"He really could still unleash power as formidable as last time!"
Within the ruin crater, nearly crushed into crystalline fragments by the savage and overwhelming sword qi, Guang Chengzi stared at the powerful, dazzling figure floating into the air in the distance, his eyes filled with both delight and fear.
A transparent, stone-like shield covered in fine black cracks enveloped his body.
The shield resembled shattered glass, as though it could explode at any moment.
He was already severely injured.
Although, at the critical moment earlier, he had used his immense force of will to draw vast quantities of trace iron from the earth, along with elements such as nickel and cobalt recorded in ancient methods, forging this ancient technique immortal shield around his body under high temperature and pressure—a shield as hard as a second-grade divine weapon—it could still only negate most physical damage and was utterly incapable of withstanding the impact of sword qi and sword intent.
Now, with only around forty percent of his combat strength remaining, and seeing that Jiang Dali had indeed displayed even greater fighting power, he heaved a sigh of relief and chose to hold back for the moment rather than truly risk his life immediately.
From the very beginning, he had known perfectly well that with his strength alone, even if he fought desperately, he would likely struggle to break through Dugu Qiubai's blockade with the Human Emperor Sword Qi.
Last time, he had only managed to let a fragment of his primordial spirit escape by taking advantage of the situation and using his true body as bait.
But if he wanted to get a target as large as his true body out of Tianyuan safely, it would be immensely difficult.
The reason was that Dugu Qiubai's swordsmanship was not merely godlike;