But neither Cao Zhengjian nor the One-Eyed Hermit seems to have shown their true abilities yet.

Even so, mountain peaks shattered under their attacks; the battle between two extraordinary martial artists could actually alter the terrain!

"What realm is Elder Cao at now?" Sun Muqing asked, feigning curiosity.

"Sixth level of the Transcendent Realm," She Manqing answered without hesitation.

“The One-Eyed Hermit is already at the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm. Will Elder Cao be his match?” Sun Muqing asked again.

She Manqing chuckled before saying, "Although the One-Eyed Hermit's cultivation level is three levels higher than my master's, it's nothing special. My master's combat strength is quite formidable; after all, he's a pure sword cultivator!"

"Although the One-Eyed Hermit has many cultivation techniques, his knowledge is mixed and impure, so even if his realm is higher than my master's, his combat strength may not be as strong as my master's."

"Most importantly, the One-Eyed Hermit's injuries haven't healed yet! Mu Qing, Ling Xuan, didn't your master injure the One-Eyed Hermit? How could you forget that?"

Sun Muqing pretended to have just remembered and said, "I was so worried that I didn't think of it."

“That’s true. How can we not be worried when two martial arts masters at the Transcendent Realm are locked in a fierce battle?” She Manqing said, looking into the distance.

Although Cao Zhengjian and the One-Eyed Hermit were fighting fiercely, they remained near the ground and did not fly into the air.

It seems that Cao Zhengjian and the One-Eyed Hermit also knew about the strangeness of Qianlinchuan.

"Cao Zhengjian, do you really want to die with me?" the One-Eyed Hermit roared.

Cao Zhengjian sneered: "Die together? One-Eyed Old Ghost, what makes you say that? What makes you think you can die with me?"

"Don't underestimate me! I haven't even shown my true strength yet!" the One-Eyed Hermit roared repeatedly.

"You think I've shown my true strength? I haven't even drawn my sword yet!"

Cao Zhengjian laughed heartily, and suddenly a sharp longsword appeared in his hand. A fierce sword aura burst forth from the blade, swirling wildly around Cao Zhengjian.

"One-Eyed Old Ghost, you can die here now!"

Cao Zhengjian seemed determined to kill, as evidenced by the frantically surging sword energy emanating from his body.

At this moment, the aura that Cao Zhengjian was unleashing was more than ten times stronger than before.

"Oh no! My master is about to use his full power! We need to retreat quickly, it's not safe here either!"

She Manqing retreated frantically, and only shouted a warning after retreating dozens of meters.

The other disciples also hurriedly retreated, including Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan.

After retreating several hundred meters, the group finally felt that the aura and pressure emanating from Cao Zhengjian and the One-Eyed Hermit were enough for them to withstand.

But the next moment, a sword light that gave people a sense of nothingness appeared between heaven and earth!

"The Sword of Life and Death Without End!"

The One-Eyed Hermit let out a roar and cast an angry glare at Cao Zhengjian, who was above him.

"That's right, it's my own creation, the Sword of Life and Death Without Void! You can be proud to die by my sword!" Cao Zhengjian laughed wildly.

Cao Zhengjian's hair was loose, with strands dancing in the wind, giving him a rather carefree look.

However, the One-Eyed Hermit had no mind to appreciate Cao Zhengjian's carefree demeanor; a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart!

"Heavenly Flame Wheel!"

With a roar, the One-Eyed Hermit spread his arms, and a halo of light burning with emerald flames appeared spinning in front of him.

The next moment, the hazy, seemingly ethereal sword light appeared before him.

There was no explosion.

There was no flash.

There was nothing there.

But the dozen or so towering peaks surrounding One-Eyed Hermit and Cao Zhengjian vanished right in the middle!

It was as if the upper half of these dozen or so mountain peaks had been wiped out of the Five Elements World in an instant by Cao Zhengjian's Life and Death Void Sword!

Click!

A crack suddenly appeared in the Heavenly Flame Wheel in front of the One-Eyed Hermit.

Click!

A crack also appeared on the body of the One-Eyed Hermit.

The next moment, both the Heavenly Flame Wheel and the One-Eyed Hermit himself turned into fragments.

Even these fragments collapsed and dissipated into the air, as if they had never existed!

"See? This is my master's true strength! My master's self-created Life and Death Void Sword is definitely the strongest sword technique in the Five Elements World. Even the Grand Elder's Life and Death Reincarnation Sword cannot compare to it! If my master's current realm is not relatively low, three levels lower than the Grand Elder's, then even the Grand Elder would not be my master's opponent!" She Manqing said with great pride.

"They are indeed very strong." Sun Muqing nodded.

Jiang Lingxuan was also deeply shocked.

Faced with the earth-shattering sword strike Cao Zhengjian had just unleashed, she felt a deep sense of insignificance.

It was as if, in the face of that sword light, he was just a tiny ant.

If that sword light were to tremble even slightly, it would turn into dust and vanish into nothingness.

The other two disciples also had expressions of shock on their faces, but at the same time they let out a long sigh of relief.

"This mission is finally over."

“We martial artists at the True Essence Realm are powerful enough to dominate the outside world, but we are no match for Elder Cao.”

"Yes, we can't even help with the smallest thing. We can only watch from afar. In this mission, we're just going through the motions with Elder Cao. We don't have any chance to contribute at all."

"Absolutely, absolutely."

The two disciples were talking amongst themselves, never stopping.

However, at that moment, the entire Qianlinchuan seemed to tremble.

She Manqing's expression changed drastically, and Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan also showed expressions of shock.

What's going on?

Could it be that the fight between Elder Cao and the One-Eyed Hermit was so intense that it triggered unforeseen consequences, causing the strangeness of Qianlinchuan to surface?

Cao Zhengjian, who was standing in the air, also looked unwell. He frowned and stared intently at a certain spot on the ground.

The next moment, a huge crack appeared, and a golden mirror flew out from the crack.

As soon as it appeared, the mirror shone brightly with golden light, illuminating everyone present.

"My eyes!"

"I can't see anything!"

The two disciples screamed in agony.

Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan also felt a stinging pain in their eyes, as if their eyeballs were about to be burned through by the blinding light!

They quickly closed their eyelids, shut their eyes tightly, and circulated their inner energy to nourish their eyes, which made them feel a little better.

But during this process, the surroundings became very quiet.

When Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan opened their eyes, they found that everything around them had disappeared!

The ground, the sky, the mountains... all of these things have vanished without a trace!