130: Are you sweating profusely, bro?

And Xu Xi was not afraid at all of wasting time with Man Gu.

Even if others rushed over, Xu Xi believed that with his Entering Profundity strength, those Disciples from major sects who possessed life-saving trump cards could only hope to remain undefeated against him.

But if they wanted to snatch the spirit cleansing pearl from Man Gu's hands like him, it would be nothing short of a pipe dream.

When time dragged on to the end and everyone's trump cards were exhausted, the ultimate winner would still be Xu Xi; the only difference would be how much time it took him to obtain the spirit cleansing pearl.

"No, it can't go on like this..."

"However, if I really hand over the spirit cleansing pearl, won't everything I've maintained at the cost of the Eight Desolations Kan Dragon Formation's spiritual power be for nothing?"

With a face turned purplish-red, Man Gu, who was barely holding on with the help of the Formation, was now in a difficult position.

He had thought that with the Formation in hand, Xu Xi would see the difficulty and retreat immediately.

After all, the Juefeng Secret Realm was so large; if the spirit cleansing pearl was gone, he could snatch other treasures. Why give up the whole forest for a single tree?

But who could have expected that Xu Xi would completely ignore the consumption of his own spiritual power, frantically spraying Sword Qi as if it cost nothing?

At that moment, Man Gu felt as if he were the Disciple from a Youzhou sect, while Xu Xi was the peerless Prodigy from a super-sect in the Central Continent Holy Land, with inexhaustible spiritual power and a Realm that crushed his opponent.

Everything seemed to have undergone a complete reversal.

However, time waited for no one, and Man Gu didn't have time for much regret. Right now, the only thing that frustrated him was how to choose in this dilemma.

"Hahaha!"

"Man Gu, you little brat, what's the use of running so fast? You still got caught, didn't you?"

"In my opinion, you might as well give the spirit cleansing pearl to me. I am someone from the Central Continent, after all; giving it to me wouldn't be a disgrace."

"If the spirit cleansing pearl were truly taken by a mere Disciple of the Xuanjian Sect from Youzhou, that would be a real laughingstock."

"In the Refining Heaven Hall, the three leading Saints already ignored you."

"Now that this has happened, do you think they'll accept you?"

Blessings do not come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.

While Man Gu was still pondering with a frown, he didn't expect that Xiao Canghai, who had been chasing him, would also arrive at the scene.

Originally equal in strength to Man Gu, even though Xiao Canghai was a step late in his pursuit, he finally arrived after Xu Xi had delayed things for quite a while.

Seeing the scene of Xu Xi suppressing Man Gu, he couldn't help but begin to mock and ridicule him.

The beaming smile on his face clearly indicated the joy in Xiao Canghai's heart.

Furthermore, his words were full of put-downs, showing he had mastered the art of verbal sparring to an Advanced level.

"Hmph!"

With only a muffled grunt, Man Gu had no words to retort and could only react this way, continuing to use spiritual power to drive the Eight Desolations Kan Dragon Formation against Xu Xi's attacks and Xiao Canghai's attacks simultaneously.

The pressure suddenly increased, but with the Formation, Man Gu could still maintain an undefeated stance until his spiritual power was exhausted.

However, Xu Xi, who wanted the spirit cleansing pearl, was now unhappy.

"You want to be the fisherman who profits from the fight between the snipe and the clam?"

"Have you asked the sword in my hand?"

"Man Gu is from the Refining Heaven Hall and has a Formation to help him. Do you, Xiao Canghai, also want to use your life-saving trump card for a spirit cleansing pearl you can't even get?"

Sword Qi overflowed as a large portion was directed toward Xiao Canghai; Xu Xi's movements were incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, the awe-inspiring Sword Qi had reached Xiao Canghai's front, only moments away from striking him and causing severe injury or even death.

At this critical moment, Xiao Canghai reacted instantly. Warning bells rang in his heart, and the omen of death echoed in his mind as he narrowly dodged Xu Xi's strike.

Afterward, Xiao Canghai was also drenched in sweat, looking at Xu Xi with vigilance and lingering fear.

Even all his attacks toward Man Gu stopped as he looked at Xu Xi as if facing a formidable foe, saying displeasedly:

"It's one thing to provoke Man Gu, but you dare to provoke me too?"

"Do you really want to end up with the whole world as your enemy?"

Relying on his identity as a member of a Central Continent sect, after that moment of deathly warning, Xiao Canghai's pride wasn't completely crushed. Instead, he treated a triviality as a command and began a series of mindless, death-seeking remarks.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

"Give you a bit of sunshine and you start beaming, huh?"

"Do you really think you're something special?"

"Even though you have a sect backing you, you aren't even in the first tier. You're just at the top of the second tier, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly. Do you really take me for a soft persimmon?"

"Then I'll use you two as the stepping stones to knock on the doors of the Central Continent!"

"Sword Breaking Heaven and Earth!"

Hearing Xiao Canghai's remarks, Xu Xi also felt a surge of anger. In Youzhou, he was a figure who could summon wind and rain.

As a Personal Disciple of the Xuanjian Sect, wherever he went, he was surrounded by compliments.

Now that the Juefeng Secret Realm had opened and the riffraff from various provinces had gathered here, Xu Xi naturally felt full of anger when facing those geniuses from the Central Continent who acted superior.

He was just looking for a place to vent, and since Xiao Canghai and Man Gu had walked right into his line of fire, Xu Xi could only reluctantly satisfy their special proclivities and make an example out of them.

Sword Qi overflowed, continuously appearing around him. This time, it was the true Sword Intent that Xu Xi himself had comprehended, rather than the sword Formation of the Three Absolute Swords of the Waning Star.

Combined with the Xuanjian Sect's specialty—a sword Formation—Xu Xi completely surrounded the three people present.

Xu Xi himself stood in the center, with Xiao Canghai and Man Gu on his left and right respectively.

Inside his own Eight Desolations Kan Dragon Formation, Man Gu suddenly felt the pressure decrease. The attacks from both Xiao Canghai and Xu Xi were invariably weakened. He was somewhat happy, thinking he could escape quickly.

But he didn't expect that Xu Xi's sword Formation would shatter his illusion, once again making Man Gu break out in a cold sweat.

Although such a move couldn't completely destroy his Eight Desolations Kan Dragon Formation, his spiritual power would likely be exhausted. The final result would only be the spirit cleansing pearl changing hands and himself being in a wretched state.

But on second thought, seeing his arch-rival Xiao Canghai in an even more wretched state, Man Gu could reluctantly accept it.

Because at this moment, Xiao Canghai felt the murderous Sword Qi spreading around him after the sword Formation was deployed.

Although he had a life-saving trump card, it wasn't a Formation like Man Gu's that could be used repeatedly by directly infusing spiritual power.

Xiao Canghai's life-saving trump card was just a one-time-use jade talisman; using it here would be somewhat wasteful.

So, he made a prompt decision, executed a movement technique, and turned to flee.

However, having been pushed to this point, how could Xu Xi allow Xiao Canghai to escape from right under his nose?

Although Sword Breaking Heaven and Earth didn't have the ability to bind the opponent, the speed of the sword Formation Xu Xi controlled, thanks to the gap in their Realms, had already reached an unfathomable level.