Chapter 485: Chapter 358: Mysterious Powerhouse—One Slash Kills Titled Fierce Beast, Astonishes Ximen Gu!

Boom!

At the moment the Flame Giant Palm descended, a fiery red cloud formed on the horizon.

Underneath the giant palm, Ximen Gu slowly closed his eyes.

But his body was trembling violently.

Ximen Gu had thought that waiting for death would bring him a sense of relief, but at this very moment, when death was truly approaching, his emotions were incredibly complex, both relieved and filled with strong unwillingness.

Past memories flashed by like a whirlwind.

The various buildings of the Sword Pavilion, the halls, pavilions, mountain streams, and the figures of fellow apprentices quickly emerged in his mind, finally pausing on a black-robed Taoist with an ancient sword on his back and gray hair at his temples. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Master?!"

Ximen Gu couldn’t help but murmur.

The black-robed Taoist turned his back to Ximen Gu, only shaking his head, not even turning to look at him.

At this moment, the unwillingness in Ximen Gu’s heart reached its peak.

But at this moment, what could he do?

Could he possibly survive that terrifying blow?!

Just at this lingering moment.

A calm voice echoed in his ears, like a primordial bell resonating in Ximen Gu’s Sea of Consciousness.

"If you don’t want to die, then open your eyes for me."

"Otherwise, forget it..."

Whose voice was this?

But at this moment, that question no longer mattered, it was like grabbing the last straw, and Ximen Gu suddenly opened his eyes.

Then he saw the most stunning strike of his life.

A towering figure had appeared before him at an unknown time, facing the Flame Giant Palm at such close range, this towering and magnificent figure simply uttered two words gently.

"Phoenix Cry!"

Then, an immense Sword Momentum surged from the figure, a chilling Sword Momentum that penetrated to the bone.

The moment this Sword Momentum was felt.

Ximen Gu trembled all over, realizing that his own Sword Momentum could not even be called cold in comparison!

Then...

An immense, unbounded ice river descended instantly, like an eternal iceberg that had existed throughout time, freezing the space and time in that moment.

Clang!

A loftier and truly lone cry echoed through the heavens and earth.

The Ice Phoenix spread its wings and soared in the sky, then dove towards the Flame Giant Palm.

Boom!

Like smashing through decayed logs, the Flame Giant Palm shattered instantly and then condensed into frost in mid-air, the Ice Phoenix passing through the Flame Giant Palm, turning it into countless ice shards.

Then it moved relentlessly forward, turning the Fierce Beast—that even at his peak, Ximen Gu deemed difficult to contend with—into an ice sculpture.

In Ximen Gu’s suddenly contracted pupils, the figure in front of him slightly raised a hand, clenching the void towards the ice sculpture.

Icefall Burial!

A grand hail and snowstorm descended from the sky.

In just an instant, with just one strike, a terrifyingly powerful Fierce Beast, potentially reaching the Titled Grandmaster Level, perished.

A single strike to kill a Titled Grandmaster?!

Ximen Gu’s eyes behind him widened in shock, what a breathtaking strike this was!

This was the true bone-chilling cold, the Extreme Cold Sword Dao he had always been pursuing!

After finishing everything, the figure in front beckoned, and a large Blood Core with five Golden Patterns floated over, which the figure calmly received before slowly turning around.

"This thing is useless for me to keep, now I return it to you."

Something to be returned to him?

Did he know such a mysterious expert?

Sword Pavilion, or a strong expert from the Southern War Zone?

But he had never seen such an earth-shattering strike before.

Ximen Gu showed confusion, subconsciously reaching out to catch the thrown object, looking down, his whole body trembled with excitement and wild joy in his eyes, it was actually his severed limb.

With the return of his severed limb, there was a possibility of reattaching it!

His Martial Arts, Sword Dao might still have hope!

But how could his arm end up in the hands of such an unmatched expert?

Ximen Gu lifted his eyes in confusion to look.

In an instant.

His heart trembled violently, even more shocking and moving than witnessing that magnificent strike earlier.

Because this mysterious expert was someone he indeed knew...

"It’s you?!...That strike just now, you were the one who unleashed it, how, how is this possible?"

"This is impossible?!"