I lowered my eyes and looked at the restless Chixiao Sword. There seemed to be a purple stream of light flowing from my arm into the sword.
After my blood merged with it, the Chixiao Sword actually had some kind of connection with me. I couldn't quite explain it, but it felt as if I was being drawn in by something.
Seeing the reaction of the Chixiao Sword, the Heavenly Emperor's blood - red eyes bulged. It seemed that he had seen something, and his eyes were filled with intense greed.
"Hahaha, the secret that Xi Nv refused to tell me for so long is actually here. No wonder one can dominate the Three Realms after obtaining the Snake Scale Spirit. It turns out that the Chixiao Sword must absorb her magical power first to be invincible..."
"Truly worthy of being the Chixiao Sword of the Heavenly Emperor. Let me give you a hand."
After the Heavenly Emperor finished speaking, he quickly spread out his hands. Those wriggling things that resembled blood vessels flew out from his palms in a swirling motion and headed straight towards me.
Seeing the blood - worms howling towards my face, I picked up the Chixiao Sword with both hands and shouted.
"Ah..." I swung the sword down. The Chixiao Sword made a semi - circular arc in front of me and directly cut off the blood - worms from the Heavenly Emperor's palms.
The blood - worms fell to the ground along the clouds, but the Heavenly Emperor was not willing to give up.
He turned his palms towards the ground. Two swarms of dense blood - worms burrowed into the clouds and then disappeared.
I stood there holding the Chixiao Sword, glaring angrily at the Heavenly Emperor in front of me. My arm was already losing strength. It seemed that the sword was absorbing my magical power.
It felt as if something was tugging at the flesh on my arm, causing it to ache terribly.
My Snake Scale Spirit was sealed within my physical body. If the spiritual energy was not guided out, the two powerful forces would counterbalance each other, and in the end, both would be severely damaged.
"Lanlan, throw it away..." Gu Yuan's shout came from afar. He got up from the ground covered in blood.
"Lanlan... Hurry up, throw it away..." He took a step and was about to come towards me.
Suddenly, the blood - worms that the Heavenly Emperor had buried in the clouds earlier emerged from in front of Gu Yuan.
The blood - worms came out from under Gu Yuan's feet and immediately wrapped around his ankles. The blood - worms were as thin as steel wires. Once they dug into the flesh, they would cut open a wound. Gu Yuan tensed up all over in pain, frowned, and only let out a muffled groan.
Seeing Gu Yuan injured, I was already burning with anger. Instead of letting go with one hand, I held the Chixiao Sword tightly with both hands.
Holding the sword hilt tightly with both hands, I heard all kinds of wailing and screaming sounds in my ears. It felt as if I was surrounded by demons and ghosts.
It seemed that I was about to be devoured by them. I endured the sounds that disturbed my mind.
I forcefully stabbed the long sword into the Lingxiao Cloud Layer.
"Bang..." A loud noise echoed through the sky. The previously calm Lingxiao Cloud Layer now boiled and churned like a nuclear explosion.
Even the powerful body of the Heavenly Emperor on the opposite side couldn't stand still.
His body was quickly shaken away by the powerful air wave. The blood - red silk worms appeared from the constantly rolling clouds.
I didn't know where I got the strength. I fished out the blood - worms with one hand and swung the sword with the other to cut them off again.
The blood - worms fell to the ground. The Heavenly Emperor's figure was shaken several meters away. A deep blood - gash was cut on his chest by my sword energy.
He let out a roar to the sky and then lowered his head to check his injury.
Taking this opportunity, I quickly turned to look at Gu Yuan. Gu Yuan was extremely annoyed at this moment. He was constantly tugging at the blood - worms wrapped around his feet.
I took a step to help him, but after walking a few steps, I stopped.
No, if I got close to him, he would definitely stop me.
The blood - gash on the Heavenly Emperor's chest on the opposite side started to bleed continuously. As his skin became dry, a pair of blood - red hands seemed to emerge from the wound I had cut earlier.
It seemed that he was about to transform into an even more powerful monster.
"Lanlan... Be obedient... Come back..." Gu Yuan was tugging at the messy blood - threads while trying to persuade me.
"Will you be good? You can't go over there..." Gu Yuan was almost crazy at this moment, but he was too weak.
By now, there was no way I would let Gu Yuan face this alone.
My trembling hand drew a semi - arc in the clouds. The purple halo rose and shone in my hate - filled eyes.
"Gu Yuan... Let me help you this time, okay..."
"No, I finally saved you. Do you know you'll die like this?"
I gave Gu Yuan a faint smile and wanted to say something more to him.
But the words never came out. Forget it. Saying too many good - bye words would only make people more sad.
I held the Chixiao Sword in one hand. The blood with purple light was still flowing into the sword.
My pair of purple and fierce eyes glared at the blood - ghost about to rush out on the opposite side.
"How dare you touch my man. You really don't want to live anymore."
After I finished speaking, I took out a spiritual talisman from my waist bag. With a gentle flick of my finger, the talisman paper burned without fire.
"Commanded by the chief immortals of the fox, white, willow, and ash, raise the altar and extract the spirit..."
After I finished speaking, several golden lights appeared in the clouds. Immediately afterwards, countless yellow - paper talismans with cinnabar markings spiraled from the ground into the air and surrounded me.
As the incantation sounded, I tightly held the Chixiao Sword with both hands again. The screaming sounds became even more deafening. Along with the incantation, I felt extremely dizzy.
I felt as if I was being skinned all over. It was as if a pair of hands with long fingernails were cutting open my skin from my back spine and trying to skin me alive.
This pain was really worse than death. To be honest, at this moment, I really regretted it a bit. Not because I regretted this decision, but because it was too painful. The pain made my legs tremble, and I was so weak that I was about to faint.
But I couldn't. Because I had to stay awake during the soul - extraction process, otherwise all my efforts would be in vain.
My vision began to blur. The blood - ghost crawling out of the Heavenly Emperor's skin on the opposite side looked blurry to me.
His body gradually stretched out, just like an owl that had just shed its shell. A pair of black wings suddenly grew behind him.
With a shrill scream, his body suddenly took to the air and rushed towards me.
I raised my precious sword and tried my best to strike. The blood - ghost was no easy target. It quickly retreated. Seeing that I had just turned my sword around, it rushed towards me again.
However, this time, it wasn't just the one from before. Looking at the blood - red mass in front of me, a horde of blood - ghosts rushed out. Their bodies were as if they were smeared with plasma. Wherever they touched, it would turn bright red.
That bright red color was corrosive. Wherever they touched, a puff of white smoke would rise with a hissing sound.
Even though I had the Chixiao Sword in my hand, with my current strength, I was no match for the blood - ghosts. At most, I could only kill a few of them.