Yet there was not a trace of fear in her eyes—only the fervor of facing an evenly matched opponent!
At the critical moment, she raised the Chaoxi Emperor Sword in her hand. The black dragon patterns upon its golden blade suddenly seemed to come alive, condensing into a black dragon phantom that coiled around her.
Boom—!!
Only then was Li Tianming's sword of Destroy Heaven and Earth completely blocked.
"Pfft!"
Li Chaoxi actually spat out a mouthful of starblood on the spot. Her aura withered, and she lost more than half her combat strength!
At that moment, even Hundun in the private room could not help slamming his hand on the table and rising to his feet!
"Li Tianming actually heavily injured this Empress Venerable? Had the Chaoxi Emperor Sword not protected her at the final moment, the Empress Venerable would likely have been defeated outright!" Hundun clenched his fists, his mouth slightly agape and his eyes filled with utter disbelief. "Though it was merely a strike in her normal state, it is already enough to boast about."
Beside him, Jiang Wudao was almost dumbstruck. He did not speak for a long while, completely unable to recover from the shock of what he had just witnessed.
Not far away, in another private room, Li Ganyang had been holding Nine Kites's jade-like hand, but subconsciously nearly crushed the bones in her hand!
Only when Nine Kites cried out in pain did he snap back to his senses.
"How is this possible? How long has it even been? Li Tianming has actually grown to such a level?" Li Ganyang muttered blankly. "If he can defeat that woman in her normal state, that means he has at least reached the realm of being invincible among eighth-level Heavenly Venerables!"
Yet when Li Ganyang fought