Hoo.
The Evil Lord's breath, exhaled and inhaled the chaotic divine essence.
Various negative impurities' powers, drilled into his pores with each breath.
The Evil Lord's body was like a garbage recycling station, all negative emotions and energies were absorbed into him.
The physical injuries recovered rapidly.
Except for the pre-existing injuries, all external wounds were healed.
"This is difficult."
The Sword Master's expression was grim.
The Yin Yang Dao Master and Chen Fan were the same.
The Evil Lord's strength surpassed their psychological tolerance.
"Mmm."
Chen Fan's expression was solemn: "Then be prepared to fight to the death."
"..."
Silence.
He received no answer, but sensed two increasingly powerful auras beside him.
The battle resumed.
"Kill."
Chen Fan struck again, his Heavenly Cloud Sword uncoiling a river of sword dao, rising from below, with boundless sharpness.
The Sword Master followed closely, his sword intent slashing horizontally.
Their sword dao merged, forming a cross-shaped killing sword, aimed at the Evil Lord.
An unavoidable situation.
"Heh heh."
The Evil Lord was still laughing.
It seemed that the stronger the enemy, the more satisfied he became.
Boom.
A vast expanse of poisonous gas churned, engulfing his figure.
His figure could not be seen, and the cross-shaped sword intent was blocked by the poisonous gas.
The cross-shaped sword intent cut the poisonous gas to shreds, but the sword intent was also severely corroded.
Within the poisonous gas, the Evil Lord's figure was finally visible.
"Kill."
At the critical moment, the Yin Yang Dao Master attacked.
Chen Fan and the Sword Master's combined efforts had created an opportunity for her, clearing the pervasive poisonous gas. Now, it was up to her to perform.
Boom.
The Yin Yang Twin Spears swung out a rainbow.
The last layer of poisonous gas shattered completely.
Then, the Yin Yang Twin Daos descended, like a world arriving.
The Yin Yang Dao Master was a ninth-rank cultivator, and the Yin Yang Dao was the Two Extremes Dao, the supreme Great Dao.
The might of a ninth-rank, a full-powered strike, was something even the Evil Lord could not ignore.
"Bang."
The Dao of Poison, shattered at a visible speed.
A trace of solemnity finally appeared in the Evil Lord's eyes. He fully mobilized the Dao of Poison to collide and fight with the Yin Yang Dao.
Corpse after corpse fell from the colliding Daos.
These were the Dao avatars of the two, the fallen power of their Daos.
But upon closer inspection, one would find that more figures of the Yin Yang Dao had fallen.
"Ah..."
Ping Xi roared, unleashing her full power.
The Yin Yang Dao was pushed to its absolute limit by her, as if all the Yin Yang energy of the Ninth Land had been summoned, joining the battlefield.
"Hahaha."
Unlike Ping Xi's desperate roar.
The Evil Lord was laughing.
His laughter was sinister, even affecting Ping Xi, making her mind feel heavy.
The Dao of Poison could even invade the soul and sea of consciousness.
Bang bang bang.
Amidst the collisions, Ping Xi's body retreated continuously.
A hint of madness flashed in her eyes.
"I'll kill you."
Ping Xi roared, "Do you really think I don't have a trump card? Today, I'll let you witness the power of the Yin Yang Dao, Yin Yang Inversion."
This move was something she had conceived during her discussion with Chen Fan.
In an instant, the Yin Yang Dao spread out wildly.
The Evil Lord had no way to evade, and was enveloped by the rolling Yin Yang Dao.
The next moment...
Hum.
The Yin and Yang radiated light.
The Evil Lord's body and Dao began to melt away.
It was not a melting of corrosion, but a weathering as if time were passing.
Yin Yang Inversion, similar in essence to Chen Fan's Reversing Yin Yang.
The Evil Lord's divine sense was plunged into a brief dizziness.
As if an supreme will was churning his divine sense, making it impossible to concentrate.
"Kill."
The critical moment arrived, and the Yin Yang Dao Master struck in horror.
Pfft...
The Twin Spears pierced the Evil Lord's body again. The melting Dao of Poison had no time to react.
"Kill."
Chen Fan and the Sword Master's attacks also arrived.
They would not stand by and watch.
Ping Xi's ability to resist this long was already her limit.
Both of them swung their swords simultaneously.
This sword strike reached its peak, a brilliant sword light like the sun falling.
Boom.
The Evil Lord's body shattered once more, and his Dao became riddled with holes, on the verge of collapse.
"Roar."
Just before the Dao of Poison was about to collapse, the Evil Lord awoke.
He had broken free from the state of Yin Yang Inversion.
"Gather."
The awakened Evil Lord immediately sensed the danger.
His Dao was about to collapse.
Whoosh.
Ghastly green poison liquid gushed out of his body as if it were free.
In the blink of an eye, he reabsorbed the collapsing Dao of Poison.
Then with a 'boom', it erupted again.
The Dao of Poison was intact.
"You seek death." The Evil Lord went mad.
He had been heavily wounded.
In that moment, he had almost truly died.
Once his Dao collapsed, death would be his only fate.
Fortunately, he had awakened in time.
He had reabsorbed his Dao into his body in time, instantly recovering.
"How is this possible?" Chen Fan and the other two were stunned.
A damaged Dao was recovered like this?
For a broken Dao, not only did it require a long time to repair, but also immense effort. Sometimes, it took tens of millions of years to heal a wounded Dao.
"Impossible."
Ping Xi's voice trembled.
Her perception was clearer than the other two.
Because she herself had suffered a severe injury.
Back in the Tenth Land, she had been injured in her Dao by the Lord of Light, and it took her ten thousand years to recover.
This was the origin of her feud with the Light.
The injury she sustained back then was similar to the Evil Lord's current injuries.
It had taken her ten thousand years to recover, but the Evil Lord... instantly healed.
Who could believe this?
The Dao wounds they had painstakingly inflicted were healed in the blink of an eye.
Should this battle continue?
Sword Master: "..."
He was also at a loss.
This encirclement operation had yielded significant results.
But the reality proved it was all in vain.
"Hoo."
Chen Fan's expression was equally grim.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Since neither of us believes this is possible, then it must be impossible. This method, I don't believe it came without a price."
Instantaneous recovery must have come at a considerable cost.
He was convinced of this.
The two thought about it, and it made sense...
No matter how strong one was, they had to follow the rules. If there were no rules, it meant something was wrong.
Therefore, he was convinced that the Evil Lord had paid a great price.
It was just that they couldn't see it for now.
...
Far away, the Thousand Threads Dao Master's eyes widened instantly.
He didn't know what had happened, but he had sensed something special.
"Is that... the third life?"
At that moment, Thousand Threads had sensed another self.
In other words, the Evil Lord had nurtured a third clone within himself.
"Life substitution?"
Thousand Threads' gaze was filled with horror.
Vaguely, an unbelievable guess germinated in his heart.
What was the purpose of the third clone?
Needless to say, it was for escape.
This meant that the Evil Lord had long been prepared, and when he chose to eliminate the Evil Lord, perhaps... it would be the day the Evil Lord emerged.
"Good heavens."
The Thousand Threads Dao Master was secretly alarmed.
This was a trick played on him. Fortunately, he had summoned the Evil Lord today, and Chen Fan and the others were strong enough to force out the Evil Lord's trump card, otherwise... this potential disaster might erupt at any moment.
Once the Evil Lord emerged then, he would likely be the first to be killed by him. The thought sent a shiver of fear down his spine.