, Pei Xuan used the recoil from the last attack to create a specific distance from Jiutian. His mind kept telling him to quickly escape, but Pei Xuan knew that if he turned his back, he would be killed instantly by Jiutian's powerful attack.
So, instead of running away, he stayed at his distance, fully focused on Jiutian, and searched for a way to get out of this situation in his mind.
But still, he kept getting frustrated every second as he found no way out, because time was not on his side; Jiutian could attack again at any moment.
As these chaotic thoughts were swirling in Pei Xuan's mind, he was becoming almost insane as he repeatedly failed to find a way out.