My expression changed. I figured it was because the power of the Laws wasn't strong enough. After all, the Nine Annihilations of Sword Dao was tremendously powerful—even fifty percent of its might would have been enough to obliterate Fairy Haoxi, let alone the seventy or eighty percent I was using now!
Of course, I poured in another surge of the Laws without the slightest mercy!
Bang! As expected, the Laws of Spacetime Annihilation that had trapped me shattered right after that. Yet that momentary stagnation still delayed the attack, and it seemed I had struck askew. Just as the attack's aftershock was about to slam into Fairy Haoxi, it suddenly veered aside and blasted into the surrounding space, ripping open a ferocious spatial rift on the spot!
The result surprised not only Fairy Haoxi but me as well. Haoxi was astonished because she had escaped death twice in a row, while I was shocked because the attack had first been sealed and then shifted away. Without a doubt, both feats had been accomplished by that woman named Qiu Hu!
Hum!
With a ringing sword cry, Fairy Qiu Hu held her sword and slashed diagonally toward me in a domineering upward stroke. The speed wasn't fast, but just as I used the Time Laws, the Laws suddenly sealed me again!
Bang!
The Laws broke free once more when I strengthened them, but this time breaking free was meaningless. Her sword had already thundered in front of me. The instant I summoned a long sword condensed from the Time Laws, my entire body seemed to be shifted by something and actually crashed straight toward her greatsword!
My eyes narrowed. The movement of her greatsword suddenly slowed, and I immediately twisted aside, transforming into a sword and seeking the opening behind Qiu Hu.