"A Lightning Kirin!" the creature exclaimed in surprise. He had not expected to see one of the most profound of heavenly creatures show up unexpectedly. The creature suddenly waved its hand towards Kirii, wrapping it up with his power.
Kirii found itself instantly appearing next to the creature, unable to move.
"I apologize for this, but you cannot interfere. Just sit here and watch the battle unfold with me," the creature said to Kirii. "The final exchanges should be taking place soon. Let's see if he can survive it."
Kirii struggled against the creature's power, but was unable to do anything to it.
He eventually calmed down, and did as the creature instructed. Its eyes locked onto John, watching his battle unfold.
Bang!
Bang!
Dozens of more attacks were exchanged, the battle resulting in a stalemate. John was breathing heavily as he stared at the youth, unsure of how to continue.
John finally felt his blood essence reserves run out, and was now only running on the remaining Qi in his body dantian.
'Without a strong attack-based battle art for my battle axe, I just don't have enough power to pierce his defenses. Also, I only have a small amount of time before I run out of body Qi. I need to end this soon. However, he seems to be at his limit as well, so I shou-'
John's thought instantly stopped as he stared at the youth. The youths' aura exploded once more, climbing to another level. He suddenly pointed to the sky, and a incredibly dense ball of Qi began to condense. The ball of Qi exuded an incredibly dense Sword aura.
At the same time, half of the swords from his sword domain retreated to the ball of Qi, infusing with it.
The ball instantly transformed, becoming an incredibly large sword. The sword was several dozen yards long, and brimmed with absolutely horrifying power. It was a battle art unlike anything John had ever seen. He even felt a restrictive force wash over him, locking him into place.
Before John could react, the youth pointed his finger at John, and the sword shot towards him.
John's eyes turned grave as he watched the sword reach him in an instant.
His lightning domain attacks changed targets, piercing directly towards the sword. At the same time, his finger pointed towards the sword.
Lightning Ruin!
John managed to unleash one fully powered lighting ruin, before the sword reached him. His lighting attacks weakened the massive sword by a bit, but its power and sharpness were still incredibly overwhelming.
John grit his teeth and unleashed everything, pushing his body to the absolute peak. His axe, infused with the three profound Dao's, cleaved outwards with all his might.
The sword and axe collided, and time seemed to stop for a brief moment before…
Boom!
An absolutely shocking power radiated outwards from the collision, as the sword struck down on John's axe. John felt his arms nearly break from the attack, as his body shot backwards like a cannonball through the air.
The blood within his body tumbled, and he became disoriented as he shot backwards towards the edge of the arena.
"Shit!" John cursed as he struggled to regain his balance. If he fell off, he was as good as dead.
However, his speed was too great, and with flying restricted in this area, John had no way to reach the ground and stop his momentum.
Wracking his brain for ideas, John quickly came up with one. His battle axe, still in his hand, was thrown towards the arena below with all his might.
Bang!
The blade of the battle axe collided with the arena floor, piercing into the floor slightly. At the same time, a whip suddenly appeared in John's hand. It was the whip he had obtained from the girl he had killed earlier.
He struck the whip out towards his embedded battle axe, and just barely managed to wrap it around the handle of the axe.
John gripped the whip with all his might, as his body came to a sudden halt as the whip was stretched taut. The whip began to tear, struggling to withstand the force of John's momentum. After a brief struggle…
Snap!
The whip snapped, and John's body once again continued with its backward momentum.
Bang!
John's body finally landed, and he instantly pierced his ancient sword into the arena below. A trench was carved as he resisted the momentum. His body finally came to a stop, as his one foot dangled over the arena edge.
Phew!
He breathed out a massive sigh of relief, having barely managed to survive his ordeal. However, he quickly remembered his battle, and his head snapped upwards once more, looking for the follow up attack from the youth.
John's face suddenly turned incredibly grave as his body dantian finally emptied.
His Immortal Asura Transformation Art faded, returning him to normal. The youth in the distance once again pointed his hand to the sky, clearly attempting to unleash the same attack once more.
John stared at the youth, unsure of how to get out of this predicament.
Clap!
Clap!
Two claps resounded out, and the youth before John instantly vanished, his strong sword attack with him.
"Alright, I've seen enough," the creature suddenly said, as John felt a power wrap around his body.
Similar to Kirii, he found himself standing before the creature, which towered over him. The creature looked down at John with scrutinizing eyes, as if it was closely studying him.
John breathed out a sigh of relief once more, as the fight had ended.
'If I took that attack head on again, I was as good as dead. With no battle axe battle arts, and low blood essence reserves from the start, just surviving that battle was all I could do. It might have been different if I had a strong battle art and more blood essence reserves, but there's nothing I can do about it now. Let's just hope that this creature found my performance good enough.'
"I've decided," the creature suddenly said, causing John to hold his breath. His fate was in the creatures hands. "Its quite clear from that battle, that you...lost."