Just at this moment, a sword pellet as tiny as gravel but as dazzling as a star suddenly penetrated all barriers and appeared fiercely in front of the Golden Horn Dragon Sage.
The situation unfolded too suddenly, leaving the Golden Horn Dragon Sage with no way to dodge. He could only glare angrily at the sword pellet, his dragon scales flying off piece by piece like blades, slashing toward the sword pellet.
The Demon Clan is not skilled in artifact refining, but that doesnāt mean they canāt leverage their own advantages.
Just like how the Fengyuan Monarch knows how to refine his own Fire Phoenix True Feather into the Phoenix Feather Profound Light Sword, the Golden Horn Dragon Sage also acquired many methods from his bloodline inheritance to utilize his dragon scales and dragon horns for creating secret treasures.
After advancing to the Sixth Rank, he used these methods to refine some of his lifebound dragon scales into special secret treasures, capable of shedding these scales in crucial moments to unleash powerful attacks and defenses.
Because these were refined from the lifebound dragon scales of a Sixth Rank Flood Dragon, each scaleās unleashed might was comparable to a strike from a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure!
Bear in mind, even for a Sixth Rank Flood Dragon like him, condensing lifebound dragon scales isnāt easy, with each one taking a century to refine!
Moreover, the number of lifebound dragon scales he could condense was also limited. With his Sixth Rank Demon Saint cultivation level, he could form at most thirty-six pieces!
This time, he activated nine lifebound dragon scales at once, which was quite a gamble.
Yet despite this move, the crisis couldnāt be completely resolved.
The sword pellet, flashing and flickering, consecutively pierced through five scales due to its incredible speed and sharpness; those scales hadnāt even had a chance to unleash their power before being penetrated by the sword pellet.
The remaining four scales did manage to activate their power, but they couldnāt withstand the swordās sharpness and were pierced and torn apart successively.
Before the Golden Horn Dragon Sage could unleash more lifebound dragon scales, the sword pellet descended upon him!
Instantly, the powerful True Blood Dao Body of the Sixth Rank Demon Saint was easily penetrated by the sword pellet, as though it were merely flesh and blood.
What was terrifying was that once inside the dragonās body, the sword pellet didnāt pierce through to the other side but seemed to possess a mind of its own, moving along the Flood Dragonās blood vessels and meridians, heading straight for its brain.
Wherever the sword pellet passed, its sharp edge severed and shredded all blood vessels and meridians, inflicting intense pain and internal injuries upon the Golden Horn Dragon Sage.
This was the most perilous moment he had faced since advancing to the Sixth Rank Demon Saint.
He knew if he couldnāt quickly stop the sword pellet and expel it from his body, there was a real chance that his True Blood Dao Body could be destroyed!
In this situation, preserving his life was more important than anything else.
Therefore, he unhesitatingly mobilized the Power of Laws to enhance his demon core, using it as a Dharma Treasure to strike at the sword pellet.
The demon core was inherently one of the most powerful means of the Demon Clan, and the demon core of a Sixth Rank Demon Saint was immensely formidable!
When the demon core collided with the sword pellet inside the dragonās body, the Golden Flood Dragonās body exploded into two halves, with flesh and shattered bones flying in all directions!
After this collision, the sword pellet finally exhausted its energy, reverting to its original form as the Sky Crystal Spirit-Slaying Sword, swiftly returning to the Tai Geng Divine Venerableās hand.
At the same time, the Golden Horn Dragon Sageās body, split in half, rapidly rejoined, blood light surged at the wound, swiftly healing.
Demon Saints of his caliber naturally cultivated to the stage of the Immortal Body Divine Skills.
Even though he couldnāt reach the āBlood Rebirthā realm like the Nine Blades Barbarian Saint, reattaching severed limbs was trivial.
However, while reattaching limbs was easy, recovering from internal injuries wasnāt as quick.
Although he safeguarded his life in the recent clash, his True Blood Dao Body was severely damaged, and his demon core suffered significant harm from its direct collision with the Sky Crystal Spirit-Slaying Sword, injuring some of its essence.
These damages greatly impacted his combat abilities, leaving him even more disadvantaged against the Tai Geng Divine Venerable.
"How was it? How did you find the taste of my sword just now? You harmed my incarnation back then, so today I return the favor with a sword. Consider it a fair exchange!"
After retrieving the Sky Crystal Spirit-Slaying Sword, the Tai Geng Divine Venerable smirked mockingly at the Golden Horn Dragon Sage.
He was inherently vindictive. Years ago, the Golden Horn Dragon Sage nearly destroyed his incarnation and broke the lifebound flying sword he had refined for that incarnation, a grudge he never forgot.
Today, through this duel, he finally repaid the debt, settling the bloody score and feeling at ease.
On the other hand, the Golden Horn Dragon Sage, faced with the Tai Geng Divine Venerableās mockery, let out an outrageously furious low roar: "Very well, I shall remember this sword!"
Before his roar finished echoing, he lunged towards his second primordial spirit incarnation, abandoning the battle with the Tai Geng Divine Venerable.
Evidently, he recognized that maintaining combat in his current state would only worsen his injuries, a futile pursuit.
Letās not forget, Changchun Valley isnāt far off, and the Changchun Venerable wielding the Heavenly Punishment Demon-Slaying Sword is observing the situation from the valley!
If his wounds become too severe, despite having the Dragon God Pearlās protection, the Golden Horn Dragon Sage couldnāt assure his survival under the Heavenly Punishment Demon-Slaying Swordās blade.
He couldnāt afford to take such risks.
As the Golden Horn Dragon Sage retreated, leaving the Tai Geng Divine Venerable opponent-less, the latter swiftly moved to eliminate the two other race Sixth Rank experts besieging the Green-robed Venerable.