Hou Yunfei slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw Yan Xiaobao, he smiled.

When they arrived at the Earthstring Foundation, Yan Xiaobao glanced at the other Spiritual Flow Sect disciples. None of them could achieve three Tideflows, at most only two. After all, even with Yan Xiaobao's help, there wasn't enough Earth Energy to be distributed among everyone.

Nonetheless, everyone was deeply shocked.

"Not enough Earth Energy..." Yan Xiaobao thought, watching Hou Yunfei absorb energy. Then he looked up at the only remaining vortex in the sky.

In the middle of the Ninth Tideflow was Song Que!

"You sent people to kill me, stopped my nine Tideflows. Well, Yan Xiaobao isn't someone who gets attacked without retaliating! If I stop your Tideflow, Big Bro Hou will obtain even more Earth Energy for himself!" His eyes flashed coldly, but then he hesitated, because he remembered there were many disciples who needed someone to replace them as the Dharma Protector.

Beihan Lie took a deep breath as he felt his fading Tideflow was about to recover. "Yan Xiaobao, you go. We may have beef with each other, but I don't want a second Master Wu Xian appearing in the Blood Flow area. You go stop Song. I'll defend everyone here!"

Yan Xiaobao looked at him deeply, feelings of regret filling his heart. After tightly clenched fists and a deep bow, he transformed into a beam shooting towards Song Que!

Ghostfang and Shangguan Tianyou were already bombarding the Spell formation of Song Que. Although the Spell formation was breaking and collapsing, it still existed.

The Ninth vortex above Song Que's head spun swiftly, absorbing Earth Energy from all corners of the Fallen Sword World.

His eyes were closed but still bloodshot. As he sat cross-legged, he gave his all, utilizing every resource he had, including absorbing Earth Energy through energy nodes in the Fallen Sword World, linking these nodes as a Spell formation.

Although no one could see these nodes, cracks began to appear, especially in the place where Yan Xiaobao first encountered Song Que outside the Sword Body. As the cracks spread, the surface of the giant, transcendent Sword began to destabilize to the point of collapse.

However, even Ouyang Jie, outside the Flakland Mountain, couldn't detect signs of the potential destruction of the Sword.

"Hurry up!" Song Que screamed internally. His hands opened in front of him, absorbing a large amount of Earth Energy, as his hair whipped about his head. With the spinning vortex, he was getting closer and closer to completing his Ninth Tideflow, the world around trembling. Even the sky seemed to weaken.

In fact, besides the people sitting at Song Que's location, there was another trend undetectable. In the weakened vortex in the sky, there was... an energy... so faint that no one would notice it!

It was completely different from Earth Energy, existing on a higher level... a completely shocking energy!

Only those sitting at Song Que's location could detect it because he was sitting on the final energy node of the Fallen Sword World! Song Que chose this spot for the Foundation for a very specific reason!

Once Song Que felt the energy, his heart started beating excitedly. He had been waiting a long time.

"The peak of the Earthstring Foundation means nothing. It's just the first step. My real goal is... the establishment of the Heavenly Dao Foundation! Only then can I return to the sect and crush anyone in my path. Finally, I can compete against Aunt Song Junwan and darned Xue Mei to become the Blood Master of Middle Peak! Being one of the Four Great Blood Masters, my rank might even surpass the Great Elder of the Blood Flow Sect!" Song Que was already getting excited.

In terms of qualifications, Blood Masters of the Blood Flow Sect are on par with the Sect Leader. From that highest pinnacle level of power, they are just one step away from reaching Ancestor Peak, an incredibly high position.

However, just as Song Que was about to complete his ninth Tideflow, a beam of light shot towards him, precisely Yan Xiaobao. His eyes were completely bloodshot, emanating a murderous aura. Wings appeared behind him, each advancing forward with incredible speed.

Combined with the power of nine Tideflows, he could move faster than anyone in the Qi Condensation stage, and he took just a little time to reach Song Que's Spell formation.

Almost instantly, Yan Xiaobao erupted with an unbelievable pressure, becoming an oppressive force, causing Ghostfang's disciple to retreat. Worried his Dao foundation might become unstable, he gave a cold harrumph and withdrew.

Shangguan Tianyou, not even reaching Ghostfang, only had the power of five Tideflows, and could only barely support himself, painfully grinning.

As Yan Xiaobao moved closer like a blazing sun, Shangguan Tianyou felt pressure naturally pressing down from the Earth Foundation peak and trembled.

"Song Que!" Yan Xiaobao roared. Vibrations passed through Song Que in the Spell formation, but he couldn't open his eyes. Sensing imminent danger, his heart started pounding. Filled with a sense of madness, he tried to hasten the completion of his Tideflow.

Yet Yan Xiaobao's voice was like thunder from the heavens. As it entered the perimeter of the Spell formation, everything shook. Then, he lifted his foot, stepping onto the Spell formation.

The ground shook, and over half of the Spell formation shattered. Beside, Shangguan Tianyou's heart pounded wildly, while Ghostfang had to struggle to suppress his fighting desire. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Considering you're trying to interrupt my Ninth Tideflow, do you really think I'd let you succeed in yours?!" He raised his right hand, golden light shimmering with physical power. He summoned all the power of his Immortal golden skin, launching a punch.

The Spell formation trembled, clearly on the verge of breaking. Bai Xiaochun stepped forward, launching another punch, and another, and another!

All four punches were supported by the full power of his Immortal Golden Skin. Each punch was filled with power, stemming from breaking the first death shackle, scorched with Yan Xiaobao's anger and wrath. After four such punches, the Spell formation protecting Song Que collapsed.

Finally, Song Que was exposed, sitting there in a meditative position, completely immobile, unable even to move a muscle.

Yan Xiaobao didn't stop. He moved forward, then waved his sleeve, causing violet Qi to flow out, forming a large cauldron in the shape of a violet cauldron. It seemed almost entirely material, its surface covered in magical symbols and designs of birds and beasts. Under Yan Xiaobao's control, the magical symbols began swirling around the cauldron, and the birds and beasts started moving as if alive. Meanwhile....

The violet cauldron smashed down towards Song Que.

"Since you cannot end the Ninth Tideflow yourself, let me help you!" As the violet cauldron descended with tens of thousands of kilograms of force, a massive rumbling sounded.

Rumbling sounds arose as Song Que's personal defense tried to protect him. When the cauldron struck his defensive light, they shattered. Then, magic items flew out, but they too were easily shattered. Finally, the cauldron actually collided with Song Que.

A terrifying scream echoed from his mouth, his eyes opened. He had just completed his Ninth Tideflow, but it was torn apart by Yan Xiaobao's interference. The Ninth Foundation partially completed in his Dantian Region shattered into pieces.

Meanwhile, the Earth Energy gathered from his ninth Tideflow began flowing out from Song Que, rapidly dispersing and merging into the surrounding world.

However, due to some unknown reason, Song Que managed to force the escaping Earth Energy into a beam shooting into the clouds, causing it to merge back into the world faster than before.

Meanwhile, the ninth vortex above him not only stopped moving, but it actually shattered.

All other disciples in the Fallen Sword World were completely shocked, and began to cry out in amazement.

"Song Que failed!!"

"Yan Xiaobao interrupted his ninth Tideflow!"

"Heaven! Even if Yan Xiaobao killed him, he couldn't make Song Que hate him more! He destroyed his Dao!"

Everyone was extremely shocked, going crazy. Xu Xiaoshan, rushing from afar, stopped in his tracks upon seeing what happened, not daring to come closer.

In the distance, Nine-Isles was wiping blood from his mouth, rotating his cultivation base. When he sensed what had happened, his eyes filled with fear.

"Yan Xiaobao... is invincible!!"

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