With a "clang," the longswords of both sides clashed, each rebounding backward.

The Sword Emperor's ancient sword suddenly came down like a broadsword cutting straight downward.

From afar, the Snow Mountain was bathed in a touch of morning glow. It was the dawn after everyone spent the night here.

The sun rose from below, yet the Sword Emperor's sword descended from above, suppressing the morning glow so much that the sun seemed unable to rise.

This was not mere power, for the suppression at the level of Imperial Realm Second Layer could not achieve such might; this was intent.

The final vertical stroke of this slash shatters the firmament and tears through the void.

The understanding of the sword had already been "examined." Now, it was about true combat strength, not only understanding the sword but also comprehending this world, this expanse of sky.

In the eyes of those involved, this was a sword that was impossible to evade, filled with law suppression.

Yue Hongling's Sunset Afterglow was originally the final insight left by the Sword Emperor during ancient times when he thought the end of the epoch was near… But at this sword moment, the Sword Emperor took it further, annihilating everything. There would be no sunset because it could not even rise.

The Sword of Destruction!

Yue Hongling had been retreating, her toe grazing the ground, leaving a trace. In the next moment, she unified with the sword and shot forward like lightning.

It was no longer the twilight impression of a sunset; this sword resembled the sunrise, full of vitality and vigor.

No matter if the opponent was the embodiment of the Sword Dao, an ancient predecessor, or a mentor from another era… Today's sword should surpass the past, and being inherited by someone never meant being suppressed by them.

You only have the sword, believing a husband or wife can also only be the sword.

But I have a husband; we are inherently different, what suppression!

"Clang!"

The Sword Emperor's sword struck straight down, and at the moment the tip and ground were parallel, Yue Hongling's sword tapped the tip of his sword.

The unmatched Sword Qi erupted from the collision point, spreading myriad Sword Qi across the skies like a Sword Qi-born storm.

Blood trickled from the corner of Yue Hongling's mouth, seemingly wounded.

As spectators held their breath, minds engrossed, the air twisted. A delicate hand grasped the White Tiger, another indistinct Sword Qi aimed for her back.

Ye Jiuyou seized the opportunity to steal the White Tiger while Snow Eagle launched a sneak attack on Yue Hongling!

None of them are good people.

San Niang quickly formed a shield behind Yue Hongling; Xia Chichi and Huangfu Qing simultaneously attacked Snow Eagle, Huangfu Qing's flames exploding before the Sword Emperor, trying to disrupt his suppression of Yue Hongling. Compared to obtaining the White Tiger, Yue Hongling's safety was a million times more important; none of them had the leisure to keep the White Tiger...

And that wasn't all; the void twisted again as a Broadsword swung furiously at the Sword Emperor's head, with blood-red fury roaring, and the Star River inverted.

"You think as a respectable predecessor, yet act so disgracefully!"

Gods and Buddhas all dispersed! Zhao Changhe!

San Niang and others rescuing Yue Hongling still lacked a step; if at this moment, the Sword Emperor took the opportunity to deliver a killing blow while Yue Hongling was in a crisis, no one could save her. Precisely at this moment, Zhao Changhe observed the scene, saw the situation, and unleashed his strongest strike straight at the Sword Emperor!

The Sword Emperor's wrist vibrated, the sword light split. The sword gleam seemed to have eyes, with one intercepting the Broadsword behind, another suppressing Yue Hongling's sword, and the last bypassing the flames to attack Snow Eagle from behind, directly striking him.

Zhao Changhe: "?"

Snow Eagle: "?"

He struggled to twist his body to evade the Sword Qi, only to find that the Sword Emperor's sword was no longer suppressed at the level of Imperial Realm Second Layer but held the peak power. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The Sword of the peak Sword Emperor was not something ordinary people could dodge? Snow Eagle's figure futilely became a shadow trying to use the reflection method to flash; even though he had already flashed tens of meters away, the Sword Qi still precisely followed, splitting him in half.

"Who gave you the dare to interfere in the Sword Dao duel?" The Sword Emperor's voice, once amicably talking with Yue Hongling, was now cold as a sword-edge: "No wonder Yue girl said no Sword Dao in this world is worth mentioning. I was wondering why you weren't considered one, and now it seems, you truly weren't worthy."

Even as Snow Eagle was severed open, the shadowy essence continued to gather, his core still Destruction.

The shadow roared: "Without Yue Hongling dying, you might never be the Sword Emperor again! Ignorant to the extreme!"

The Sword Emperor sneered, too lazy to answer.

Huangfu Qing's flames had already risen where the shadow gathered, Destruction screamed as it rolled in the fire. The blazing flames were precisely the nemesis of shadows, tightly restrained by Huangfu Qing. After struggling and wailing for a while, it gradually became silent, who knows if it died.

While the battlefield here changed dramatically, Ye Jiuyou also failed to directly seize the White Tiger over there.

As she grasped the White Tiger's shoulder to take it away, Han Wubing vanished from his spot, in the next moment the White Tiger with chaotic and frenzied eyes devoid of reason suddenly raised its head, eyes filled with sharp Sword Qi.

Ye Jiuyou hesitated for a moment, White Tiger and Han Wubing had seamlessly merged, the longsword in hand thrusting straight toward her abdomen.

The roaring, surging Sword gleam that arrived was far more powerful than the Sword Emperor's and Yue Hongling's in their Imperial Realm Second Layer strength.

Imperial Realm Third Layer!

Playing dumb till now, Han Wubing and White Tiger were never objects casually fought over without resistance, under a surprise attack, they inherently had the ability to attack and kill Imperial Realm Third Layer experts.