A Dao Integration Realm cultivator's Rule Body was extraordinarily tough, with exceptionally tenacious vitality. Regenerating flesh and blood was merely the most basic operation.
Thus, even if a Rule Body had its head or even heart shattered, it could still recover. At most, the newly restored parts would be comparatively fragile for a time.
But all of this had one prerequisite: being in a relatively safe environment. If it happened amid an intense battle, once an opponent shattered part of your Rule Body, they would not give you the chance to recover.
Both sides controlled rules. When your opponent shattered part of your Rule Body, all the power within you would fall into a state of disorder.
Just like at this moment. You Bing had been beheaded by Chen Fei. This sword strike severed not merely You Bing's neck, but all the vitality within his body as well.
The destructive power possessed by the Second Level, Minor Heaven Opening Realm effortlessly suppressed the elemental power within You Bing and severed his connection to the rules he controlled.
Elemental power and the soul were the bridges by which cultivators communicated with rules. Once these foundational things fell out of control, everything was lost.
You Bing felt his body grow lighter. He lowered his head instinctively and saw his own body, terror uncontrollably rising in his eyes.
All living beings instinctively felt panic in the face of death, especially when death came without warning.
You Bing had never imagined that pursuing a Dao Integration Realm Late Stage cultivator would end with him being forcibly slain within two moves.
He had cultivated bitterly for several thousand years and mastered a complete Subordinate Rule, yet all of it had become no more than a mirage before these two swords.
Regret crept into You Bing's