Seeing Chen Fei disregard everything else, with eyes only for her, Liu Yanqing's already pale face instantly lost every trace of color, her eyes filling with despair.
She knew she could not escape.
"I'll fight you to the death!" Liu Yanqing let out a despairing shriek and recklessly poured every last shred of power within her into the purple Sword Barrier before her.
The Sword Barrier blazed brilliantly. Countless tiny Space Ripples shook violently, giving off a humming sound of slicing, as its defensive power was driven to its utmost limit.
"Boom!"
Shi Pojun's saber strike from behind, launched with every ounce of his remaining strength, came down. The dark-red saber light carried a tragic, savage momentum as it hacked viciously into Chen Fei's back.
"Sshhk!"
This time, there was finally solid contact.
The pale golden protective divine radiance over Chen Fei's body was forcibly torn open by Shi Pojun's life-risking blow. Sharp saber qi and the remaining power of the Myriad Phenomena True Realm broke through the divine radiance's defense and struck solidly against the skin of Chen Fei's back.
His clothes tore apart, and a savage, bloody gash with rolled flesh instantly appeared across Chen Fei's bronze back. Blood immediately poured forth, dyeing his tattered robes red.
Yet that was all.
The blade sank three inches into flesh, then seemed to have struck an ancient divine mountain and could advance no farther. The rebounding force numbed Shi Pojun's arms and tore open his tiger's mouths once more.
The destructive power contained in the blade met unimaginable resistance the instant it invaded Chen Fei's flesh. That flesh seemed to contain boundless vitality and incomparably tenacious power, as well as a concealed but mighty devouring force that frantically swallowed and dissolved the invading Alien Energy.
The faint hope that had