"Why use such a heavy hand? She isn't your daughter. You have no right to do this, nor is there any need." I deflected her longsword, and the purple energy behind me scattered on the wind. This was already the first level of the Deriving Heaven Technique—more than enough to withstand her full-powered strike.
Only Ye Qingying knew the true depth of that sword strike, because she herself knew exactly how much power she had used. Yet when she looked at me, her eyes were still filled with fury. "I'm enforcing the Ye Household's rules. What does that have to do with you?"
"Heh. Sorry, but I already told you—you can't kill her." I reached out and pulled Ye Guxuan to her feet.
Yet at that moment, whether Ye Qingying had been driven mad by rage or for some other reason, she slashed at me with her sword. Her eyes had already turned crimson. Having fallen into demonic possession through the Spirit-Absorbing Art, her temper was naturally unlike an ordinary person's. Anyone who stopped her was as good as a sworn enemy!
Rumble!
Under that sword strike, I pulled Ye Guxuan toward the entrance of the hall. Compared to her Ye Household technique, the first level of the Deriving Heaven Technique was still somewhat lacking. After all, its enhancement was still weaker than the eighth-level Heaven One Imperial Art.
I thrust out my hand and suddenly activated the Spirit-Absorbing Art. At the same time, Ye Qingying also activated her own Spirit-Absorbing Art. Her fifth-level Spirit-Absorbing Art drew in my technique and completely canceled it out, even overpowering my Dao technique. Forced into a corner, I used the first-level derivative art of the Deriving Heaven Technique—the strengthened Spirit-Absorbing Art!
With a sharp whoosh, the fifth-level Spirit-Absorbing Art suddenly grew unstable. After