Li Poxiao's Pseudo-Illusory Sword Heaven began singing again, which was tantamount to a death knell for me. Yet I felt not the slightest tension, because I sensed far too many opportunities. It was as if they had descended through my four channels—the Ghost Dao, Immortal Dao, Life Force, and Demon Dao. Dao Ghost's strength had long since grown terrifyingly formidable. Outside the core battlefield, it could practically be called invincible, slaughtering or driving the immortals of these Nine Immortal Lands into disarray, leaving them fleeing in every direction. Those with high enough cultivation to escape had basically fled to the last one. At this point, the entire battle was already under my control.
As for why I had not charged in to disrupt the battle, that had actually been deliberate. I wanted to test just how far Li Poxiao and Xia Ruize's strength could reach—and how far I could go without even entering Dao Ghost's state!
So when I encountered the current situation of being surrounded and attacked, there was naturally no need for me to risk my life and stubbornly fight them head-on. When it came to ganging up on someone, I still couldn't afford to be softhearted!
"Did you notice? What's there in all directions?" I asked with a smile. Then I swept the Extinguishing God Sword across, blocking the full-force strike of Immortal Transformation Li Poxiao as he charged at me. Particles of Illusory Sword Heaven scattered out as well, forming a sword domain. This Illusory Sword Heaven, which had arrived later but formed first, was ultimately much faster than the pseudo version. After forcing the Immortal Transformation back, I began chanting my sword song as well: "A pool of green water, a few clouds in the sky; along the road, green mountains and half a trail