Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

This woman is incredibly fast.

Those ghosts only haunted her for a short while.

But thinking about it, it makes sense, since I'm just a Qi Refining stage cultivator after all.

The first time the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was used.

Presumably, they are not yet able to unleash the true power of the Myriad Soul Banner.

If it were the Extreme Yin Ancestor who would wield the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

He could probably take down Lu Xue in an instant.

He watched as Lu Xue lunged at him menacingly.

At this moment, Li Ping'an felt no panic whatsoever.

Because he had taken advantage of this gap to make thorough preparations.

It turns out that after using the ghost to hold Lu Xue back,

Li Ping'an didn't just run away all the time.

He knew he could escape for a while, but it would be difficult to truly escape Lu Xue's pursuit.

Because the difference in their abilities was simply too great.

As long as Lu Xue can get rid of those ghosts.

He knew that Lu Xue would catch up with him again soon.

In the end, they will still not escape death.

Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well fight!

Li Ping'an took a deep breath. He thought, "Why not fight this guy? There's still a glimmer of hope."

Lu Xue's eyes were bloodshot as she charged straight at Li Ping'an with her steel sword in hand.

Seeing that Li Ping'an was standing still, Lu Xue also slowed down.

I was afraid that this guy would pull some trick again.

"Come on, Lu Xue! Today, let us fight to the death!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xue's usually icy expression suddenly broke into a laugh.

"You? Li Ping'an, do you want to fight me to the death? If you have any more tricks up your sleeve, bring them on. I want to see what other schemes you have up your sleeve!"

Li Pingan shook his head and said firmly.

"This time, I won't use any tricks; I want to fight you fair and square!"

"Want to fight me fair and square?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xue couldn't help but smile.

"Li Ping'an, you think you can fight me fair and square? Do you think you're worthy? I could send you to your grave with a single sword strike!"

"That's not necessarily true!"

Li Ping'an solemnly pulled out the black hammer from his hand, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

"Lu Xue, have you always thought I was just an ant? Unworthy to stand on the same stage as you? From beginning to end, you've always considered me merely your inner demon, never truly looking at me! Today, I'll show you my true strength!"

This time, Li Ping'an finally decided not to run away anymore.

He wanted to confront Lu Xue directly and sever ties with his past.

Regardless of the outcome, it can be considered as giving an account of the past.

Seeing Li Ping'an's solemn expression, Lu Xue's smile vanished.

He slowly held the steel sword horizontally in front of him.

"Well then, let's see just how strong you really are!"

The next instant, Lu Xue's body suddenly disappeared from the spot.

It lunged straight at Li Ping'an.

Li Ping'an's pupils contracted. Such speed!

However, he had already made ample preparations.

Just as Lu Xue's steel sword was about to strike him...

Li Ping'an raised the black hammer in his hand.

With a clang!

The black hammer clashed with the steel sword.

In this first exchange, Li Ping'an did not retreat.

Lu Xue didn't have it either.

However, Lu Xue was somewhat surprised to see that Li Ping'an had actually caught her sword.

How could he possibly catch my full-force attack? How did he do that?

Lu Xue was slightly surprised.

He then flipped in mid-air and thrust his sword again.

It slashed towards Li Ping'an's face.

He felt the sharp sword intent almost slicing through Li Ping'an's skin.

Li Ping'an was not afraid at all; at this moment, he had already put himself in a life-or-death situation.

He pulled out his black hammer with a backhand and silently unleashed the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.

He was engaged in battle with Lu Xue.

Ping pong!

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged dozens of blows.

To Lu Xue's surprise, he launched a fierce attack with all his might.

They couldn't even defeat Li Ping'an!

Even in the short term, the two can still fight to a standstill and be evenly matched!

What's going on?

Lu Xue's proud heart trembled and wavered.

He has encountered countless geniuses along the way.

However, all those geniuses called him a genius.

He grew up amidst the admiration of others.

But now he has fought to a draw with Li Ping'an, whom he once looked down upon and considered a lowly ant.

How is that possible!

Lu Xue's eyes narrowed, and a powerful burst of spiritual energy suddenly erupted from her arm.

It was poured into the steel sword, and a burst of sword energy was unleashed.

Faced with this fierce sword energy, Li Ping'an dared not take it head-on.

He could only raise his hand and form a hand seal; that was a Wood Release technique.

The figure instantly appeared hundreds of meters away.

The moment they appeared, Li Ping'an immediately took out two items from his pocket.

Indeed, a thousand soldiers and a thousand generals!

During his escape, he quickly created another thousand soldiers and a thousand generals.

With the experience from last time, we were faster and the quality was better this time.

A thousand generals stood majestically before Li Ping'an.

With her belly protruding like a bucket, she stood with her hands on her hips.

Just like Li Ping'an's guardian angel.

Qianbing stood to one side, constantly preparing green light waves.

Lu Xue was slightly taken aback when she saw Li Ping'an suddenly pull out two wooden puppets.

He then muttered, "What trick is this guy up to now!"

However, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Because he couldn't sense much powerful aura from the two puppets.

They're probably only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, nothing to be afraid of.

With a surge of spiritual energy in his hand, another sword aura slashed towards Li Ping'an through the air.

This time, Li Ping'an did not dodge, but instead raised his hand and held the black hammer in the air.

With a clang!

The sword energy struck the black hammer, and Li Ping'an was forced to take two steps back.

But at least it blocked it solidly.

Meanwhile, above the Tongtian Sword Sect.

The Yin Ancestor, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Wan Zhenshan, suddenly twitched his ears.

He laughed loudly and cursed at Wan Zhenshan across the street.

"Wan Zhenshan! You still dare to say you didn't take any of our sect's treasures? I can feel it!"

Wan Zhenshan retorted, "Who knows what kind of treasure that is! Don't get involved with our Tongtian Sword Sect!"

"Wait till I find him, then we'll see if you admit it or not!"

Immediately, the Yin Ancestor stopped fighting Wan Zhenshan.

Instead, it transformed into a wisp of black smoke and rolled straight towards the back mountain of the Tongtian Sword Sect.

Wan Zhenshan dared not let him leave on his own, and followed closely behind.

A plume of black smoke and a flash of white light shot toward the back of the mountain.

Meanwhile, Li Ping'an was desperately dodging the sword energy unleashed by Lu Xue in the woods.

Lu Xue continuously brandished her long sword in the sky.

With each strike of his sword, countless trees were felled.

His tone was cold.

"Li Ping'an! Didn't you want to fight me to the death? Didn't you want to fight me head-on? Why are you hiding like a coward now! Come on! Let's continue the fight!"

However, Li Ping'an simply kept dodging the sword energy unleashed by Lu Xue, without uttering a word.

He was formulating a battle plan in his mind.

He held the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, which he had just dug out of the soil.

Feeling that the spiritual energy above had recovered somewhat, it could be used again.