By abandoning his entire body, Huo Yun's Crane Blade became even purer.
Only this way could he search for that slim chance of survival in a head-on clash with Feng Xiaotian.
Inside the broken energy sphere, blood flowed from Huo Yun's mouth, and his body was badly wounded by the shock waves, leaving him unable to move.
Even so, Huo Yun still wore a brilliant smile. He was extremely satisfied with the slash he had just unleashed.
Under the tremendous pressure Feng Xiaotian had brought him, he had successfully broken through his limits and swung a blade unlike any before.
And with that slash, he was absolutely certain he had dealt Feng Xiaotian tremendous damage. He had not failed the hopes his teammates had placed in him.
That made him even happier, so much so that he could not even spare any attention for the severe injuries on his body.
The broken Crane Blade withered away bit by bit.
But Huo Yun focused his attention on the air.
The blazing white explosion of fierce light in midair soon dispersed, and an azure figure wreathed in smoke fell from the sky.
This was Feng Xiaotian, who had endured Huo Yun's strongest slash at this stage.
He was in free fall, and headfirst at that. From the look of it, he seemed to have lost consciousness.
Feng Xiaotian, who had been blasted even higher by that terrifying Soul Emperor-level explosion, only slowly descended after the explosion's light faded.
Moreover, judging from his appearance, his condition was extremely terrible. His signature enormous Azure Wings had vanished entirely, and his whole back was torn open, revealing charred, carbonized wounds.
Especially the deepest straight blade wound, which stretched from the top of his right shoulder all the way across to the lower left side of