"Are avatars so common these days?"

Lei Shaoye frowned slightly, looking at the towering figure three *zhang* tall not far away.

He could feel that power even from this distance.

Fortunately, he had cultivated the L厉gui (Wrathful Ghost) Avatar before this.

Without the Wrathful Ghost Avatar, he might have been able to withstand the opponent's attack, but it wouldn't have been easy.

In the end, it was highly likely that both sides would suffer.

Thinking of this, Lei Shaoye sighed again. Wan Liuchuan was truly a good person.

The Five Elements Sword Emperor Avatar had already been condensed and was roaring towards Wan Lei.

If you were to ask why Lei Shaoye didn't take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack when the Thunder Emperor Avatar was condensing so slowly…

Then Lei Shaoye could only tell you that he was also condensing his avatar just now.

The Wrathful Ghost Avatar.

The Sword Emperor held a giant sword, his body radiating a dignified and righteous aura. In contrast, Lei Shaoye's Wrathful Ghost Avatar was shrouded in black mist, hunched over, with a hideous face and a single horn on its head. Compared to the Sword Emperor Avatar, it looked far too much like a villain.

This was Wan Lei's first time condensing an avatar. To his surprise, his Thunder God's Hammer had also transformed with the avatar into a two *zhang* tall heavy hammer.

*My hammer has this form? How come I didn't know?*

Lei Shaoye didn't have time to ask what was going on with the Thunder God's Hammer. Of course, even if he did ask, the Thunder God's Hammer probably wouldn't be able to answer him.

The righteous Sword Emperor held his giant sword and slashed directly at the Wrathful Ghost emanating an evil aura in front of him.

The giant sword, with its righteousness, cleaved through all evil spirits and monsters, falling with an earth-shattering force.

*Boom!*

With a loud crash, the giant sword and the giant hammer collided violently. Both the Sword Emperor and the Wrathful Ghost staggered back several steps.

This time, Lei Shaoye attacked first, leaping up and smashing the giant hammer in his hand fiercely towards the Sword Emperor's head.

After that probing strike, Lei Shaoye had gained a certain understanding of the power of the Sword Emperor Avatar.

*Uh… just another guy with a weak body. The appearance isn't bad, but he's just a paper tiger.*

The Wrathful Ghost's hammer struck heavily on the Sword Emperor's sword, and the force of the blow directly caused the Sword Emperor's figure to become unstable.

"How is it possible? How is it possible? Why do you also have an avatar? Why is your avatar even stronger than mine? Why are you better than me in every way?!

You damned bumpkin from the Northern Region, you should have stayed in your backwater village for the rest of your life. What are you doing running to the Central Region? Is this a place you're worthy of coming to?!"

The more Jian Xunhuan shouted, the more deranged he became, wildly slashing the giant sword in his hand at the Wrathful Ghost in front of him.

He didn't collapse all at once, but rather, Wan Lei shattered his pride bit by bit.

Yes, Open Heaven Sword Sect was the number one sect in the Thunderwind Realm, and he was the number one prodigy of this number one sect. He was born with pride.

In his view, all his peers should be prostrate at his feet. Wan Lei was just a lucky wild child.

But it was this wild child that he looked down on who defeated him again and again, shattered his proud divine abilities, and trampled on his most cherished swordplay.

Why?

Jian Xunhuan was going mad. His Sword Emperor Avatar had already begun to turn red, gradually becoming scarlet.

Blood red!

He was burning his own vital energy.

The Sword Emperor Avatar gradually changed from its previous righteous aura to a strange bloody aura, exuding a frenzied and bloodthirsty aura.

Inside the avatar, Jian Xunhuan's flesh withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He was a young man, but now he looked like a withered old man.

His hair gradually turned dry and yellow and fell out.

He went bald,

and he became stronger.

"Wan Lei, die!"

The Sword Emperor Avatar roared and slashed out with his sword at the Wrathful Ghost in front of him. The Wrathful Ghost was knocked back by the blow.

The battle escalated again.

"Damn Wan Lei, Jian Xunhuan, you bastard, why don't you kill him? Aren't you known as the number one prodigy of the Open Heaven Sword Sect? Aren't you a core disciple? You useless thing, how can you not even kill a wild child?

You're not even as good as an outer disciple like me!"

Outside the formation, a guard wearing Open Heaven Sword Sect attire stared intently at the projection of Jian Xunhuan and Wan Lei's battle, gnashing his teeth.

Blood was seeping from the corners of his mouth where he had been biting.

He was jealous of Jian Xunhuan because he was just an unknown outer disciple, while Jian Xunhuan was the most dazzling prodigy of the Open Heaven Sword Sect.

But he hated Wan Lei even more. Just over three months ago, he had returned home to visit his family and fought Wan Lei, only to be defeated by Wan Lei when Wan Lei was only at the mid-stage of the Gold Core Realm.

That day, he, like Jian Xunhuan today, had his pride crushed by Wan Lei.

On the battlefield, the battle between the blood-colored Sword Emperor and the black Wrathful Ghost had already entered a fever pitch.

Jian Xunhuan was going mad and giving it his all, but Wan Lei still had too many trump cards he hadn't used.

The "wind howls, cranes cry" technique was useless, the natal lightning essence was useless, and even the Heavenly Dao and Origin Lightning within the hammer hadn't been used.

Right now, the two sides were evenly matched. Lei Shaoye didn't like this situation, so he decided to use a trump card.

Lei Shaoye lit up all the runes on the Thunder God's Hammer, and various colors of lightning filled the two *zhang* long heavy hammer.

"Roar!"

The blood-colored Sword Emperor slashed at Wan Lei with his sword. Wan Lei dodged to the side, and the heavy hammer in his hand swept horizontally towards the blood-colored Sword Emperor's abdomen.

Seeing this, Jian Xunhuan immediately wanted to retract his sword to block, but the heavy sword seemed to be too heavy, and he retracted it very slowly.

*Boom!*

The heavy hammer smashed into the Sword Emperor's abdomen, and the Sword Emperor's figure was sent flying like a kite with a broken string.

Lei Shaoye immediately used Thunderous Escape to come to the top of the Sword Emperor's head, and once again smashed down with his hammer.

At this time, the Sword Emperor was still in a state of being thrown into the air, and it was difficult to borrow strength in mid-air to stabilize his body.

After a loud bang, he was smashed hard to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Wan Lei descended from the sky, smashing his hammer onto the Sword Emperor's body. Then, he unleashed a wild barrage of hammer blows, forcibly shattering the Sword Emperor Avatar.

Jian Xunhuan was covered in blood, lying limply on the ground.

Lei Shaoye withdrew the Wrathful Ghost Avatar, held the hammer in his hand, and looked at him with a sneer.

"It shouldn't be like this. I was going to compete for first place. At the very least, I should be in the top three, or even the top ten. I shouldn't have lost like this. How could I fail?"

Jian Xunhuan staggered to his feet, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"Top ten? Right now, you can't even get into the top one thousand.

Before, you said that if I broke your Ninefold Sword Formation, you would kneel down and kowtow to admit defeat, but you lied to me. Now, it's time for you to fulfill your promise.

Kneel!!!"

Wan Lei shouted coldly and kicked Jian Xunhuan in the back of the knee. Jian Xunhuan immediately knelt on the ground.

"Useless trash!"

Outside the formation, Qi Xiaoxiao cursed angrily and glared fiercely at Jian Xunhuan.

"How dare you, you little bastard!"

The face of the Open Heaven Sword Sect Leader was so gloomy that it looked as if water could be squeezed from it.