From the moment Chen Fei retreated to fuse his battle weapon and perform Body Dissolution, Zhuo Anhua had no time to stop him. Just moments ago, Chen Fei had merely been at a slight disadvantage between them; he had not been completely crushed.
Therefore, Chen Fei could still control the rhythm of advancing and retreating himself.
If Chen Fei had chosen to use Star Shattering Slash at this moment, it would likely have been too late.
Star Shattering Slash required preparation time to begin with. Back in the Glassy Plane, Chen Fei had been able to use it before those Sun Moon Realm cultivators because those aliens had only been at the Mid-stage Sun Moon Realm.
But Zhuo Anhua, whom Chen Fei now faced, stood at the peak of the Sun Moon Realm. He was a prodigy on the verge of breaking through to the Dao Integration Realm. Using Star Shattering Slash right in front of someone like him could easily be interrupted.
Only Body Dissolution, a move that could be completed in an instant, did not require Chen Fei to worry about Zhuo Anhua disrupting it.
Frantic warnings echoed through Zhuo Anhua's soul. Chen Fei now possessed the ability to take his life.
Clearly, Chen Fei had used a forbidden technique that would destroy both sides. That was why he posed such a great threat.
Zhuo Anhua naturally had forbidden techniques that could bring about mutual destruction as well, but those were things to be used only when one had reached the end of the road and had nowhere left to go.
This was merely a sparring match in the Years Tower. Zhuo Anhua was not insane, so how could he possibly use such a forbidden technique?
After all, once it was used, one's foundation would crack and might