As the old saying goes: constant dripping wears away a stone.
The Nine Tribulations Battle Emperor's full-force strike was indeed terrifying.
One had to know that when Lu Yuan had only been a First Grade Supreme, with the Years Blade in hand, a single slash could kill an Earth Supreme. When he had been an Eighth Grade Supreme, in the One Qi Transforming into Three Purities state, several hundred Years Blades descending at once could kill the Western Heaven Battle Emperor, a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. Now that Lu Yuan was an Earth Supreme, it could be said that if he drew another Years Blade, an ordinary Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign would be no more than a single slash before him, as easily as he had killed Earth Supremes while still a First Grade Supreme. Only those who stood at the very pinnacle even among Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns could withstand that blade.
Such as Tai Ling Su.
Such as Qing Yan Jing.
Such as Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.
Or the Lord of Undying, the Sword Saint, and Maha Tian.
Moreover, even those people listed above—
Could not withstand a doubled Years Blade while Lu Yuan was in the One Qi Transforming into Three Purities state.
Right now, facing the Nine Tribulations Battle Emperor—
This was merely Blade Qi.
It was not an actual Years Blade.
After all, a genuine Years Blade could only select a living being as its target.
In other words—
The Years Blade could only kill the living.
If an opponent unleashed some overwhelmingly powerful attack—
The Years Blade simply could not forcibly control it.
Of course—
Since Lu Yuan had developed the Years Blade so long ago—
He had also devised some interesting little tricks. For example, if an opponent's attack was too powerful