Mortal Bones

"Canglang!"

Before Xu Taiping could react, Immortal Lingyue controlled his body and suddenly drew his sword from its sheath.

With a single slash, she struck at the still unsteady Peacock King.

"Boom!"

Compared to the previous punch, this slash was even more shocking. The long sword light, formed from the blade's aura, stretched nearly ten zhang (30 meters) long.

This ten-meter-long sword light struck the Peacock King's body directly.

"Boom!"

This time, the Peacock King raised its wings to shield its body, but the immense power from the sword struck it hard, sending it plummeting to the ground.

With a heavy thud, its massive body fell onto the Danxia Plateau.

"Same sword, same body, same true essence, but just by changing the way it's executed, the power is so immense?"

Xu Taiping felt his mind racing, struggling to comprehend what had just happened.

"Little Taiping, don't just stand there dumbfounded. Focus and feel the timing of the strike and how the true essence flows. This may not be a famous sword technique, but it's a realization I gained after thousands of battles."

Lingyue's voice echoed in Xu Taiping's mind once again.

"Mm!"

Xu Taiping responded earnestly in his heart, then began to focus his mind and carefully absorb Immortal Lingyue's combat method.

At the same time, Lingyue controlled Xu Taiping's body and once again struck at the Peacock King.

"Boom!"

The Peacock King, just managing to regain its balance, immediately raised its wings to block.

Although it successfully blocked the strike, feathers from its wings fell off like scattered petals.

"Get away from me!"

Seeing this, the Peacock King roared angrily. It spun its body, causing its feathers to turn into a rain of arrows that shot at Xu Taiping with a sharp whistling sound.

"Boom!"

Facing this attack, the wind shield summoned by the Cangluan Ring shattered instantly.

But Immortal Lingyue showed no sign of retreating. Her sword radiated a brilliant sword aura, and in the blink of an eye, she slashed out nearly a hundred times, cutting through almost all of the feathers.

At the end, these hundred slashes converged into one powerful strike, again landing heavily on the Peacock King's wings.

"Boom!"

It must be said that the Peacock King's wings were even tougher than black iron. Despite this powerful slash, the wings didn't break, but the feathers flew everywhere, and blood began to seep from its wings.

"Crack!"

Lingyue was about to strike again, but the steel sword in her hand broke under the immense force.

Seeing this, the Peacock King felt overjoyed and tried to stand up.

But before it could rise, Lingyue threw aside the broken sword and unleashed a punch, carrying a fierce wind with it.

"Boom!"

With a tremendous shock, the Peacock King's massive body trembled, and a burst of blood mist exploded around it.

"You, who are you?!"

The Peacock King had never expected that a punch from someone at the Void Ghost Realm would have such terrifying power.

"Boom!"

In response, Lingyue delivered another punch.

This time, the Peacock King's body exploded with blood mist again, and the approaching Peacock Demons were thrown backward by the shockwave.

"This punch from Lingyue is clearly using only a small amount of true essence, yet it has such great force?"

Xu Taiping, in awe, began to carefully analyze the flow of true essence within his body, as well as the way Lingyue controlled his body to strike.

"This is Thousandfold Strength. It may seem like just one punch, but it rapidly gathers the power of hundreds or even thousands of punches in an instant and then releases it in one concentrated burst."

It seemed that Lingyue had guessed Xu Taiping's confusion. As she spoke, she placed her fingertip on the Peacock King's wing and then suddenly clenched her fist, striking with immense power.

"Boom!"

The tremendous force caused the Peacock King to explode with blood mist again.

"Ah!"

The Peacock King let out a painful scream, showing just how much power was behind Lingyue's punch.

This time, Xu Taiping finally saw it. As his body, controlled by Lingyue, punched the Peacock King's wing, there was a slight tremor in the strike.

Clearly, Lingyue had deliberately slowed down the punch to demonstrate it to him.

"No matter who you are, you're nothing but a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

The Peacock King suddenly roared, its entire body turning into flames, resembling a phoenix bathed in fire.

"Boom!"

It violently swung its wings, striking toward Xu Taiping.

Facing this attack, Lingyue suddenly raised two fingers, forming a seal, and then shouted, "Freeze!"

"Boom!"

As soon as she spoke, a golden light appeared above the Peacock King's head.

A translucent golden hand descended from the sky and slammed onto the Peacock King's body, pressing it down hard, trapping it beneath the palm.

This was the first time Lingyue used magic.

However, just this one use drained a significant portion of the true essence that Xu Taiping had left.

"No wonder Immortal Lingyue has always used her sword and fists. It seems my true essence can't support the magic she knows," Xu Taiping thought bitterly.

Clearly, if his cultivation were higher, the Peacock King would have already been dead.

Even so, with just his Void Ghost Realm body, Lingyue had beaten the Peacock King to the point where it was helpless, demonstrating the strength of her martial skills.

"Taiping, this is a rare opportunity, you should try it now."

Suddenly, Lingyue stopped controlling Xu Taiping's body.

At this moment, she no longer saw the Peacock King as a threat.

"Alright."

Xu Taiping eagerly agreed.

Then, he recalled the feeling of Lingyue controlling his body to strike and mimicked her movement, raising his hand and pressing it against the Peacock King's wing.

Suddenly, he clenched his fist and struck with all his strength.

"Boom!"

With a loud collision, the Peacock King's wing trembled, but it didn't suffer any real damage.

"Not bad. You were able to gather the strength of three punches into one right away. The technique of exerting force is learned."

Lingyue praised.

"It's really hard to gather thousands of punches into one like you."

Xu Taiping shook his head.

"You're clearly using some kind of evil technique to enhance your strength. Now that your power has weakened, let's see how long you can last!"

The Peacock King suddenly sneered, realizing that Xu Taiping's previous punch had weakened in strength.

"Is that so?"

Lingyue sneered and then once again took control of Xu Taiping's body. She threw another punch.

"Boom!!!"

The Thousandfold Strength struck again, slamming into the Peacock King and causing another explosion of blood mist.

"Ah!!!..."

The Peacock King screamed again in agony.