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Ms. Yin sneered, she hadn't even used her true power yet, let alone her peerless technique, simply crushing through the difference in their states of mind.

Li Tian Gang being able to challenge the Defying Fate Realm while in the Tao Heart Realm was indeed monstrous, but the gaps between each of the four steps of the Four Stands Realm were immense, each one even exceeding an entire major realm.

"The True Dragon of the Li Family, huh? Once I've killed you, I will refine your divine soul to become a child under my command, allowing you to watch with your own eye as your Li Family falls to ruin," Ms. Yin sneered, reaching out with her hand, a chilling wind swirling in her palm intent on latching onto Li Tian Gang to utterly destroy his physical body.

Li Tian Gang's eyes were bloodshot, ignoring the pain in his chest, he dashed off into the distance once more, performing the heaven-defying nine steps.

With each step, the aura around his body surged, attempting to counteract the suction force from behind.

He charged with the determination of an old ox pulling a cart.

After nine steps, his body shone with divine brilliance like lightning, like a god incarnate.

Ms. Yin's gaze lifted slightly, her eyes icy cold. With a sudden twist of her palm, a torrent of Demonic Qi gathered, forming into a massive shadow of Great Yin Luminous that roared as it struck down at Li Tian Gang.

Li Tian Gang let out a furious roar, swinging the Xing Tian Blade, its blade's light piercing the heavens.

That ferocious shadow, resembling a mix of python and dragon, tiger and lion, covered in imposing hair and scales, its eyes emitting Great Yin Divine Light that shattered the blade's light, then it slammed down with a palm.

As Li Tian Gang was about to be destroyed under that demonic claw, suddenly, a blazing sword wind swept in, the shadow's sharp claws vanished in an instant, severed.

Then, in the blink of an eye, Li Tian Gang's figure appeared dozens of miles away.

Ms. Yin's expression subtly changed as she looked towards Li Tian Gang's side, where a figure wearing a conical bamboo hat and clad in gray tattered clothes had appeared, looking inconspicuous, like a Jianghu traveler.

But currently, that person held a sword in their hand, and that hand along with the sword shone brightly like the moon, captivating and preventing onlookers from averting their gaze.

It seemed that looking away would result in being cut or impaled by that sword!

Ms. Yin fixed her gaze, her emerald green pupils narrowing, then suddenly widening in anger.

"Are you the Great Desert Sword Saint?!"

Ms. Yin recognized the person's identity, her face showing anger.

There were three Sword Saints in the world, one residing in the southern Jianghu, another in the northern Great Desert, unknown to all, and yet another even more mysterious, elusive as a dragon showing its head but not its tail, with no one knowing their whereabouts.

And this person before her, with that intense and dazzling Sword Intent, could only be the Great Desert Sword Saint.

The conical hat was lifted to reveal a gaunt cheek, his beard unkempt and appearing disheveled.

His eyes were indifferent, he quietly glanced at Ms. Yin and said, "Having hidden away in the Great Void Realm for a thousand years, must you also be drawn into this conflict?"

Ms. Yin's gaze turned cold and fierce, "The tree wishes for calm, but the wind continues to blow. Since this turmoil has spread to us, blame your Dayu Divine Dynasty for being excessive, monopolizing these thousands of rivers and mountains, constantly expanding territories and occupying all the sacred sites of Spirit Mountain. It's about time to yield some!"

"What you want is more than just 'some'," the Great Desert Sword Saint said blandly. "I just can't understand why you would choose Liangzhou."

"Could it be because, you do not know, that I hail from Liangzhou?"

Ms. Yin's face subtly changed; the Great Desert Sword Saint was four or five hundred years old, his place of origin long since disregarded by most. Moreover, after he rose to prominence from Liangzhou, challenging the states in his youth, sweeping through all directions and earning the title of Sword Saint at the age of sixty, he vanished from the public eye, last seen dwelling in the Great Desert.

Hence, he was called the Great Desert Sword Saint.

With the Great Desert far from Liangzhou, separated by a myriad of mountains and rivers, no one expected him to return.

"With your status, why care about your origins? Are you determined to wade into these troubled waters?" Ms. Yin glared intently at him.

A faint smile curled on the corner of the Great Desert Sword Saint's lips, "No matter how high one's achievements, we grew up here, and I naturally need to protect my hometown. I advise you to retreat on your own accord. I have taken far too many lives and have grown weary of killing."

"Then let's see if you can protect this Li chap today!" Ms. Yin's eyes suddenly turned icy, and she struck out without warning.

The Great Desert Sword Saint said to Li Tian Gang beside him, "General Li, you should leave first. I'll hold them off here. Liangzhou still needs you."

Li Tian Gang had recovered his senses, took a deep breath and said, "Thank you!"

Without further ado, he quickly turned and left without any hesitation.

"Stop him!" Ms. Yin bellowed furiously.

Behind her, the Demon Kings quickly gave chase, with two of the Dragon Gate Demon Kings tearing into the Li Family's army, leaving the pursuit of Li Tian Gang to the Great Void Realm.

With a swish!

A line gouged into the ground before the Great Desert Sword Saint, as his sword light made a sudden twist.

"Let's see who dares to cross this line."

"Do not be arrogant!" Ms. Yin attacked abruptly, unleashing her peerless technique, and at the same time, revealing her true form as a gigantic lion-serpent-like shadow.

A silver crescent appeared on her forehead, a symbol of the Taiyin Youying Bloodline.

She unleashed her peerless technique, a black full moon condensed, aiming to take down the Great Desert Sword Saint.

A touch of solemnity flashed in the eyes of the Great Desert Sword Saint.

Boom!

A great battle erupted, with both sides engaging in fierce combat.

The other Demon Kings quickly crossed the line cut by the sword Qi and pursued Li Tian Gang.

The Great Desert Sword Saint's eyes shimmered with a cold light, emitting a surge of sword Qi that forced back the first Demon King who stepped over, himself in the Peerless Technique Realm, now facing Ms. Yin and seven other Demon Kings with no fear, ready to stand alone and cover Li Tian Gang's retreat.