Seeing the expression on Xu Sheng's face, the demon cultivator revealed a cold smile and said, "What? Don't tell me that, as a strong cultivator of the Immortal Monarch Realm, all the martial techniques you know are this kind of trash?"
He hadn't expected to come across such a windfall today—to meet an Immortal Monarch Realm cultivator who didn't even know a single Heavenly-tier martial technique. No, such a situation had never occurred in the entire Cultivation World!
To be at the Immortal Monarch Realm and only know martial techniques below the Heavenly Stage—if it were him, he would be too ashamed to live if others found out!
Xu Sheng, hearing those words, remained silent and did not speak, just staring at him unflinchingly...
This guy... If he hadn't been at a disadvantage in terms of martial techniques, how could he be so arrogant? However, it seemed unlikely that he would lose this duel!
As long as he delayed a bit longer, waiting for Xu Sheng's strength to continue to fall, he could break through his defenses using even an Earth-tier martial technique by relying on his higher cultivation level!
Seeing Xu Sheng's reaction, the demon cultivator affirmed confidently, "Hmph! It seems I guessed it right after all. Since that's the case, I no longer have to worry about any terrifying martial techniques you might have! Today, I'll let you see for yourself just how strong a Heavenly-tier martial technique truly is!"
Immediately after, his tone became stern, and he shouted, "Heaven-grade Medium Martial Skill, Gale Demon Rain!!"
As he spoke, his entire being erupted with immense spiritual power, slowly floating into the air...
In a moment, the sky above where the two of them stood was filled with dense dark clouds, as if something terrifying was about to emerge...
Xu Sheng's Beautiful Eyes looked to the sky, sensing something was off, his expression gradually became serious as he thought to himself, "What a terrifying spirit force fluctuation!"
The demon cultivator, hovering in the air, looked down at Xu Sheng with disdain and laughed out loud, "Boy, prepare to be shattered into a bloody mist under my attack! Hahahaha!!"
Instantly, raindrops mixed with pitch-black fog began to drip from these dense dark clouds. The corrosive power attached to the raindrops turned the ground below into a patchwork of devastation in an instant...
Seeing the raindrops that were about to touch him, Xu Sheng had no choice but to transform his spiritual power into a Shield, protecting himself within it...
As the raindrops touched the Shield, it immediately began to corrode, and Xu Sheng had to constantly replenish it with spiritual power to maintain the Shield's shape and prevent it from disappearing!
Upon seeing this scene, the demon cultivator in the air sneered, "Hmph! Foolish, planning to tough it out with spiritual power without any defensive martial techniques? I'd like to see how long your spiritual power can last!"
After saying that, he confidently crossed his arms and watched Xu Sheng...
There was absolutely no need for him to continue to expend energy to attack; he simply had to wait for Xu Sheng's spiritual power to be exhausted. Within the blink of a eye, the corrosive Demonic Rain will have melted him!
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Sensing movement on the other side, Zhou Qingruo quickly turned her icy blue Beautiful Eyes to look...
When she saw Xu Sheng struggling to resist the Demonic Rain with spiritual power, she frowned and thought to herself, "Why isn't Xu Sheng using any defensive martial techniques? Using spiritual power to defend like this is a complete waste!"
Qin Yumo, seeing Zhou Qingruo distracted, glanced at Xu Sheng and the demon cultivator's situation and immediately understood something...
However, she couldn't possibly give Zhou Qingruo the chance to assist!
With this in mind, she gripped her Personal Sword tightly and aimed at a critical spot, stabbing while sneering, "Master, what are you thinking about? Could it be about that little lover? But it looks like he's about to be cut down soon!"
Zhou Qingruo, who had just reacted, immediately blocked and said coldly, "You don't need to worry about him. You'd better worry about yourself!"
Hearing this, Qin Yumo's face showed disdain as she said, "Hmph! You're just talking tough now!"
That young man truly lacked combat experience, to defend so foolishly with spiritual power; she had been concerned that the man might be killed by Xu Sheng, but it seemed her worries had been unnecessary!
In her view, there were only two situations where someone would do this!
First, a cultivator who knew nothing about combat!
Second, an idiot without a brain!
But what no one could have expected was that Xu Sheng was not doing this for either of those reasons, but because even if he used an Earth-tier defensive martial technique, it wouldn't have any resistance against the attack of a Heavenly-tier martial skill!
It would be better to simply rely on the strength of his spiritual power to defend!
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At that moment, the demon cultivator with his arms crossed looked down at Xu Sheng, who was desperately defending himself, and sneered, "Kid, how does it feel? How much spiritual power do you have left?"
Xu Sheng, who was continuously channeling his spiritual power, gave him a cold glance and said indifferently, "You needn't worry, even at the worst, I can still last a few more 'hours'!"
Although he said this, he had to admit that maintaining his spiritual power to resist the technique was indeed effective, but the amount of energy consumed was frighteningly enormous!
From the beginning to now, in less than a quarter of an hour, he had already consumed nearly half of his spiritual power!
Hearing this, the demon cultivator's lips curved into a smile, "A few 'hours'? Are you trying to deceive me or comfort yourself? I think you're as good as dead sooner or later, so you might as well give up struggling!"
Xu Sheng said nothing, concentrating on channeling his spiritual power to resist, while in his mind he imagined how he could resolve the situation...
The demon cultivator in the sky, seeing Xu Sheng ignore him, couldn't help but feel a surge of anger...
He snorted, "Huh? Not talking? It seems you still have plenty of spiritual power, then let's see how you fare when your spiritual power depletes even faster, shall we?"
After a pause, he shouted loudly, "Heavenly Ranked Superior Martial Technique, Corpse Sea Blood Ocean!!"
As soon as the words fell, black mist from his body continuously surged around Xu Sheng, swirling around him...
Then, the ground began to soften gradually, turning into a pitch-black swamp, causing Xu Sheng's body to sink continuously downwards...
In the end, the thickness forcibly stopped at Xu Sheng's waist!
But was it over? Of course not!
Apart from these, within the area covered by the black mist, numerous dry and brown arms were constantly stretching out from the ground, slowly crawling out...
They were corpses with fierce faces, each corpse's eyes filled with scarlet, and just making eye contact was chilling to the bone...
Straightaway, as if controlled, these corpses began to stagger with their gruesome bodies, stepping towards the trapped Xu Sheng, wildly swinging their arms and hammering the shield...
Upon seeing this scene, Xu Sheng's expression grew even graver...
He had to defend against the attacks of the Demonic Rain and the corpses, as well as maintain his body from sinking underground, his consumption of spiritual power began to increase dramatically!!
If he couldn't find a way to break through this predicament, the inevitable outcome would be death!
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