The Demon Venerable's aura surged skyward. The explosive black Qi from the Heaven-Devouring Sword twisted into something resembling an arched gate, layer upon layer, like the Ninth Heaven of Swords rising above the heavens. Sword Qi raged like a torrential rainstorm sweeping across heaven and earth. Even standing here, I could feel it lashing painfully across my face. One could imagine that the conditions inside were absolutely beyond what any ordinary True Immortal could withstand!
A two-tribulation True Immortal was already an existence powerful enough to defy heaven. Yet Li Xiangru stood in the howling tempest like wild grass swaying in the wind, his broad Daoist robes fluttering endlessly in the gale, as though he could not advance even half a step through this Ninth Heaven of Swords!
One Sword from Xiangru—why hasn't he used it? I wondered in astonishment. Could Li Xiangru be planning to endure the most powerful prelude of the Ninth Heaven of Swords?
The Demon Venerable's shriek could be heard even here. Confidence, fury, and several other emotions intertwined within it, making this Ninth Heaven of Swords resemble complicated, overlapping layers of Sword Qi, entangled beyond resolution. I believed that even if I fell within his attack range, I probably would not escape injury! Moreover, he still had the third layer of the Spirit-Absorbing Art. Its violent ability to unleash power was something no one could withstand!
Bang!
At that moment, Li Xiangru's protective astral barrier actually shattered as well. Although the flickering barrier quickly formed again, this abnormal display was already enough to make the difference in strength clear!
One had to know that the Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerable's Dao-Transformation Art was said to be unbreakable through ten thousand tribulations and impervious to ten thousand techniques. Its defensive power far surpassed that of the other