Patriarch Tingyou's aura was still rising, yet Lu Yang remained calm, because he knew very well that the other party's condition was actually not much different from his own.
Having lost his fleshly body, only the soul remained.
In a battle of spells, he could rely entirely on the status granted by great divine abilities. Curb-stomping weaker opponents was invincible, but once he encountered an adversary of equal status, his decline would show.
The reason they were evenly matched now was purely because Lu Yang had done the same.
In order to forge a Corpse-Dissolution Immortal, his fleshly body was still in a state of "Death Before Transformation," leaving him only slightly better off than Patriarch Tingyou.
However, since he had dared to come knocking on the door, he naturally had every confidence in victory.
"Nine Heavens Dulu Secret Demon Yin Thunder!"
Patriarch Tingyou's expression turned cold. Dao sounds emerged from his mouth as he formed a hand seal, and thunder suddenly arose in the void. Lightning flashed and thunder crashed as it struck down upon Lu Yang from above.
This time, Lu Yang did not take it head-on. Instead, he silently circulated his Sword Art, formed a streak of Sword Light beneath his feet, and summoned the Blood Sun Sword Pellet to flee a hundred li away. He then split off another streak of Sword Light and, using the Sword Light displacement technique from the Divine Firmament Sword Control Art, flashed away to a point a hundred li distant.
Boom!
With a deafening crash, Lu Yang saw the lightning strike the City of Wrongful Death below. In an instant, several districts were pulverized, raising up a Mountain of Corpses Sea of Blood.
Yet not a single soul flew out of that Mountain of Corpses Sea of Blood. Every one