The Azure Iron Han Armor was collapsing.
Countless gashes were torn wider by the violent friction against the air. Amid teeth-grinding screeches of twisting metal, pieces and plates peeled away one after another.
Countless tiny spatial fragments battered the mechanism armor like hailstones, leaving dense craters and scratches behind. Their clanging concealed lethal killing intent.
Some larger spatial fragments struck or grazed Ning Zhuo, making his body shudder violently. It felt as though his organs had all been ground to pieces. Blood continuously spilled from the corners of his mouth and through the gaps in his damaged armor, staining Qing Chi's collar red.
This was only because all five of his viscera had been modified by the Spirit God Technique, granting them extraordinary endurance. Otherwise, such extreme high-speed flight and sharp turns would already have caused massive internal bleeding.
Like a primordial ferocious beast opening its jaws, the spatial storm pursued Ning Zhuo relentlessly. It carried immense force capable of pulverizing mountains and warping steel, greedily devouring every remaining inch of space.
Only upon reaching the limits of the Earth Lung Turbid Qi did it abruptly come to a halt.
The Silent Path had completely vanished.
The spatial storm seemed to begin devouring itself. Within a few breaths, it wiped away every disturbance and transformed into a profound, deathly void.
Then, that void was eroded and flooded by an immense quantity of Earth Lung Turbid Qi, until it was completely submerged.
This place became another thick barrier of earth qi, but this time, Ning Zhuo had no second Candle Body with which to create another Silent Path.
In fact, the Light Goose produced by the Primordial Dispersing Form Ruler had dimly dissipated after constructing the passage the first time.
It reverted to the ruler's original form.
Ning Zhuo did not