Niu Ben did not retreat.
Nor did he try to escape the boundary.
He stepped forward and thrust out both fists.
One punched toward yin.
The other punched toward yang.
Hunyuan mana erupted within him, as though a boundless world had exploded upon his fists.
Boom!
The boundary between yin and yang was blasted apart by brute force.
But Niu Ben staggered several steps back as well.
A tear opened in the dark robe over his chest.
An extremely shallow line of blood appeared on his skin.
The wound healed quickly.
But every powerful cultivator present had seen it.
Niu Ben had been injured.
It was only a minor wound.
Yet that was already enough to shock them all.
Ever since Niu Ben had become a Saint, he had crushed almost everything in his path.
The Two Saints of the West had suffered at his hands.
Even mighty Quasi-Saints were no match for him.
Even against the Yin-Yang Ancestor's Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation, he had forced an opening with his physical strength and Hunyuan mana.
But now...
The Yin-Yang Ancestor, who had reached the half-step Heavenly Dao level, had actually wounded him.
Zhunti's heart lurched.
His gaze toward Niu Ben was deeply conflicted.
He had always been wary of Niu Ben.
He had even feared him somewhat.
Yet now, seeing Niu Ben injured, he felt not the slightest joy.
Because it meant the Yin-Yang Ancestor was more terrifying than he had imagined.
If even Niu Ben could not hold him off...
Then none of them could.
Jieyin said quietly, "Junior brother, we can't hold anything back now."
Zhunti gritted his teeth.
"I know."
He raised the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, Buddha light igniting in his eyes.
"If we keep holding back, we're all finished."
Haotian's expression darkened.
As the