According to Kingsley Hatfield’s estimation, the power of Casey’s strike was enough to rival a first-rank Entering Dao Realm warrior. However, it was still too weak for him. As he spoke, he formed another violent seal and hurled it out.
With a loud bang, Casey spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying. After being blasted a thousand meters away, he barely managed to stay afloat in mid-air. His aura was chaotic, fluctuating between strong and weak.
“To think you could withstand seventy to eighty percent of my power and still stand. Interesting!” Kingsley Hatfield said after retreating twenty meters. A hint of surprise flashed across his face; Casey’s resilience had exceeded his expectations.
After a brief pause, Kingsley dashed towards Casey. “But this is the end for you! You must pay for your arrogance!” As he finished speaking, a palm strike whistled from his hand, stirring up a fierce wind.
This time, Casey didn’t choose to clash head-on. He dodged the attack.
At the same time, a powerful aura erupted from Casey, several levels stronger than before. “Hmm?” Sensing the change in Casey’s aura, Kingsley Hatfield was slightly stunned. “Interesting, you’ve broken through!”
“Thanks!” Casey replied after a brief adjustment. It was evident that he had indeed broken through to the eighth-rank Otherworldly Realm.
After absorbing the soul consciousness from the Demon Blade, Casey’s physique had also undergone some changes. Given his extraordinary potential, his breakthrough speed was naturally faster than ordinary people.
“Heh, do you think breaking through to the eighth-rank Otherworldly Realm with my help makes you my equal?” Kingsley Hatfield sneered. “You have no idea how vast the gap between us is…”
“Enough with the nonsense!” Casey interrupted. “You wanted to see my trump card? As you wish!” As he spoke, he stored his sword in his storage ring and replaced it with the Demon Blade.
As soon as the Demon Blade appeared, a dense killing intent filled the air, and the temperature dropped several degrees. Clearly, Casey had already devised a strategy before agreeing to this battle; otherwise, it would have been sheer recklessness.
He had discussed with Billy that once he reached the late stage of the Otherworldly Realm, he could attempt to wield the Demon Blade. Initially, even at the seventh-rank Otherworldly Realm, he could have tried, but for safety reasons, he refrained.
Now that he had broken through to the eighth-rank Otherworldly Realm, it was time to give it a shot. However, even so, Casey’s hand holding the blade trembled slightly, indicating that it wasn’t easy to control.
Fortunately, after activating the Demon Blade Technique, the blade gradually calmed down. “Is this blade your trump card?” Kingsley Hatfield squinted slightly at the Demon Blade in Casey’s hand. Although he didn’t know its grade, the aura emanating from it was extraordinary.
“Come on, let’s settle this in one move. Life or death!” Casey replied coldly. “Thinking you can fight me with just a weapon? You’re too naive!” Kingsley Hatfield scoffed. As he spoke, his aura surged to its peak, revealing his third-rank Entering Dao Realm cultivation.
“Come on, let me show you what despair looks like!” Kingsley Hatfield said before launching his attack. A massive vortex appeared above his head, reaching into the sky like a tornado. The entire void churned as dark clouds gathered, signaling an impending storm.
Soon, a hundred-meter-long shadowy dragon emerged from the vortex, roaring towards the sky. Half of Akabuchi City could hear its cry. The dragon surged forward with earth-shattering energy towards Casey, distorting the void.
As Kingsley launched his attack, Casey gripped the Demon Blade and activated the Demon Blade Technique for the first time in a serious battle. He could feel the blade resisting his control; without the technique’s support, it would have slipped from his grasp.
Moreover, his mind was flooded with bloody scenes-severed limbs and rivers of blood. In just a few blinks of an eye, he felt an overwhelming urge to kill. This was clearly because he couldn’t fully control the Demon Blade yet.
One wrong move and he would be controlled by it instead. The Demon Blade lived up to its name.
In the next moment, as the Demon Blade Technique took shape, an arc-shaped blade light flashed by like lightning and thunder. The void was torn apart, revealing a pitch-black rift that quickly healed under the law of heaven and earth.
If observed closely, countless ghostly faces could be seen flickering within the blade light-twisted and grimacing expressions that were extremely eerie. At this moment, Casey’s face was also twisted; his eyes turned pitch black and veins bulged on his forehead as if he had become a different person.
The pressure in the void increased several levels as if it were about to explode at any moment. Most of the crowd below showed expressions of fear. From this display alone, it was clear that this strike had the power to kill a mid-stage Entering Dao Realm warrior.
Gerardo Wooler was also shocked; he hadn’t expected Casey to wield such a powerful technique. “Young master, you can’t withstand this! Retreat!” Two elders from the Holy Ghost Tribe in the late stage of Entering Dao Realm rushed towards Casey’s battle circle.
Owen Hatfield wanted to intervene but didn’t move because William Ward was watching him closely. If Owen made a move, William would definitely act as well. They were evenly matched in strength, so Owen wouldn’t be able to help much even if he intervened.
“How dare you! Do you think Akabuchi City has no one?” A referee shouted angrily and soared into the sky.
At the same time, five or six figures from Akabuchi Star Palace followed him into the air-all mid-to-late stage Entering Dao Realm cultivators. Aubree from the audience and Harleen and Ivy from the arena also flew up without hesitation.
However, despite their quick reactions, they were still a step too slow. The referee managed to block one ninth-rank Entering Dao Realm elder while an eighth-rank elder closed in on Casey within moments.
He raised his hand and formed a seal aimed at Casey without holding back. If this strike landed, Casey wouldn’t survive even with ten lives.
“Mr. Kimmons, watch out!” Harleen and Ivy shouted simultaneously.
Casey sensed the intense aura of death but couldn’t dodge as he was focused on fighting Kingsley Hatfield and resisting the Demon Blade’s backlash.