Chapter 1009 - 1109: Sword Cleaves Flesh and Blood

At this moment, Ye Tianfan didn't think too much and slashed directly at the Leopard Horse King with his sword.

Although the Power of Purification is a relatively mature Power of Rules, because Ye Tianfan can only utilize it at a basic level and cannot fully wield it, he only managed to cut a gash on the Leopard Horse King's neck!

Although this gash was not small, instead quite large, Ye Tianfan intended to decapitate the Leopard Horse King with one strike. Yet, at this moment, he hadn't even cut through the bones of the Leopard Horse King's neck!

At this point, Ye Tianfan quickly retreated because he saw the Leopard Horse King's front hooves coming toward him.

Ye Tianfan could feel the violent energy surging in the Leopard Horse King's hooves!

Ye Tianfan calculated that, with his current level of Spiritual Power, even using the Xuanhuang Tower to defend against the Leopard Horse King's hoof attack would result in it being smashed apart.

So, upon seeing this, Ye Tianfan dodged away immediately.

However, shortly thereafter, Ye Tianfan saw that although the Leopard Horse King had fiercely attacked him just now, it quickly became weary and struggled to get back up, but failed to do so.

Only then did Ye Tianfan remember that earlier, from within his body, the Fire Lotus Sword emitted a red light and severed the Leopard Horse King's tendons.

Though, for a Demon Beast of the Leopard Horse King's level, recovery from injuries is relatively quick, it still requires a considerable amount of time.

If he wanted to deal with the Leopard Horse King, he could only seize the moment and continue attacking the wounded area on the Leopard Horse King's neck.

Otherwise, with Ye Tianfan's other techniques, there was simply no way to break through the Leopard Horse King's defenses.

Nonetheless, Ye Tianfan was curious why his Fire Lotus Sword had such tremendous power and why it was able to sever the Leopard Horse King's tendons.

However, Ye Tianfan then felt that it was likely because the Fire Lotus Sword had absorbed the Blood Fire Divine Stone, containing the Leopard Horse King's blood, allowing it to easily cut through the Leopard Horse King's flesh.

In other words, using the Fire Lotus Sword could easily cut through the Leopard Horse King's flesh.

This realization made Ye Tianfan's eyes light up. If that's the case, then using the Fire Lotus Sword against the Leopard Horse King should be even more effective.

But Ye Tianfan found that he seemed unable to summon the Fire Lotus Sword because it appeared to still be digesting the undigested Blood Fire Divine Stone.

Yet, how did the previously emitted red light from the Fire Lotus Sword come about?

It even directly injured the Leopard Horse King, which left Ye Tianfan quite astonished.

Could it be that when he wanted to harm the Leopard Horse King, the Fire Lotus Sword acted according to his intentions to harm the Leopard Horse King?

But that couldn't be right either. Even as he now thought about harming the Leopard Horse King, there was no sign of movement from the Fire Lotus Sword.

Ye Tianfan was a bit perplexed, unable to figure out how he had activated the Fire Lotus Sword earlier.

Could it be that activating the Flame Sword requires some other special condition?

However, there was no time for Ye Tianfan to ponder this matter, as the wound on the Leopard Horse King's neck had already started to heal. If Ye Tianfan didn't act to attack the Leopard Horse King soon, once the wound healed, it would be time for the Leopard Horse King to retaliate!

Furthermore, Ye Tianfan could sense that the Leopard Horse King was now staggering to its feet, indicating that the tendons were beginning to heal.

If he waited until the Leopard Horse King's tendons were fully healed, he wouldn't even have to wait for its neck wound to heal before it could counterattack!

Thinking of this, Ye Tianfan hurriedly swung his Xiaoyao Sword at the wound on the Leopard Horse King's neck.

The Leopard Horse King, at that moment, barely managed to avoid Ye Tianfan's strike, yet Ye Tianfan's strike landed on the Leopard Horse King's body.

Given Ye Tianfan's current strength, there was simply no way to break through the Leopard Horse King's defenses, so Ye Tianfan's strike merely left a white mark on the Leopard Horse King's body.

This white mark vanished in the blink of an eye!

"Damn it!" Ye Tianfan cursed under his breath, realizing he had missed the best opportunity. Just as Ye Tianfan felt angry, he suddenly felt the blood energy within him become more turbulent, and he struggled to control the blood energy inside!

Controlling his blood energy required him to remain conscious and calm. But whenever Ye Tianfan felt angry or impulsive, the blood energy would surge forth, disturbing his thoughts.

At this moment, Ye Tianfan felt an urge to charge directly at the Leopard Horse King and slash it with his sword!

But Ye Tianfan knew if he did that, the Leopard Horse King would counterattack quickly!

Ye Tianfan forced himself to suppress the blood energy within once again, compelling himself to calm down; otherwise, if he were controlled by his blood energy, he might really end up stranded here!

As Ye Tianfan desperately suppressed the blood energy within himself, he suddenly felt a stirring from the Fire Lotus Sword within him, and Ye Tianfan sensed a searing energy wanting to burst forth from within!

He couldn't suppress this searing energy at all!

So after a futile attempt at suppression, Ye Tianfan relinquished control, letting the searing energy burst directly from his Dantian.

This searing energy manifested as a red light.

Ye Tianfan's eyes lit up at the sight of the familiar red light—wasn't this the same red light that injured the Leopard Horse King earlier?

How did it emerge from within him again? Though he had been intent on harming the Leopard Horse King, why hadn't it emerged when he initially intended to harm the Leopard Horse King?

Wait a minute, before releasing this red light, did he feel an overwhelming surge of blood energy? Could it be that this red light was the embodiment of his surging blood energy?

Thinking this, Ye Tianfan found it quite logical, as the last time he released the red light, it also seemed to coincide with a surge in his blood energy!

Ye Tianfan suddenly wondered if the Fire Lotus Sword was helping to expel the disrupted blood energy from his body.

If so, everything made sense. Only when he suppressed his blood energy would the Fire Lotus Sword help expel it.

Moreover, this blood energy could easily harm the Leopard Horse King, after all, it's its own blood, even though this blood energy had fused with the Blood Fire Divine Stone and didn't count as the Leopard Horse King's blood energy anymore, the level was the same, allowing it to easily harm the Leopard Horse King.

But now, Ye Tianfan faced a problem. After all, the Fire Lotus Sword was still digesting the undigested Blood Fire Divine Stone. If during the digestion process, it was doing other things, like expelling blood energy, wouldn't it affect the Fire Lotus Sword?

If it would affect the Fire Lotus Sword, then he truly couldn't interrupt it further.