Raising his right arm, Long Hua mutters—
"Out."
Immediately, mercurous liquid flows out of Long Hua's sleeve, and comes together to form the White Serpent King's head.
Cutting straight to the point, Long Hua says—
"The mercurous property of these things, it makes it pretty obvious. Time to settle the score, you backstabbing filth. This time, be prepared to be devoured completely."
Seeing the gleam that emanates from Long Hua's azure eyes, the four eyes of the White Serpent King constrict, and upon it raising a low growl—
*Pah!!!* the main body emerges from the city's edge, and rushes towards this location.
In the same instance, Long Hua takes a step back—placing a few meters of distance between the White Serpent King and himself.
Joining its two halves together—four azure-colored eyes appear on the White Serpent King's face, as it turns its head in Long Hua's direction.
"…"
"…"
Not exchanging any forms of communication, the two rushes forth.
And as soon as they are within arm's reach of each other, the White Serpent King lunges its ribbon blades outward, whereas Long Hua swings Shui Yue—causing numerous flower petals to manifest.
*Klang! Klang! Klang!* as the flower petals deflect the White Serpent King's blades, Long Hua slashes with Shui Yue once more—causing a portion of the former's left arm to fly!
Despite losing a portion of its left arm, the White Serpent King has already lunged its two-meter tail towards Long Hua.
"…"
Narrowing his eyes, Long Hua grabs onto the incoming tail with his left hand—which is shrouded in sword Qi, while rotating the Immortal Suppression Palm.
*Boom!!!* stomping the ground with a Martial Emperor's Step, Long Hua causes a Yin and Yang symbol to manifest.
Under normal circumstances, Long Hua would use this divine art to enhance the force of his following attacks.
However, with an enemy this close to him—using this divine art in its most basic state would be the better option.
*Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!* not stopping at just a single Martial Emperor's Step, Long Hua rapidly performs three more, stacking a total of four Yin and Yang symbols together, prior to—
*Boom!!!!!!* detonating them all!
"…"
*Grrroooo!!!*
*…!!!* emerging from the dust cloud—back first, Long Hua raises his head, as the White Serpent King chases after him, while lunging their right fist outwards!
"Devourer."
Meeting the White Serpent King's fist with the phantom maw, the former's fist halts a meter into the maw, and just as the maw snaps its jaws—
*Klanggggg!!!* a crisp sound goes off, as the jaws are incapable of closing completely!
"…"
Touching his feet onto the ground, Long Hua dashes towards the direction of where the severed arm had fallen to.
And as Long Hua reaches his hand out for the severed arm—
"Tch."
The severed arm transforms into a giant sword, which lunges itself towards him.
*Klang!!!*
*Grrrrrrooooo!!!* as Long Hua blocks the weapon off with Shui Yue, the White Serpent King tears their arm away from the phantom maw—prior to snapping their body around, to charge towards the former's direction!
Shrouding the entirety of his body in Sword Armor—
*Boom!!!!!* Long Hua receives the White Serpent King's strike with his left hand, causing him to slide backwards!
"…Devourer."
Grinding his feet to a halt, while a streak of blood leaks from the corner of his lips, Long Hua summons another phantom maw, and swallows the weapon that is held back by Shui Yue in a single bite.
In the same instance, Long Hua throws out an Immortal Suppression Palm with his left hand—to push the approaching White Serpent King back.
"…"
Rotating his cultivation base fiercely, Long Hua's body emanates with the power of the metal element.
Slab by slab, the shattered greatsword, the source of his metal elemental mastery, manifests in front of Long Hua, to which—
*…!!! …!!! …!!! …!!!* the four slabs collapse themselves into tendrils of liquid metal—prior to swallowing Shui Yue, forming an intact greatsword in Long Hua's right hand.
"…"
Just as Long Hua grips the greatsword, which possesses a hollowed ring between its handle and blade—
*Grrrooo!!!*
*Siiiiiiiii!!!!!* the White Serpent King tears the black and white handprint apart with their blades, and—
*Grrrooooooo!!!!!* raising another roar of great ferocity, the White Serpent King kicks off the ground, to charge at Long Hua once more!
"…"
Unfazed by the White Serpent King's approach, the power of the earth element emanates from Long Hua's body—causing the center of his chest to give off a golden glow.
Among the five elements, earth reinforces metal—resulting in the power of the metal element that was already emanating from Long Hua's body to increase in vigor.
*…!!!!!* and responding to this sharp increase in the power of the metal element, the greatsword gives off a sinister hum.
"…"
Almost as soon as the White Serpent King enters the striking range of his weapon, Long Hua swings the greatsword, to which—
*Boom!!!!!* the shockwave generated by this attack—that is reinforced by the power of two elements, it instantly pulverizes the White Serpent King's right fist along with their eight blades!
*Grrrrooooo!!!* seemingly out of desperation, the White Serpent King detonates its own body into a mass of mercurous liquid, and rather quickly, it reforms itself into a giant maw.
"Hm?"
Without giving Long Hua the time to react, the mercurous maw snaps its jaws over the former, along with the ground that they are standing on—leaving a teeth-print crater behind!
...…
With no White Serpent King replicas, or weapon spirits to deal with, Tian Cheng chooses to have the combat bodies busy themselves with collecting the building materials.
"…"
Watching the battle between Long Hua and the White Serpent King from a distance away, Tian Cheng blinks her eyes, thinking that maybe, just maybe that—
"Tch."
Even before the thought can fully form in Tian Cheng's mind, the mercurous maw's form distorts, and—
*Pah!!!!!* dark masses of water—overfills the mercurous maw, forcefully ripping the maw apart from the inside!