The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 323 - 277, Zhao Douan: I Have a Sword, Open the Heavens! (7000-Word Grand - )_3

The little monk's iron-blue face, his eyes dead set on the smiling Zhao Douan not far away, suddenly spat out a small mouthful of fresh blood, which shockingly carried slivers of ice!

"You... just now..."

Tianhai's eyes widened, speaking in a broken voice.

Zhao Douan's right hand held the Taia Sword, its tip angled downward, his left hand behind his back at his waist, gripping tightly into a fist, from which droplets of blood seeped out, falling...

Clearly, during the exchange of palm strikes just now, both parties had sustained internal injuries.

However, Tianhai's injuries were evidently more severe.

"That's right, you wouldn't think that my palm strike just now was only as simple as it seemed on the surface," Zhao Douan said with a smile.

He really wanted to go in for the kill right now instead of wasting words.

But the turmoil of blood and energy inside him made him abandon this slightly impetuous action.

Originally, when Xu had taken him to the plains outside Mubei Forest, he taught him the "Swallowing Cloud Breathing Skill."

Zhao Douan was only moderately adept at it, feeling its power limited, yet he learned to turn the energy within his body into Cold Frost True Qi.

Taking advantage of the palm exchange just now, he infused streams of Cold Frost into the little monk's body, doubling the effect by stacking two martial skills.

"..." Tianhai fell silent, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

He lowered his head, lifted his hand, and wiped the fresh blood from his mouth with his thumb, saying:

"It seems I am at your mercy."

Don't say that, I'm only interested in women... Zhao Douan, while buying time, half-suppressed the injuries within his body:

"Heh, why don't you just give up, save another round."

Give up? With just you?

Tianhai scoffed, still lowering his head, his left hand supporting the Six Paths Stick, coughed twice, but then he began to laugh:

"Do you think you can win against me like this? Or do you believe, having seen my fight with Jin Jian, that I have no more tricks up my sleeve?"

As he spoke, he suddenly lifted his right hand to the back of his head, grasping the yellow silk ribbon wrapped around his forehead, slowly tilting up his head, his gaze ice-cold:

"Aren't you the one who wanted to see my third eye? Today, you shall have your wish."

He paused, and the little monk's mouth suddenly twisted into a smile:

"However, once the Compassionate Eye is activated, it's beyond my complete control, if you don't back down, I can't guarantee I'll be able to hold back."

"Is that a threat?"

Zhao Douan narrowed his eyes, gripping the sword hilt tightly, and said:

"What a coincidence, I've never taken well to threats. Moreover, once the Taia Sword in my hand starts killing, I can't hold back either."

Tianhai seemed to be provoked, not believing Zhao Douan's warning. He no longer hesitated, violently ripping off the yellow silk ribbon!

In an instant, a bizarre, tightly closed vertical eye on the center of the little monk's forehead was exposed to everyone's sight.

Whooosh—

A continuous exclamation erupted from the crowd, not out of fear, but curiosity.

The people of the capital had long heard of Tianhai's vertical pupil, and now they were thrilled to finally see it with their own eyes.

In the stands of Divine Dragon Temple, Bian Ji's face turned ashen, thinking to himself:

"Trouble, this is trouble."

Silently, he edged closer to the platform, ready to intervene at any moment, to forcibly extract someone—

—Only a few in the Divine Dragon Temple knew that the reason behind Tianhai's perverse temper and tendency to kill was not entirely his true nature.

But when he opened that "vertical pupil," his entire personality would drastically change.

Accompanied by it was the power contained within the vertical pupil, which was akin to a full-force strike from a "World Realm," emanating from the deity "Ksitigarbha."

With every use of the vertical pupil, his temperament became more extreme, which is why he had tried not to open it even during the duel with Jin Jian.

But now, as the little monk was provoked.

The "seal" was undone.

Atop the platform, Zhao Douan, in a moment isolated from the outside noise, felt as though he was locked on.

An overwhelming sense of futility welled up, leaving him with the impression that no matter how he tried to dodge or defend, it would be utterly useless.

In his field of vision, along with the fluttering silk falling, that third vertical pupil autonomously quivered and trembled, then fiercely burst open!

Revealing a hauntingly greenish-blue color, indifferent like the eye of a deity!

"Boom—"

The next second, without any warning, a golden Buddha Light burst forth from the vertical pupil, as thick as a thumb, concentrating into a beam of intense light.

Before Zhao Douan could even react, the beam struck him squarely in the chest!

With a thunderous roar, Zhao Douan's chest clothing disintegrated instantaneously, turning to ashes, a thick layer of haloed Gang Qi on his skin was pierced, creating a steaming hole with torn flesh and skin!

Pain!

Zhao Douan only felt a surge of pain wash over him, his upright body staggering backward.

Fortunately, the wound was not deep, merely burning through the outer layer of skin, not penetrating deeply, and the melted halo of light quickly recovered crazily, stabilizing the Gang Qi shield anew.

However, from just this one hit, a large chunk of the energy within his Qi Sea was depleted.

"Again!"

Tianhai, as impassive as a deity, fired a second beam of Buddha Light from his vertical pupil!

"Clang!"

This time, it was blocked by the body of the Taia Sword!

The terrifying Buddha Light hit the sword, causing only a ripple, leaving the blade unharmed.

But the impact force still forced Zhao Douan to stagger back several steps before barely stabilizing himself.

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Tianhai stood firm, now seemingly emotionless, transformed into an unfeeling automaton deity.

He calmly stated, "Again."

This time, the Buddha Light was unleashed in an instant, and Zhao Douan, once more relying on the Taia to block part of it, moved back again and again, nearly reaching the edge of the platform.

Yet scattered Buddha Light penetrated his Gang Qi, accompanied by a sizzling sound.

Inside his Qi Sea, the energy, already diminished from the fierce exchange, plummeted yet again.