The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Candlelight, darkness, and the boundary—these three rules flowed simultaneously within Xu Xian's body, like three interlocking gears.

Candlelight rules, Darkness rules, and Boundary rules are all auxiliary rules.

When the Candlelight Rule is activated, all of one's own light-attribute abilities are amplified within the candlelight, while all of the enemy's non-light-attribute abilities are restricted.

Where there is light, there is shadow. Darkness and shadows will form in places where candlelight cannot reach. The rule of darkness can remove these darkness and shadows, forcing all places to be illuminated by candlelight.

At the same time, the darkness and shadows can gather together to form a dark space full of inert energy, which will greatly weaken all abilities that enter it. Simply put, it is a protective layer of inert energy.

The boundary rules are even more unique.

The interplay of light and shadow in the universe creates a dynamic balance, with light and shadow forming two opposing poles, and the space where they meet is the boundary.

At the boundary between light and shadow, there is neither light nor shadow. It is neither illuminated by candlelight nor gathered by darkness. However, as long as it is illuminated by candlelight, the light and shadow trajectory of the object marked by the boundary rule will have nowhere to hide.

The movement trajectory of an object locked by the boundary rules is completely visible to the rule users, both now and in the next moment.

Simply put, boundary rules are a limited form of pseudo-locking, locking the target's trajectory.

This is why Xu Xian's attacks always manage to reach the location where the Faceless Cult Leader intends to appear before him.

The Candlelight rule enhances one's own light attribute abilities, greatly increasing attack power; the Darkness rule gathers shadows, expanding the radiation range of the Candlelight rule, while also greatly enhancing one's own defensive capabilities; after Candlelight and Darkness, the Boundary rule takes effect, locking the opponent's trajectory, leaving them with no way to escape or avoid, forcing the opponent to engage in direct combat.

In direct combat, there are additional advantages from the Candlelight Rule and the Darkness Rule.

Although none of the three rules are particularly strong on their own and have little direct power, when combined, they can exert an effect of more than 300%.

Within the crimson domain, golden blades flashed and darted about.

Xu Xian wielded the long sword like a constantly changing line, cutting into the Faceless Cult Master's defensive range from various angles, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes up, sometimes down, with the rhythm completely under his control.

The Faceless Cult Leader was on the defensive, his crimson limbs condensing and shattering, shattering and condensing again, each time forming just before the blade arrived, and each time collapsing the instant the blade touched him.

Its figure constantly teleported and flashed within the crimson domain, but Xu Xian's blade always arrived before it landed, forcing it to abandon its counterattack plans time and time again, and instead focus all its energy on defense.

Then, whoosh—!

Another sound of a long sword cutting through the air.

A golden arc of light sliced ​​across from the left, moving at an extremely fast speed and at a tricky angle.

The Faceless Cult Leader had grown accustomed to this rhythm, conjuring a crimson limb shield in preparation for blocking—

This time, however, the golden arc of light made an extremely sharp turn just before it hit the shield, bypassing the limb shield and heading straight for the ninth-tier priests behind the Faceless Cult Leader.

How could those ninth-level priests possibly withstand a strike that combined three different rules?

They didn't even have time to react.

As the blade flashed past, their bodies remained in their original positions until the golden light passed through the middle, at which point they were each severed in two at the waist, turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating.

He didn't even have time to let out a single scream throughout the entire ordeal.

The Faceless Cult Leader witnessed all of this, standing motionless in that crimson space.

Having done all this, Xu Xian slightly flicked the long sword in his hand, then pointed it flatly at the Faceless Cult Leader opposite him, his tone relaxed: "Your domain doesn't seem that impressive?"

Although he said that, Xu Xian was not at all relaxed.

He could sense that not only was the other party not using their full strength, but also that the influence of this domain on him seemed to be very limited.

As a veteran, Xu Xian had seen quite a lot of things when he was rotating through the restricted area.

Previously, he had overestimated himself and wanted to personally experience the power of some domains, so he had a fellow eleventh-level comrade unleash his domain on him.

The moment that domain enveloped him, it felt like the entire sky was pressing down on him. In that state, it would be astonishing that he could unleash even three-tenths of his strength, given his incredibly solid foundation.

While the individual combat strength of the Corpse Species is generally inferior to that of the Torchbearers of the same rank, it is not this bad.

Xu Xian could sense that the crimson flesh and blood domain in front of him did indeed have the effect of absorbing his essence and blood energy and suppressing his strength, but this effect was less than one-tenth of what he had felt in a regular domain before.

Especially after he activated the combined bonus of the three rules, this weakening effect became almost negligible!

In other words, this area offers almost no other positive benefits besides significantly increasing the opponent's endurance.

At the same time, apart from the domain, the guy's strength is only at the strong tenth level, not at all at the eleventh level.

Xu Xian couldn't help but wonder, was it really the Faceless Cult Leader?

Thinking this, Xu Xian's eyes narrowed slightly: Could this guy not be the Faceless Cult Leader? Is the real Faceless Cult Leader still somewhere else?

But then Xu Xian shook his head.

Having mastered the domain and possessing strength at least at the tenth rank, the Faceless Cult should not have so many powerful combatants.

If they really exist, then their past actions would not have prevented them from even distinguishing between ninth-tier combat power and other forces.

Then, a thought suddenly flashed through Xu Xian's mind: the one in front of him was indeed the Faceless Cult Leader, but not the complete Faceless Cult Leader.

This explains why the opponent, despite only possessing tenth-tier strength, has mastered a domain! And why that domain is so weak!

Given that the Thousand-Faced Corpse Clan are masters of manipulating flesh and blood, it is entirely possible for them to split themselves into multiple pieces!

Having made this judgment, Xu Xian immediately adjusted his tactics: he wanted to finish the battle quickly!

Since the Faceless Cult Leader has divided himself into several parts, the other parts are probably doing other things: such as ambushing the provincial bureau chiefs of the other two provinces in the three southeastern provinces, or going to complete a task related to the assembly ritual, and so on.

Therefore, whether from the perspective of supporting other places or from the perspective of preventing the Faceless Cult leader from doing other bad things, he must act quickly!

Meanwhile, the Faceless Cult Leader opposite Xu Xian seemed to be enraged by Xu Xian's sneak attack on his underling.

It reached out and lifted its black cloak, revealing a pale and ordinary male face beneath the hood. The features were unremarkable, except for a pair of blood-red eyes without pupils.

It opened its mouth to an angle far beyond what a normal human could achieve, its jaw almost dislocated, and then it reached its entire hand into its throat, all the way up to its elbow, as if groping for something deep inside. Then it grasped something hard and began to pull it out.

Click-click—click-click—

After a series of teeth-grinding clicking sounds, a pale, bloodless spine sword was completely pulled out of his throat. The joints were distinct, and the shape of each vertebra was clearly visible, its surface gleaming with a cold, faint light.

As the spine sword detached from his body, the Faceless Cult Leader's torso began to shrink rapidly, becoming shriveled as if its filler had been removed, while his limbs stretched out in the opposite direction, making the proportions even more exaggerated.

Finally, a pale creature carrying a spine sword, with limbs accounting for two-thirds of its body length, stood in front of Xu Xian. Its aura had increased compared to before, and its posture had shifted from defense to offense.

Xu Xian looked at the monster in front of him, which had completely lost its human form, and his lips twitched slightly: "Really—"

"Disgusting!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already moved.

The jet-black streak shot towards the monster at a speed faster than any of its previous charges.

This time, the monster did not dodge. Instead, it flashed into the path of the dark, flowing light and swung its pale white spine sword forward!

boom--!

The golden longsword and the pale spine sword clashed as if by needle against wheat awn.

The shockwave that erupted at that moment spread outward from the point of impact, and the surface of the blood-red domain was rippled by the impact, even the tiny stones and clods of earth on the ground far away were all rolled outward.

Seeing that his opponent was no longer backing down, Xu Xian revealed a triumphant smile: "Come on! That's it! That's it!"

Despite having his blade blocked, he remained calm and advanced instead of retreating, unleashing several more golden flashes of light.

The monster, while manipulating its scarlet limbs to surround the enemy from all angles, also wielded its spine sword to attack.

The two figures touched and separated, only to collide again immediately.

Golden and pale light intertwined, collided, separated, and collided again in the blood-red field!

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