105: Chapter 105: A Great Battle is Imminent, At Peak Performance.

Bai Xuan's aura surged, and the power of ice radiating from his body intensified. He unleashed his Ice Domain, boosting all his attributes by 300%. The Wrath of the Ice King followed, accelerating his blood circulation and elevating his strength to a new level, reaching his peak state.

With the Beast King Tyrant Body, his entire body was covered in ice crystal armor, looking majestic and awe-inspiring. His defensive and offensive capabilities saw a clear improvement.

This left Blade incomparably shocked: "How exactly did it manage to do that?!"

This could absolutely not be something a Blue Star native could achieve.

Could it also be a creature from another plane?!

Blade dared not lower its guard, taking Bai Xuan, this formidable opponent, seriously: "Bring it on."

As the words fell, a pale blue figure flashed past the foot of the snow mountain.

Blade had assumed Bai Xuan would attack and had prepared fully, but Bai Xuan's target was not it, but rather those Void Zerg beasts heading toward other areas.

Like a god descending, Bai Xuan entered the midst of the beasts. The Eagle King showed its sharp edge, unleashing hundreds of Ice Flying Blades. Dazzling blue light flickered continuously, and in the blink of an eye, those Void Zerg beasts were all sliced into fragments.

Bai Xuan opened his mouth and devoured all these severed limbs and corpses, and his evolution points shot up rapidly.

"You..." Blade was completely enraged. It launched itself like a catapult, fast as lightning, and swung its scythes to attack Bai Xuan.

Crackling sounds of metal colliding followed. Bai Xuan fought the scythes with his Eagle Claw. The speed was extremely fast, impossible for the naked eye to see clearly; only afterimages could be seen.

"Void Zerg, nothing more than this." Bai Xuan mocked.

"Seeking your own death!" Blade's aura surged. It swung its scythes, and purple thunder, crimson flames, and cyan storms shot straight into the clouds. The three attributes merged, becoming even more powerful.

Bai Xuan was not to be outdone and released his ice attribute to clash and contend with it: "I said you don't have the qualifications."

Following this, he seized the opportunity, flapped his wings forcefully, and deflected Blade's purple thunder scythe. Afterward, he turned and kicked out, striking heavily on Blade's head, looking as if he swore to kick its head to pieces.

Blade hurriedly used its crimson flame scythe to block the kick, while the purple thunder scythe that had fallen to the ground reset itself, good as new: "You are nothing but a tiny Blue Star native, a lowly creature. Killing you is as easy as turning over my hand!"

Blade retorted with sarcasm. Just like that, the two fought fiercely. Every collision of attacks could cause mountains to collapse and the ground to shake. The falling spiritual rain was either frozen or evaporated.

The entire central area was shrouded in constantly flickering and blinding light. Cyan, red, purple, and pale blue—flashing on and off, it was simply blinding.

Bai Xuan kicked Blade back, Called upon Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, and gathered ice attribute energy in the air. A blast of Extreme Cold Breath tore through the air, heading toward the Blade before him.

"Wind Thunder Fire Cannon." Blade did the same, Called upon Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, gathered the three attributes to merge, and a three-colored breath erupted from its mouth.

The two blasts of breath were like pillars of light. They collided, pitted against each other, neither willing to yield to the other. The power became increasingly fierce, the ground was shaken beyond recognition, and the snow mountain was even razed to the ground.

This was something Bai Xuan had painstakingly built, and the Ice Spirit Flowers that had already taken root in the snow mountain were also destroyed. This caused Bai Xuan a pang of heartache, so he turned his grief and indignation into strength, pushing his breath energy to the limit.

He completely suppressed Blade's breath, forcing it to retreat step by step. The distance to its main body was already less than thirty meters, and it was still continuously pushing forward.

In the end, Bai Xuan's strength was superior.

The Extreme Cold Breath struck Blade entirely.

Blade hurriedly crossed its arm-scythes to protect itself in front, circulated wind attribute spiritual energy, and formed a barrier to block the incoming attack: "What kind of sacred being is this guy?!"

By all accounts, Blue Star's spiritual energy had only been recovering for a little over a year. Even with sufficient resources, it was absolutely impossible to raise its level to the fifth stage, fifth rank in such a short time! Not to mention challenging someone above its level.

Yet the current Bai Xuan could not only challenge someone above his level, but he was also gaining the upper hand against an opponent three ranks higher than himself, which was very incredible.

Just as Blade was thinking of a countermeasure, the breath stopped abruptly. Blade felt a chill behind it. Turning to look, it saw that, at some unknown moment, Bai Xuan had actually appeared behind it. His sharp Eagle Claw grabbed its head, and with force, he wrenched off Blade's head, crushed it, and it fell to the ground.

Blade's body also made an instinctive counterattack, its double scythes lunging at Bai Xuan.

Bai Xuan dodged flexibly. His spiritual sense detected that Blade had not died on the spot, and he felt shocked: "It actually didn't die."

To not die even after its head was crushed—this was not something an ordinary fifth-stage beast could accomplish.

"Hehehe, you think you can kill me? Let me tell you, the self-healing ability of our Mantis clan is one of the best among the Zerg. Want to kill me? Not a chance."

Blade's head began to recover; blood, muscles, fangs, brain, eyes, etc., restored at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then reattached to its neck, recovering as before. It laughed "hehehe," making one sweat and feel their scalp tingle.

"Three demon cores, and the head is on the chest?" Bai Xuan released his spiritual sense to the maximum, focusing it on Blade.

He didn't expect it to actually have three demon cores; its body structure was very special and unheard of.

"I didn't expect your spiritual power to be this strong, but so what? You will never be able to kill me, and I only need to drag this out until reinforcements arrive, and you will definitely die." Blade was very confident in its self-healing ability.

Although it couldn't kill Bai Xuan, it still had companions. As long as it could hold Bai Xuan back and prevent him from escaping, once reinforcements arrived, they would be able to join forces to eliminate him.

"That's not necessarily true." Bai Xuan attacked Blade again. Time was tight now; Zerg must have appeared in other places too, and he had to stabilize the situation in the territory.

Just like that, Bai Xuan and Blade fought again, from the ground to the high sky. "Bang, boom, boom, boom"—the loud noises were continuous. The sky was filled with lightning and thunder, strong winds blew, dark clouds gathered, and flames and ice flew and exploded wantonly, blasting the ground into a mess.

"No matter how hard you try, you cannot change the doomed situation. No, actually, I can still give you one chance: submit to the Zerg, serve the Zerg as beasts of burden for eternity, and perhaps I can spare your life. This is your last chance; you had better think it through."

Blade sneered and mocked. As long as reinforcements arrived, Bai Xuan would certainly die.

And giving Bai Xuan a chance was because it valued Bai Xuan's talent in the face of this situation.

It should compromise, right? After all, it is better to live as a wretch than to die.