While quickly scanning the design blueprints, Zhang Yu understood the possible principles of Tianmo Huan Shen.

“According to the conjectures in the design blueprints, after its update, Tianmo Huan Shen shifted from influencing the human body through air to influencing it through Lingji.”

“Cultivators inhale and exhale Lingji every moment, refining Fali, which then circulates throughout their bodies.”

“Tianmo Huan Shen works by polluting Lingji, allowing the contaminated Lingji to flood into the opponent’s body, spreading throughout their system with the Fali, thereby distorting all their perceptions and deceiving their will.”

Having deduced this, Zhang Yu instructed Bai Zhenzhen to stop inhaling and exhaling Lingji, and to only use the Fali within their bodies for action.

As he directly clashed with Kuang Tianqing, Zhang Yu realized his guess was correct.

“Got you!”

The moment his guess was confirmed, Zhang Yu also realized something else.

“Even if Tianmo Huan Shen is broken this way, without inhaling Lingji, it’s hard to recover Fali.”

“Can the Sarira in the Jianxia be used to replenish Fali?”

“But Kuang Tianqing could easily prevent that.”

“This means that when facing Kuang Tianqing using Tianmo Huan Shen, Ah Zhen and I have a limited amount of time to fight effectively.”

“We must seriously wound her before our Fali is largely depleted!”

So, the instant he identified Kuang Tianqing’s true body, Zhang Yu’s Tian Kunlun Yishan Shenli erupted, Tian Ri Huang Shen descended with a blaze of fire, and 24 flying swords vibrated in unison, creating a sword domain that slashed down.

Even beneath Kuang Tianqing’s feet, with the activation of Tiandi Huaijie Wuxing Xinbing, chains rose from the ground, temporarily transforming into magic artifacts to bind Kuang Tianqing.

As he performed this series of actions, Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhenzhen.

“Ah Zhen, if it’s you, you should be able to coordinate with my movements…”

Bai Zhenzhen walked step by step, her eyes revealing intense sword intent.

“I understand, Yu Zi.”

“We must seriously wound her before our Fali runs out.”

“You fully restrain her, and leave the rest to me…”

Bai Zhenzhen formed a Daoist hand seal, wielding her flying swords for the first time since the battle began.

In the sky, like thunder and lightning, two flying swords swiftly attacked the battlefield.

It turned out that while Bai Zhenzhen moved and fought, her flying swords always followed high in the sky, always waiting for her to use them at a critical moment.

Watching the two flying swords arrive in an instant, Bai Zhenzhen frowned slightly, “Only two?”

She had originally intended to summon all three of her military-grade flying swords.

The third military-grade flying sword that hadn’t arrived was precisely the one Bai Zhenzhen had chosen from Qiqing Shenjun’s sword arsenal.

However, ever since obtaining this flying sword, Bai Zhenzhen had always had insufficient mastery over it, often struggling to command it.

“Two are enough…”

Bai Zhenzhen roared, and the two flying swords were infused with the power of Jiqing Jiandao and Qiqing Jiandao respectively, each carrying immense sword energy as they slashed towards Kuang Tianqing.

With a thunderous explosion and an instantaneous collision, Kuang Tianqing’s protective aura shattered instantly, the skin on her fingers began to crack, and her entire arm seemed poised to completely collapse and pulverize from the strikes of the two military-grade flying swords.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were both delighted, increasing their strength and roaring in their hearts, “Fall before me!”

But at this moment, Kuang Tianqing chuckled coldly, “Excellent sword energy.”

“Your resistance finally has some power.”

“It makes me even! Even more excited!”

As she spoke, Kuang Tianqing’s right arm changed abruptly, as if it had suddenly transformed into a black hole, engulfing all the incoming sword energy, flames, and earth-force gravity.

Zhang Yu’s heart trembled at this sight, “The military-grade Fagai of Youming Daxue, combined with Youming Daxue’s military-grade martial art—Xuanming Guixu Jue!”

The Xuanming Guixu Jue, enhanced by the military-grade Fagai, absorbed all attacks directed at Kuang Tianqing in an instant.

Zhang Yu knew this absorption was not limitless, but this brief moment was enough for Kuang Tianqing to break free from all entanglement and instantly move hundreds of meters away.

The next moment, as Kuang Tianqing gently waved her palm, the sword energy, flames, shockwaves, earth-force gravity, and other attacks she had just swallowed surged out, counterattacking Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s positions.

In an instant, the two seemed to be engulfed by their own attacks.

Watching this scene, Kuang Tianqing spread her arms and walked towards them step by step, laughing wildly, “You must be wondering why I, from Tianmo Daxue, would possess Youming Daxue’s military-grade martial art?”

“It’s simple, the reason is simple.”

“During my guidance under the Eight Great Shenjun, I mastered one military-grade martial art each from Tianmo, Youming, Baigu, and Hehuan.”

After breaking through his own attacks, Zhang Yu’s heart sank as he watched Kuang Tianqing approach, “Four military-grade martial arts from four great academies?”

“Besides Xuanming Guixu Jue, what else has she mastered?”

Information about various military-grade martial arts constantly flashed through Zhang Yu’s mind, and this sense of the unknown made him feel an intense threat.

Meanwhile, Kuang Tianqing tilted her head and said, “We agreed on three minutes, and one minute has already passed.”

“So I need to speed up.”

In a flash, the two sides clashed again.

Kuang Tianqing, with her military-grade magic artifacts, displayed terrifying power. Coupled with the might of Xuanming Guixu Jue, she repeatedly effortlessly swallowed and then deflected their attacks.

“This fellow…” Zhang Yu’s heart sank. He could feel that the opponent was constantly pressuring them, forcing them to expend a great deal of Fali in battle.

Yet, relying on Xuanming Guixu Jue, the opponent could continuously deflect various attacks, fighting in a Fali-saving manner.

The powerful military-grade Fagai also provided terrifying defense; sometimes, it could even withstand Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s attacks without issue.

“Even if I can last longer, Ah Zhen probably can’t.”

“We must break through her Xuanming Guixu Jue…”

Information about this Daoist art flashed through Zhang Yu’s mind: “This is a Daoist art with almost no flaws, and with the enhancement of military-grade Fagai, the only way to break it is…”

“A frontal breakthrough!” Bai Zhenzhen stared intently at Kuang Tianqing, thinking, “I need to push Jiqing Jiandao to a stronger level. Only by surpassing the limits that Xuanming Guixu Jue can withstand can I break through this martial art head-on!”

While Bai Zhenzhen was thinking, Zhang Yu was also contemplating: “My attack power is hard to increase in a short time.”

“But Ah Zhen… if I can enhance the power of her Jiqing Jiandao, perhaps it can determine the outcome of this battle.”

At this moment, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt their bodies stiffen slightly, and the circulation of Fali within them gradually became sluggish.

Kuang Tianqing’s palm suddenly grabbed Zhang Yu’s body, and she smiled, “It’s finally taking effect.”

Zhang Yu’s mind raced, his heart startled, “Could it be… Baigu Daxue’s military-grade martial art, that poisonous art… Wan Gu Ku Sui Zhou?”

“Was it a cursed poison placed on us earlier when cooperating with Tianmo Huan Shen?”

“We must inhale Lingji and circulate Fali to gradually suppress the cursed poison…”

But Zhang Yu knew that once they inhaled Lingji, they would again be affected by Tianmo Huan Shen.

“Kuang Tianqing… her martial arts are too highly coordinated with each other.”

“The military-grade martial arts she possesses are simply endless.”

At this moment, Zhang Yu looked at Kuang Tianqing and felt as if he was simultaneously seeing the figures of Tianmo, Baigu, Hehuan, Youming… multiple academic prodigies appearing on her at once.

Every time he thought he understood his opponent, he would discover that deeper trump cards were hidden beneath their current ones.

At this moment, it wasn’t him and Bai Zhenzhen besieging the opponent; rather, the opponent was unleashing the power of the four great academies to kill them.

Under successive fierce battles, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen felt their Fali becoming increasingly sluggish, while their muscles and bones felt as if they were gradually rusting, their movements becoming slower and slower.

At this moment, Zhang Yu knew that continuing to entangle would only lower their chances of victory.

“All or nothing!”

Zhang Yu suddenly hugged Kuang Tianqing and shouted, “Ah Zhen, give it your all!”

With the full eruption of military-grade powers, Zhang Yu used all his might to restrain Kuang Tianqing’s body.

Without any hesitation, Bai Zhenzhen began to condense sword energy, but in her mind, the scene of her sword energy being completely blocked by the opponent just now kept replaying.

“Must be stronger!”

“Must break through my limits!”

At this moment, Kuang Tianqing smiled slightly, turned and hugged Zhang Yu, giggling, “Xian Zha, are you already impatient?”

With her clothes tearing, Kuang Tianqing laughed heartily, “Then let’s begin.”

“Bai Zhenzhen, did you see?”

“I’m going to start, going to swallow this Xian Zha bit by bit!!”

Zhang Yu seemed to resign himself to it all, thinking to himself, “Ah Zhen, push your Jiqing Jiandao beyond its limits… I will hold on until then.”

Bai Zhenzhen roared, her eyes bloodshot, “I said! Don’t touch him!”

Zhang Yu’s expression changed, “No! Don’t let me in!”

Kuang Tianqing was slightly stunned, “This guy… he hasn’t even started yet, what’s he yelling about?”

“Hmm?”

Kuang Tianqing turned her head and saw that Bai Zhenzhen’s whole body’s sword energy had transformed into a dead, pitch-black color at some point.

“Why?”

Bai Zhenzhen thought bitterly, “Why do you make me see this scene?”

“Why is my best friend being violated in front of me?”

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, Zhang Yu!”

“I couldn’t protect you!”

Today my heart breaks, today my sword trembles…

With an earth-shattering roar, black sword energy surged out of Bai Zhenzhen like a torrent, instantly piercing through the clouds and tearing apart the earth.

Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes also seemed to be filled with pitch black, no longer showing any trace of reason.

“Kuang Tianqing! I’m going to kill you!!!!!”

Black sword energy poured into the two military-grade flying swords, striking with power that extinguished all life, clashing fiercely with Kuang Tianqing’s circulating Xuanming Guixu Jue.