"Hiss!"
The sword blade tore through the void with a fine, piercing sound. Jian Jinsheng's longsword had already reached Chen Fei.
From beginning to end, Jian Jinsheng did not say a word. His pitch-black eyes remained fixed on Chen Fei, his numbness carrying a frenzied brutality.
"Boom!"
The Qian Yuan Sword in Chen Fei's hand struck later yet arrived first, colliding with Jian Jinsheng's blade. Chen Fei did not move an inch, while Jian Jinsheng was forced several steps back.
At the Second Rotation Joint Aperture Realm, Jian Jinsheng's cultivation was roughly on par with Qin Haisan's. Yet in terms of combat strength, Jian Jinsheng was undoubtedly stronger at this moment.
Not only had Jian Jinsheng's mind reached the Mid Joint Aperture Realm, allowing him to control his vital energy with greater freedom and precision, but the Black Mist around him was also empowering him now that he had fallen to demonic deviation.
He had fallen to demonic deviation—or rather, his mind had been contaminated.
With that simple exchange, Chen Fei had seen through much of Jian Jinsheng's condition beneath the Heavenly Eye.
Logically, this Black Mist should never have been capable of contaminating the mind of a Joint Aperture Realm cultivator, much less one whose mind had reached the Mid Joint Aperture Realm. Yet Jian Jinsheng had somehow been affected.
Moreover, Jian Jinsheng had fallen extraordinarily deeply into demonic deviation.
Not much time had actually passed since the Black Mist erupted. Even if his mind had been contaminated through carelessness, it should not have become this severe.
It was as if Jian Jinsheng had deliberately opened his mind and allowed it to be wantonly polluted. Yet even the most extreme demonic cultivators would not do such a thing.
*Unless Jian Jinsheng's mind had already contained contamination, and it had