"Can't get back up?"
Cao Xie narrowed his eyes, his voice vicious. "Then lie there and get some proper rest."
He showed no mercy at all. Tearing through the curtain of rain, he launched another killing assault, his sword edge humming endlessly amid lightning as it thrust straight for the throat.
Chen Sanshi drew another breath and forcibly sprang up from the ground, knocking aside the fatal blow with his spear before staggering backward again.
In the pouring rain, he tore off his belt and bound the long spear to his arm, which had nearly lost all sensation.
Watching his opponent struggle to hold on, Cao Xie's gaze grew increasingly irritable and enraged. The killing intent in each sword he delivered rose higher than the last.
Clang! Clang! Clang—
Every collision of weapons burst into sparks amid the rain, only to be swiftly swallowed by the downpour. Chen Sanshi took a step back each time, yet he held firm throughout.
The effects of traits like Growing Stronger Through Battle and Kirin Heart had all failed under the laws of All Laws Forbidden.
Only martial attainments gained through his own comprehension, such as Bilateral Combat and Ultimate Divine Ability, would not vanish.
In other words...
The gravely wounded Chen Sanshi had endured until now solely by clinging to a single breath.
In the torrential rain, his vision grew increasingly blurred. Relying only on muscle memory, he met the Sword Light attacking from all directions with his spear.
"You've already lost! What are you still holding on for?!"
Every sword Cao Xie swung forced Tianwu back a step. At most, another dozen or so steps would send him plunging off the cliff into the ten-thousand-zhang abyss below.
Holding his sword in both hands, he grew even more frenzied. The blade of the