Baiyu was feeling rather uncomfortable at the moment due to the painful maid's attack.

There's no way to dodge it.

Being hit feels extremely unpleasant, each strike feels like having needles piercing his brain, causing severe spiritual damage.

After dodging a few blows in succession,

the painful maid's attacks became more frequent, and the black-brown long whip in her hand drew phantom trails each time it lashed out, immediately appearing on Baiyu's body and causing immense damage.

In a short period of time,

the golden body of Baiyu's upper body was already covered in scars.

"What kind of attack is this? Are all the named ones of the Red Cup so peculiar?"

Baiyu inwardly complained as he retreated.

On the other side, Qian Xin seemed to be doing well, gradually gaining the upper hand in her battle against another painful maid.

"Stripping!"

At this moment, Qian Xin extended her right hand, a spiritual light blossoming on it.

The spirituality enveloping the painful maid instantly disappeared without a trace, making her seem like an ordinary person.

"This place is a sturdy cell."

Qian Xin reached out her hand again, speaking a sentence for the first time exceeding two words.

Then,

Baiyu sensed waves of immense spirituality emanating and constructing a solid wall around them, locking the painful maid inside.

The maid was unable to escape for the moment.

It seems,

that after splitting, the painful maid's power had obviously diminished, attempting to kill both Baiyu and Qian Xin was somewhat overambitious.

Yet as Baiyu had just entertained this thought, preparing to employ a delay tactic until Qian Xin defeated her opponent maid and could assist him,

the painful maid's attacks intensified again.

Baiyu felt an inexplicable surge of anger, a rising urge to decide life and death with the painful maid, recklessly.

This isn't normal!

He could never make such a decision.

That would be akin to courting death.

Maintaining his composure, Baiyu took a deep breath.

"Be cautious, she can manipulate and affect your emotions, whether rage, fear, sorrow, joy, excitement, she can amplify and control them."

Qian Xin reminded at that moment.

Baiyu instantly realized.

No wonder he felt extreme anger, it was being influenced by this creature, frightening how he didn't even know when she acted.

In the heat of battle,

If one couldn't remain calm, one would be near death.

Baiyu took a deep breath, his golden blood flared, instantly moving hundreds of meters backward, retreating to the edge of this street block.

Evidently, the painful maid wasn't prepared to let him go.

In this situation, the painful maid needed to first deal with one side to consolidate her strength against the other.

She previously made this judgment, Baiyu and Qian Xin are the strongest duo in the whole Purification squad.

Of course, compared to Qian Xin,

She certainly prioritized dealing with Baiyu, taking on the softer target was common sense.

"Touch of Pain!"

The painful maid hissed lowly, those long-haired blood stains on the ground of hers kept spreading, in mere moments, they reached beneath Baiyu's feet.

Then, from within that blood, pale ghostly claws emerged one after another, it felt like countless fiends trying to crawl out.

Baiyu's ankles were caught.

He felt an impulse to sink, although the sinking speed was slow, he was undoubtedly descending.

This force was immutable.

"You can't escape, letting the sea of blood consume you is tempting but I can't wait any longer." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

The painful maid bore a sinister smile.

With two strides, she stood before Baiyu, raising her black whip high, attempting a fatal blow.

Now Baiyu's situation was of unavoidable, undefendable state; those ghostly hands seemed to weaken his ability further, if hit by those two whips, Baiyu would hardly survive, depending on Qian Xin having a capability to save him.

Unsure if he could be revived after being cleaved in two.

Yet,

As the painful maid approached, Baiyu's eyes suddenly turned pure black, rounds of lunar radiance erupted from him, and the Black Moon Mark on his arm illuminated.

"Black Moon Duel!"

He roared angrily, then and there darkness extended all around, forming a closed space enclosing the painful maid's clone.

The world turned black.

All around was thick, pristine darkness.

Baiyu felt the bindings loosen; those arms grasping his ankles had vanished, regaining freedom once more.

"Golden Body!"

At this point, Baiyu hesitated no longer, unleashing all his golden blood's power, his body even displaying expanding golden phantom images.

Clang!

The painful maid's whip lashing down emitted the sound of metal clashing.

This was a result of Baiyu's full outbreak.

Also due to being in the Black Moon Realm, the opponent weakened while Baiyu increased in strength.

With such a seesaw effect,

The gap between them swiftly closed, no longer unreachable.

"Divine Power, this feeling is... Black Moon!"

A flash of fear crossed the painful maid's eyes, then her killing intent towards Baiyu surged: "I didn't expect you to be a Black Moon Favored, now you must die!"

With that,

She opened her mouth, shrieking, spreading a sound wave. Baiyu merely felt a needle piercing his brain, bulges appeared on his skin, his bones trembling, emitting cracking sounds.

This was a sign of distortion.

Baiyu was experiencing it for the first time, promptly stabilizing his spirituality to control the distortion symptoms.

Later from his hand, mouths unlocked, extending thick, scarlet, thorny tongues.

Amid repeated practice,

Baiyu confirmed these mouths didn't originate from bodily mutations but from his spirituality.

This considered the most mysterious aspect of one's spirit.

These tongues extended forth to strike the painful maid, though it was only a clone, further weakened by the Black Moon Realm, the tongues were destroyed by the painful maid.

Baiyu instantly felt great spiritual damage.

Damn.

Still too much disparity in strength.

Baiyu steadied himself while the painful maid refrained from rash attack, evidently apprehensive in this special space.

Yet now Baiyu planned not to linger.

Though within the Black Moon Realm, the enemy constantly loses power due to being eroded by the Black Moon, the longer it drags, once the painful maid adjusts, his probability of victory falls.

Baiyu surged with destructive power.

Then,

Black mist rose behind him, forming a giant Black Moon Giant's silhouette.

Dharma Heaven and Earth!

Upon entering the Eclipse Moon Realm, the Martial Artist's unique power!