No matter how Xi Ping'an goaded him, Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch remained as calm as an old god.
Instead, he had been trying to get Ming Guangzi to charge into battle while he himself supported from behind and held the line.
This had been very easy in the past. Sword cultivators had always been hotheaded; forget goading them—whoever dared block their path toward a powerful enemy, they would kill them.
Unfortunately, Ming Guangzi had no intention of stepping forward this time.
After Xi Ping'an and Shuoyang Heavenly Monarch traded verbal blows for a while, they stopped, both secretly finding it boring.
"You can't defeat him, not even as he is now."
Ming Guangzi sighed. "And even if we kill him, we still won't obtain the opportunity to ascend to the Upper Realm. For all this, we need a being from the Upper Realm—preferably one with the highest status there."
"If possible, it would be best to capture that blood-path mighty being's clone alive."
He looked at Xi Ping'an.
Capture the blood-path mighty being's clone alive.
That was sheer fantasy!
When the blood-path mighty being's clone was powerful, they would certainly die if they dared show themselves. When he was weak, he habitually hid and lurked; no one could possibly find him.
A being that had lived for tens of thousands of years was cold and cunning. Such a being had no such thing as pride or dignity; even cursing eighteen generations of his ancestors would not cause the slightest ripple in his emotions.
The only circumstance under which the blood-path mighty being's clone would appear again was when he had recovered his strength—and become even stronger.
Void Refinement essence possessed such an ability: it could transform spiritual qi within the Chaos Void to restore itself, especially for clones below Void Refinement.