The aura coming off the person before him was considerably weaker than Grand Master Xu Yang, roughly on par with Liu Xuanqing.
Hearing Qin Zheng’s light chuckle, the middle-aged man’s expression immediately darkened, and a cold light began to surge in his eyes.
"This seat must remind you, the one who shall draw this sword is not me, but..."
Before he could finish his words, Qin Zheng’s hand already reached out, seizing the Zhu Xian Sword from within the Dao Palace into his palm.
"Is this the sword you’re talking about?"
Qin Zheng looked at the man.
The middle-aged man’s gaze was by now entirely captivated by the Zhu Xian Sword, with avarice spreading from his eyes across his face.
He bellowed lowly, stepping forward and reaching out for the Zhu Xian Sword.
"If you want it, of course I shall give it to you."
Qin Zheng spoke calmly, his right hand moving slightly, and the Zhu Xian Sword followed suit.
The terrifying Sword Intent of eradicating heaven and earth burst forth from the three-foot-long sword.
The boundless and terrifying Sword Qi, like a raging river, completely submerged the middle-aged man in an instant.
Since the other party bore ill will, Qin Zheng showed no mercy.
The sword qi, which seemed to annihilate all creatures, revealed a level of terrifying power unseen before.
Wherever the Sword Qi passed, the void cracked like a mirror webbed with spider-like fissures.
And the figure of the middle-aged man, after a few breaths, stepped out from the void, materializing a hundred yards away from Qin Zheng.
There was now a bowl-sized wound at his chest, from which strands of pale golden blood were continuously oozing.
After all, he was a genuine Great Luo, not merely the remnant of a Great Luo to be compared with.
The strike that Qin Zheng had just delivered, had it been during the day when the six remnants of Great Luo besieged him, could have completely eradicated them.
But now, the middle-aged man had only been pierced in the chest, not even his body penetrated by that sword.
In the middle-aged man’s eyes, shock was overtaken by a bitter and unyielding malice.
To think that he, a grand Great Luo, would be sneakily injured by a mere Taiyi Order ant!
He roared lowly, but before the sound could spread, the figure in the Gold-Patterned Profound Robe was already upon him.
In that instant, as perceived by him, the scenery of all directions faded away, turning into a dark gloom as if chaos before the dawn of creation.
And in the next instant, a dazzling light emerged, chaos was directly rent asunder, the clear rising to form heaven, the muddied descending to form earth.
Such a spectacle of Heaven and Earth Creation!
The middle-aged man snapped out of his trance, but at that moment, the punch embodying Heaven and Earth Creation struck right between his eyebrows.
Another earth-shattering boom.
At this moment, the figure of the middle-aged man burst out like a streak of light, breaking through countless ruins.
Stabilizing his form, he urgently looked toward Qin Zheng’s direction, shocked and exclaiming, "You have opened more than one divine repository?!"
His response was a terrifying Sword Qi that penetrated heaven and earth.
Under this sword, the wound at his chest was directly pierced through!
Simultaneously, endless streams of Sword Qi, coming from all directions, completely enveloped the middle-aged man.
Like an inescapable net of heaven and earth, leaving him nowhere to run!
The middle-aged man furiously cursed.
But in the next instant, those devastating Slaying Immortal Sword Qi hurtled towards him.
The middle-aged man pulled out his Daluo Treasures, frantically parrying the relentless Slaying Immortal Sword Qi.
Intense booms echoed.
He was but at Great Luo Heavenly Number, having only opened one divine repository, now facing the incessant Slaying Immortal Sword Qi, he felt somewhat powerless.
And his Daluo Treasures, before this barrage of Slaying Immortal Sword Qi, were as helpless as young birds before an eagle, unable to manifest any might.
Under such dire circumstances, the middle-aged man suddenly felt a surge of panic.
Born in the inner realms from youth, with exceptional talent and perception, he was early taken under the Six Paths Immortal Sect, with the support of powerful mentors and resources his cultivation was smooth sailing.
Even though he had faced numerous battles, he had never felt such an intense threat of death as he did now!
"I am from the Six Paths Immortal Sect!"
"If you dare to kill me, the Six Paths Immortal Sect will not spare you! The Six Dao Immortal Venerable will personally strike to behead you!"
The middle-aged man bellowed loudly.
At this moment, his demeanor lacked the lofty posture of a Great Luo Level, instead, it was tinged with profound panic.
Just as he shouted these words, the endless Sword Qi all around suddenly came to a halt.
The middle-aged man’s heart relaxed a bit.
But then, a hand as white as jade reached out from amidst the dense Sword Qi and instantly grasped his head.
The next moment, an overwhelming force burst forth, flooding into his body.
His body uncontrollably smashed into the earth.
Under this formidable force, the land in a radius of tens of thousands of miles shook in an instant.
Then, Qin Zheng looked down indifferently at the middle-aged man below, holding the Zhu Xian Sword and aiming at him.
"No! Don’t! Don’t kill me!"
The middle-aged man, seeing Qin Zheng’s actions, became instantly frantic and started to struggle loudly.
Qin Zheng immediately stepped out with his right foot, landing directly on the middle-aged man’s chest, restraining his attempts to struggle.