The next moment, there was a loud bang. With Tianren's spirit embodiment at the center, his entire form disintegrated in an instant. With a clatter, the Tianlu Sword fell to the ground, followed by his clothes and storage pouch. As for Dao Venerable Tianren, he had already turned into a mass of energy, his spiritual energy scattering into smoke and drifting away, as though someone like him had never existed in this world.
Deconstruction was a spirit technique I had comprehended from the Earth Spirit Root. In other words, it was the most basic martial technique I had created after comprehending the Earth Spirit Root. It could instantly decompose any part or area of an opponent's body—even their spirit embodiment. Of course, the conditions for deconstruction were actually quite demanding: one's level of strength had to be an entire realm higher than the opponent's. Thus, the area and location being deconstructed became the measure of the technique's power.
Naturally, the strength of the part being deconstructed also mattered. If I deconstructed a part of the body that contained spiritual energy of insufficient strength, such as the hands, feet, or hair, the technique would consume little spiritual energy and require little strength. But if it encountered a part with an extremely powerful spiritual-energy structure, such as the head or the location of the spirit embodiment, the spiritual energy consumed and the required level of strength would be much greater. That was why I had used Deconstruction on Dao Venerable Tianren's spirit embodiment just now—as a high-level test.
Since it was an advanced test, using all my strength was only natural. At the very least, my first use of it had to kill in one strike. But I had never expected it to succeed so completely. Dao Venerable Tianren had been utterly