Liu Changwen stared at Chen Fei before him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Both were Earth God Realm cultivators of the Spirit Nurturing Sect. Liu Changwen had encountered Chen Fei several times and exchanged a few words with him, though they had never shared any deep friendship.
Just moments ago in Lianjuan City, Chen Fei had forcibly broken through to the Earth God Realm. Liu Changwen had even gone over to offer a few congratulations.
Yet precisely because he knew Chen Fei had only just broken through to the Earth God Realm, Liu Changwen found the power Chen Fei displayed at this moment utterly inconceivable.
The instant Chen Fei drew his sword, Liu Changwen had sensed it. After all, they were both in the Earth God Realm; it was impossible for Liu Changwen to fail even to catch Chen Fei's movements.
But although Liu Changwen had reacted in advance and moved to defend himself, he still failed to block that sword. An immensely powerful slowing trait had made his movements sluggish.
When experts fought, sometimes what they contested was merely that tiny sliver. A single step short could lead to an entirely different outcome. Yet compared with Chen Fei, what Liu Changwen lacked was far more than a sliver.
Chen Fei had clearly only just broken through. Even if he had obtained the Spirit Nurturing Sect's sect-defending technique, the Heavenly Tilt Sword Technique, his strength should not have been this outrageous.
And compared with Chen Fei's strength, what Liu Changwen found even harder to understand was Chen Fei's attempt to kill him.
Liu Changwen saw at a glance that Chen Fei had completely fallen to demonic corruption. Otherwise, Chen Fei could not have descended so easily into this interspatial layer. Since he had fallen to demonic corruption, why kill him?