The speed of that slash was one thing; more importantly, it had come out of nowhere. Just when everyone thought Ye Xiwen had exhausted every trick in the book, when their attention had been drawn to the violet flames and they assumed he intended to carve a bloody path through with their terrifying power, he launched this sudden attack and caught everyone utterly off guard.
The true key was that it caught E'Hong off guard.
The Flame Blade Qi tore a huge wound across his body. Wherever the blade pointed, flesh and bone were sliced apart cleanly, nearly cutting him in two at the waist. Had he not reacted at the very last moment, he truly would have struggled to escape death.
The horror in his eyes was beyond description.
For the first time, he felt death standing so close to him. He had originally believed this would be as easy as turning over his hand. No matter how many methods Ye Xiwen possessed, he would still have to bow before his Heavy Water Domain. Only a domain could resist the power of a domain, and unless one had stepped into the Transcendent Realm, how could an ordinary person possibly possess one?
Thus, he had been brimming with confidence. Though he had been wary of Ye Xiwen's violet flames, it was only wariness; he had not thought much of them.
Yet he had never expected Ye Xiwen to unleash such a fatal slash. If he had not dodged at the crucial moment, he would likely have already been slain by that single blade, with no chance whatsoever of surviving.
This was a terrifying fact!
How could his speed be so fast?
That meant he had concealed his strength before!
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, too many