I'm in the Demonic Sect, but my cultivation techniques are being used for palace intrigue!

However, Zhu Jingguang soon realized that even if he had guessed it, this man in blood and the Great Sun Sword were not on the same side. Even if they were on the same side, they were by no means a united front; there were conflicts of interest and even enmity between them.

But even knowing all this, it seems that it cannot have any substantial impact on Zhu Jingguang's current doomed predicament!

At this moment, the longsword in Zhu Jingguang's hand was groaning mournfully, and the web between his thumb and forefinger, where he gripped the sword, had already been cracked open during the previous clash, with blood dripping incessantly down the hilt!

Clearly, without using the "Water and Fire in Harmony" formation, Zhu Jingguang would hardly be a match for the person before him based solely on raw strength.

After all, the other party's cultivation level was two minor realms higher than Zhu Jingguang's—the person in front of him was clearly a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, just like the Great Sun Sword!

Therefore, every attack he launched at Zhu Jingguang was with overwhelming force, making it almost impossible for Zhu Jingguang to breathe. If it weren't for the fact that Zhu Jingguang was able to barely block his attacks by relying on the explosive power he gained from burning his blood and qi through the "Blood Burning Technique," he would probably have been killed by his opponent long ago!

"So, the Water and Fire Harmony Formation...should we use it?"

"But... if I use this formation, then what am I supposed to use to deal with the Great Sun Sword later?"

"Water and fire in harmony... it can be said to be my only trump card, a killing move that I painstakingly devised to counter that nightmarish Great Sun Sword..."

"Once this trump card is revealed prematurely... or if it exhausts its spiritual power and array power on this blood-clad man... then when the true Great Sun Sword descends, I, Zhu Jingguang, will truly have no choice but to await my fate!"

"Furthermore... the Water and Fire Harmony Formation was specifically designed to counter the Great Sun Sword's cultivation techniques and habits... The Great Sun Sword cultivates the path of ultimate strength and yang, while the aura emanating from this blood-clad man, though violent, is clearly the path of bloodlust, completely different from the Great Sun Sword's attributes!"

"Whether using a formation specifically designed to counter the Great Sun Sword to deal with this blood-clad man with a different attribute will achieve the desired effect is still uncertain!"

"It's even quite possible that once the formation is activated, it won't just fail to trap the opponent, but will instead cause me to die even faster due to the depletion of my spiritual energy..."

'But what if we don't use this formation...'

"Right now, I can barely hold my own using the Blood Explosion Technique, but what will I do once my life force is completely burned away?"

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Zhu Jingguang's heart was pounding wildly in his chest cavity, each beat accompanied by excruciating pain as if his blood was burning.

He could clearly feel that the energy and blood in his body were rapidly flowing away with each move he made!

Right now, I am like an hourglass that is about to break. One day, I will die because I have no more blood and energy to drain away.

This feeling of helplessness—knowing the outcome was already decided, yet still struggling in the mire—almost broke Zhu Jingguang's will.

Just as Zhu Jingguang was desperately searching for a way out, even considering the feasibility of a suicide mission, only to reject it one by one, suddenly, at that very moment…

The blood-clad man on the other side suddenly stopped his attack!

Suddenly, the blood-red shadows that filled the sky vanished, and the attack that had been suffocating Zhu Jingguang disappeared without a trace!

Then, under Zhu Jingguang's slightly strange and wary gaze, the man in blood suddenly opened his arms!

Then, to Zhu Jingguang's disbelief, the blood-clad man's previously emaciated body suddenly swelled up!

All that could be seen was that the blood mist around him churned like boiling magma, and at the same time, a nauseating yet terrifying aura... shot into the sky!

"Blood-Exploding Combustion Technique?"

"Explosive Blood-Burning Power!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously.

The former... was a voice that Zhu Jingguang found deeply surprising and perplexing—Zhu Jingguang never expected that the person in front of him would also be able to "burst blood and burn power"!

The latter—the voice of the man in blood-red clothes—was meant to see surprise and fear on Zhu Jingguang's face. When he used "Blood Burning Technique," he didn't actually need to shout out the name of the technique, but he still chose to do so. His only purpose in doing so was to make Zhu Jingguang feel despair!

The reason why Zhu Jingguang was able to fight him before was because Zhu Jingguang used an evil technique that forcibly increased his cultivation level in a short period of time by burning his own blood energy!

But now that he, the Blood-Clad Man, has also used this technique, can Zhu Jingguang, who was originally only barely able to fight against him, still stop him?

In fact, the Blood-Clad Man did not want to use the "Blood Explosion Technique" at first. After all, this technique is quite taxing on the user. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Blood-Clad Man does not use this technique unless he is in a life-or-death situation and has no choice but to use it!

But now... although he is far from being in a life-or-death situation, and it can even be said that he has been on the defensive against Zhu Jingguang from beginning to end, he has no choice but to use "Blood Explosion Burning Technique"!

Ultimately, it was because he heard that unexpected name from Zhu Jingguang's mouth—the Great Sun Sword!

Although both the Great Sun Sword and the Blood-Clad Man were cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining, the Blood-Clad Man did not believe that he would be a match for the Great Sun Sword. In fact, the Great Sun Sword had a vague feeling that the other party had already touched the threshold of the seventh level of Qi Refining and was very likely to be able to step into the seventh level of Qi Refining at any time!

It's just that the other party didn't do it for some unknown reason!

In short, among the outer sect disciples at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, if we were to say who the Blood-Clad Man least wanted to face, it would undoubtedly be the Great Sun Sword.

Therefore, after hearing the name of the Great Sun Sword from Zhu Jingguang, the man in blood-red clothes did not want to waste any more time!

He was prepared to... finish the battle quickly!

His quick and decisive method was the same as Zhu Jingguang's... using "Blood Burning Technique"!

When the words "Explosive Blood Burning Technique" came out of the blood-clad man's mouth, Zhu Jingguang's pupils... suddenly contracted!

Then, an unprecedented sense of crisis instantly enveloped his entire body!

When two cultivation techniques of the same origin clash, one at the fourth level of Qi Refining and the other at the sixth level of Qi Refining... is there even a need to consider which is stronger?

Just as Zhu Jingguang felt that "my life is over," suddenly, at that moment, a line of enlarged scarlet characters suddenly appeared on the virtual panel in front of him!

From these words alone, Zhu Jingguang could tell the excitement surging from the depths of the heart of the person who sent this message!

The technique used to send this message is the same one that Zhu Jingguang and the man in blood are currently using together... Blood Explosion Technique!