Chen Fei stood calmly below, his face slightly pale, though its color began returning almost immediately.
The high-grade Earthly Divine Skill powered by an early Earth God Realm divine soul was indeed formidable, but it was somewhat weaker than Chen Fei had imagined.
Chen Fei looked up at Qiu Tangping, understanding dawning in his eyes. Qiu Tangping's complexion was scarcely better than Chen Fei's had been moments ago. Unleashing such a high-grade Earthly Divine Skill placed an enormous strain on him as well.
Aside from Qiu Tangping's current injuries, the greater factor was that his essence power and physique could barely withstand such an eruption of power.
A cultivator's essence, qi, spirit, and soul depended on one another. Because of the madness inherent in the Xuan Yu Realm's world vital energy, the divine soul could be stronger than the essence power and physique without causing problems, provided the disparity was not outrageously large.
But if the essence power and physique lagged too far behind the divine soul, much of the soul's power could not be brought to bear. If forcibly unleashed, the first to suffer injury-or even perish-would instead be the cultivator himself.
That was precisely Qiu Tangping's situation. His early Earth God Realm divine soul stood a full tier above his essence power and physique. He could unleash a high-grade Earthly Divine Skill and bring out most of his divine soul's might.
But using his divine soul power without restraint, like a true Earth God Realm expert, was clearly impossible.
That was why Chen Fei found the high-grade Earthly Divine Skill, Heaven's Descent, less powerful than he had imagined.
While Chen Fei was thinking that this high-grade Earthly Divine Skill was somewhat weak, Qiu Tangping had frozen completely.
*How could Chen Fei be completely unharmed? Heaven's Descent was powered