Mao Qiang hovered in the air looking at the furious Shi Long.
Shi Long's left arm was taken off in a moment of carelessness but luckily it wasn't the arm he held his sword in otherwise he would be in trouble a sword cultivator without a sword was basically useless.
After all, just look at him thought Shi Long as he stared at the injured Mao Qiang.
"How did that happen," mumbled Mao Qiang as he looked at his hand covered in tiny little paper cuts.
Shi Long giggled at Mao Qiang's stupidity it was obvious why sword cultivators used swords it was because channeling sword Qi through the body was simply too dangerous.
Using a blade not only elevated the risk of injury it also made it easier to draw out and control sword Qi.
Like how wizards use staffs and wands in fantasy novels.
If Mao Qiang uses his bare hands to channel sword Qi in the end it would only harm him more after all sword Qi would cut everything.
Like an infection, it spreads through a wound and carves out your insides even slashing your body's internal Qi apart.
Mao Qiang felt it in his hand ripping apart his tissue causing the paper cuts to turn into deep knife wounds.
As for Shi Long even though a little sword Qi interned his body with his experience he cleansed it right away but as for his left arm.
It would take a day or two to regenerate until then he had to fight at a disadvantage.
If you could call it that in Shi Long's eyes Mao Qiang was an inexperienced greenhorn who had only just broken into the Nascent soul realm.
His understanding of the sword Dao was shallow at best it was only enough to help him break through and turn his golden core into a Nascent soul.
Granted the difference between the two was like night and day with a Nascent soul possessing a divine energy that has the ability to manipulate the laws of the great Dao much better than a golden core.
But compared to an Ascension realm expert like Shi Long with a dragon-like body Mao Qiang can't beat him.
This was something Mao Qiang excepted he breathed deeply closing his eyes before his blood Qi suddenly exploded dying everything red even burning Shi Long's Daoist robes.
"Mountain-pushing and Sea-filling,"
Mao Qiang's surging waves of blood Qi only grew more intense after using his Dao ability his sword Qi also became stronger but as it did it began shredding his organs.
Not wasting any time he quickly forced every last bit of sword Qi into his fists while squeezing out his body's potential to maximize his strength.
This was it he would perish again but he excepted it after all Mao Qiang would just be reborn again so as long as he killed Shi Long before dying who cares if he should die?
Shi Long's eyes widened he never would have thought this young boy would become so vicious all of a sudden.
"You...you suicidal maniac you actually intend to die here, crazy you're crazy!!!" yelled Shi Long as his sword avatar appeared.
He raised his blade at the charging Mao Qiang ready to decapitate him in an instant but something unexpected happened.
Mao Qiang accelerated mid-swing and punched him in the chest poring all his body's Qi into Shi Long tearing his flesh apart and crushing his bones into powder.
"You...piece of shit if I'm dying so will you!!!" Shi Long then used a self-destruct technique using the full force of his Ascension realm cultivation base to try and kill Mao Qiang.
Mao Qiang wasn't in good shape either all his bones were shattered and jutted out at sharp angles ripping through his skin.
He couldn't run away even if he wanted to but he didn't try it was over for him and he wasn't gonna fight.
"At least I took one of the Southern lands oh so beloved Ascension experts with me," said Mao Qiang as he smiled bitterly before a massive explosion engulfed him.
Once more his soul was brought back into the darkness another life awaiting him.