Hearing Liu Mo's words, Xu Sheng's pupils darkened as he brandished the Tianyu Sword in his hand, swinging it twice towards the latter…
Several sword Qis emitting endless cold light surged out from the Tianyu Sword and, carrying an intense tearing force, headed straight for Liu Mo…
Upon seeing this, Liu Mo's expression remained unchanged as he gripped his emerald green longsword tightly and slashed away the incoming sword Qis…
He laughed lightly and said, "With attacks of this strength, there's no way you can harm me!"
No sooner had his words fallen than Xu Sheng condensed a strong surge of coldness in his palm and sent out a massive palm print toward Liu Mo!
That poison fog, although it prevented the opponent from approaching, also restricted his own movements, leaving him in a completely passive position…
Liu Mo's eyes showed no fear as he shouted, "Yellow-Rank Superior Martial Technique, Raging Fire Palm!"
Unlike Xu Sheng's move, his body erupted with intense flames, as if they could burn everything to nothing!
In his palms, a fiery palm print quickly condensed, and without hesitation, he blasted it towards the oncoming Cold Ice Palm…
The two opposing palm prints, one embodying coldness and the other fire, collided in mid-air with a loud "bang," and the aftermath of the explosion consumed them both!
However, it wasn't over yet. Liu Mo's mouth turned up again as he thought to himself, "Lower-Grade Profound Martial Technique, Soul Devouring Spirit Butterfly!"
Almost the instant he finished speaking, a small portion of the Spiritual Power within his body was drawn out, and then burst forth, forming a rather murky fog around him. The released Spiritual Power quietly condensed into numerous dense butterflies…
These butterflies were extremely beautiful; each one was as large as a palm, and those crimson pupils seemed to be filled with a desire to kill, especially the beautiful pale blue patterns on their wings, which made them seem slightly less mysteriously dangerous…
Xu Sheng couldn't help but grip the Tianyu Sword in his hand tighter, warily eyeing the hundreds of butterflies hovering in midair before him!
These butterflies gave him a very dangerous feeling…
Liu Mo, either out of kindness or intent, said with a light laugh, "Junior Brother Xu, you'd better be careful. My Spirit Butterflies can attack the soul, and that kind of pain is far worse than physical!"
As he waved his arm, the crimson pupils of the butterflies instantly targeted Xu Sheng, fluttering their wings more rapidly as they swarmed towards him like a blanket enveloping the sky…
Xu Sheng shouted coldly, "Yellow Grade Top Quality, Scorching Sun Fire Sword!"
The next moment, he channeled Soul Power into the Tianyu Sword until the blade began to smolder with flames. Only then did he raise it above his head and slash at the overwhelming tide of Spirit Butterflies…
"Bang!!" A terrible wave of heat poured out instantly, scorching the butterflies with burning high temperatures…
Every butterfly touched by the heatwave was ignited, their bodies starting to burn…
Seeing the ignited Spirit Butterfly Swarm, Xu Sheng frowned, "Did it work?"
Before Xu Sheng could ponder further, the ignited butterflies did not burn to death but seemed to be aggravated, emitting an even more intense "buzzing" sound and rushing towards him with greater speed…
The vast swarm of butterflies completely enveloped him, beginning to frantically tear at his soul…
Liu Mo burst into laughter and said, "Hahaha, it's over! If Junior Brother Xu doesn't want to turn into an idiot, he might as well surrender!"
As long as his own Spiritual Power was not exhausted or he didn't die, those Spirit Butterflies could not be destroyed!!
He had already won this duel!
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Elsewhere, the Peak Master of Medicine Imperial Peak, who was watching, exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no! Those are Soul Devouring Spirit Butterflies! They attack the opponent's soul; with so many Spirit Butterflies tearing at the soul, Xu Sheng might well become a soulless puppet!"
He remembered telling everyone to strictly forbid the use of this move on fellow disciples; he didn't expect Liu Mo to treat it as if it were nothing but wind in his ears!
After the competition among the five peaks ends, we must mete out severe punishment!
Ling Luoyan hurriedly spoke out, "Sect Master Mu, please stop their duel immediately. Otherwise, such a promising seedling will be ruined!"
Feng Qingyang also spoke solemnly, "That's right! With Xu Sheng's strong talent, how can we allow it to be squandered? Sect Master, please put an end to their duel!"
Even the usually cold Yun Churan now had her exquisite cheeks filled with worry...
Mu Qingge nodded, "Hmm."
Such soul-attacking martial skills could indeed lead to soul collapse! Turning one into an idiot with no knowledge!!
Just as he was about to intervene and stop Xu Sheng and Liu Mo's duel, Yun Churan's voice, frosty as ice, interrupted him!
"Sect Master, there's no need, I believe he'll be fine!"
Mu Qingge furrowed his brows, his tone laced with anger, "Junior Sister Yun, now is not the time for willfulness. If we're any later, Xu Sheng really might..."
Was she willing to gamble with such a good disciple for the sake of the rankings in the five peaks competition?
Little did he know, Yun Churan's ice-blue eyes, shining with light, stared intently at Mu Qingge, speaking earnestly, "Sect Master, I believe in him!!"
Seeing Yun Churan's serious demeanor, Mu Qingge swallowed hard and chose silence...
"..."
At this moment, the disciples below erupted in surprised exclamations, "Look! Xu Sheng got hit by Brother Liu Mo's martial technique attack! And yet, he's unharmed!! How is that possible!"
"No way?? That's a soul-targeting martial technique, how could he be fine!"
"Don't tell me, Xu Sheng has also cultivated his soul? What a joke!"
"I think he's just forcing himself to stand! His soul must be riddled with holes by now!"
These words instantly drew the attention of Yun Churan and the others, as they turned their gazes back to Xu Sheng, who was surrounded by the Psylocke...
...
The Xu Sheng who was trapped within the Spirit Butterfly Swarm, his soul being relentlessly torn at, now had a smile at the corner of his mouth and a black gleam flashing in his dark eyes as he calmly spoke, "Senior Brother Liu, is this your soul attack?"
He had thought upon arriving at this plane, his soul would definitely weaken, but it turned out he was wrong!
The soul of this plane was equivalent to the spiritual power of the Douluo plane!! And he had managed to retain it!
A look of fear appeared on Liu Mo's face as he exclaimed in shock, "This... how is this possible! Why aren't you affected? My Spirit Butterfly can even devour the souls of those in the Golden Core Stage!"
That shouldn't be! Xu Sheng was still at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Level; his soul should definitely be fragile and unable to withstand it!
He must be bluffing!
Yes! That had to be it! He was certainly putting on a brave front!!!
However, the next scene sent a chill through Liu Mo's heart...
Only to see Xu Sheng, gripping the Tianyu Sword, he unleashed a wave of Sword Qi towards the Spirit Butterfly Swarm, instantly dispersing the butterflies and cleaving open a path...
After rushing forward a few steps, he turned around and coldly shouted, "Profound Grade Lower Quality! Sword Prison!!"
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