System's Super Sect Chapter 932 - 875: Evenly Matched

Ye Wuping felt a jolt of shock at this sight.

She had never expected the Sword Demon to press his full assault on her while disregarding the strikes she unleashed. Hold on, wasn't this supposed to be impossible? Amid the onslaught of Thousand Leaves Chaotic Dance, what Upper Realm powerhouse would risk pure offense without any guard?

Right now, Wu Yang could endure it for the time being, yet if the barrage persisted longer, Thousand Leaves Chaotic Dance would wreak havoc with grievous wounds, enough to tip the battle's scales. This reality dawned on everyone present, and the Sword Demon knew it well too.

Yet why did he persist in unleashing his attacks at maximum power?

Was he aiming to slay her in one go?

What gave him such unwavering faith in his strikes?

Puzzled by the anomaly, Ye Wuping sharpened her focus, peering through the swirling red leaves' crevices to glimpse the Sword Demon's state, a vision that left her stunned.

Streams of golden light bathed the Sword Demon, mending the gashes from the soaring red leaves over and over, without end.

"What kind of Vein Technique is this?"

Ye Wuping sifted through her extensive recollections mentally, yet failed to recall anything matching the spectacle unfolding.

This Vein Technique resembled the Space Seal in its utter novelty. Other regions might differ, but on the Red Domain's soil—or even the Primordial Yang Domain—it had never surfaced before!

In rage, Ye Wuping quaked her Meridian Gate once more, sending the airborne red leaves into wilder frenzy as the assault's ferocity surged abruptly. Yet this marked merely the start; Thousand Leaves Chaotic Dance's Second Dance went far beyond mere red leaf barrages.

"Then let’s see how many times you can recover!"

With those words, Ye Wuping vanished from her position, not just from plain view but erased from all sensory detection.

Even with his spiritual sense nearing Second Stage perfection, the Sword Demon couldn't detect Ye Wuping's trace.

Suddenly, countless light swords materialized amid the whirling red leaf ocean, streaking through the Red Leaf Sea akin to shooting stars piercing the night, threading between the fluttering leaves, hurtling straight for the Sword Demon.

Still, Ye Wuping's technique fell short of Water Transformation's dread. As the disordered sword gleams emerged, the Sword Demon's senses pinned her aura instantly. He whipped around the Black Saber, blade aimed down, flipping the Heaven-Supporting Blade Qi's path in reversal.

The rerouted Heaven-Supporting Blade Qi tore asunder the forward Red Leaf Sea with haste, chasing Ye Wuping's sword light forms at top velocity. Swift though the sword lights flew, the Blade Qi matched their pace. Mere hundreds of zhang from the Sword Demon, the Heaven-Supporting Blade Qi detonated with thunderous force.

Vast Vein Qi surged like colossal billows across the heavens, scattering the entire Red Leaf Sea across a thousand meters and baring a barren expanse free of any leaf. Bereft of the red leaves' veil, Ye Wuping's form reentered the Sword Demon's sight.

A sword gripped in her right, an umbrella in her left, Ye Wuping shook her Meridian Gate to rally the Red Leaf Sea anew.

"Found you!" The Sword Demon pounced on the opening, clenching the Black Saber as his frame blasted forward toward Ye Wuping. Concurrently, his four Meridian Gates shuddered together, ballooning the Black Saber in his grasp like Great Sage Equal to Heaven's Golden Cudgel.

Swathed in turbulent black Vein Qi, the enormous Black Saber hacked down at Ye Wuping prior to her sword light shift. Spotting it, she summoned red leaves as a barrier to halt the Sword Demon's Black Saber, only for him to savagely shred every impeding leaf.

"Let’s see you hide!"

Boom!

The gigantic Black Saber crashed onto Ye Wuping's spot, resounding like cosmic drums thundering through sky and land. Amid the earth-shaking roar, the prodigious Vein Qi burst chaotically, while Vein Qi-spawned tsunamis rent the nearby clouds asunder.

Claiming it cleaved the Sea of Clouds would hardly overstate!

Though the Sea of Clouds parted wide, the Sword Demon's strike missed Ye Wuping entirely.

The Red Leaf Sea reformed swiftly, shrouding Ye Wuping as she morphed back to sword light, slipping from visible range once more.

"Such speed!"

The Sword Demon blurted in awe, for few Upper Realm masters could evade his slash from point-blank range.

Ye Wuping managed it effortlessly, proving her comprehensive strength far exceeded his own.

Amid the chaos of battle, Ye Wuping stood as one of the premier Upper Realm powerhouses, rivaled perhaps solely by the geniuses who rose from the Seven Domains Celestial Ascension Ranking a century or two prior.

"It’s not that I’m fast; it’s that you’re too slow!"

Her voice echoed with the frenzied sword lights swirling from every direction, dripping with contemptuous sneer.

Once the mockery landed, she coolly informed the Sword Demon of the harsh reality, "Your power falls short in the end. Lacking the boost from the Five-Vortex Vortex Map, that School Vein Skill of yours can’t touch me. I merge with red leaves and sword light alike; I’m omnipresent, while you stand there like easy prey!"

Swish!

As soon as her words ended, an azure sword beam sliced rapidly through the Red Leaf Sea, grazing past the Sword Demon’s chest. In a flash, it etched a wound of moderate depth across his chest, catching him completely off guard.

Right after, a second and third sword light pursued relentlessly. The Sword Demon couldn’t fend off the second sword Qi, merely deflected the third along with the rest, but the fifth evaded his guard once more, carving a sizable gash into his shoulder.

Yet, these three injuries knit back together almost immediately under the Holy Light’s glow, erasing every trace without a scar after just a few breaths.

Were it not for the lingering fresh blood, no one would suspect any harm had been done.

The moment blood was spilled, the Sword Demon transformed utterly, like a whole new entity.

"Ye Wuping, you thrill me immensely right now."

With those words, he smeared a fingertip through the blood on his chest, relishing its taste on his tongue. His eyes fluttered shut in utter ecstasy, and when they reopened, crimson pupils burned fiercely while a savage grin twisted his lips.

In that instant, the Sword Demon embodied a rampaging beast lord. The blood drove him into true frenzy, awakening the authentic Sword Demon!

Swish!

In a shocking turn, the Sword Demon morphed into pitch-black Sword Aura, weaving through the Red Leaf Sea and slamming into the sword lights without cease.

Each impact sent the Red Leaf Sea heaving violently.

After a hundred fierce clashes, the Space Seal burst apart with a deafening boom. Red leaves exploded skyward in an instant, blanketing over half the heavens above Jianshui City like a blood-red dusk crushing down upon it. Jianshui City’s inhabitants stared upward, mouths hanging open in stunned reverence.

Even battle-hardened Earth Unrestricted experts, accustomed to grand spectacles, found themselves awestruck by the sight unfolding before their eyes.

"Who will win?"

"The Sword Demon or Ye Wuping."

All onlookers burned with curiosity over the outcome of this epic clash.

While the duo clashed fiercely, Lucifer had already closed in on the Nine Lives Nine Deaths Bird. As a Wing Race Demon God, this creature detected mighty auras far sharper than any human. Lucifer’s presence alone, without a single strike, made its heart race in terror.

The instant Lucifer overtook it, the Nine Lives Nine Deaths Bird bowed its head and froze mid-flight, abandoning all fight.

Naturally, this wasn’t true submission.

No, it feared not death at all!

Upon death, rebirth awaited it elsewhere across this realm.

Through the ages, it had perished five times already; adding this one made just six.

Death was a price it could easily bear!