Fang Chen wanted to kill Ye Chen and take back the Nirvana Immortal Eyes and the last Kirin Arm, but he knew that was unrealistic. Ye Chen was in the Quasi-Emperor Realm just as he was, possessed an Emperor Treasure, and was so close to the Ye Family. Killing him would be harder than climbing to the heavens.
Since Fang Chen knew he could not easily kill Ye Chen, he was not foolish enough to reveal his trump cards. He simply kept Ye Chen occupied while continuously drawing energy from the Floating Immortal Sword.
Within his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth, Ye Chen kept attacking with the Xuanhuang Banner. Every time he shook it, a portion of its Source Power was consumed. But Ye Chen did not care. Compared with the Human Race's other Supreme Emperor Weapons, the Xuanhuang Banner was still young, and it held an immense reserve of Source Power.
Whenever Fang Chen shattered one of the Great Mountains, the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed the Xuanhuang Banner's Source Power contained within it.
As the Floating Immortal Sword absorbed that Source Power, it grew stronger and stronger, feeding energy back to Fang Chen as it did.
Ye Chen gripped the Xuanhuang Banner and shook it wildly within his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth.
Fang Chen gripped the Floating Immortal Sword and hacked furiously at the Great Mountains flying toward him.
Shake and shake. Hack and hack.
Half an hour passed.
Fang Chen's strength had not waned as everyone had imagined. Instead, he had grown stronger and stronger.
By now, many of the Glazed Battle Runes on Fang Chen's body had almost completely undergone Metamorphosis, turning gold, and their number kept growing.
Those golden Glazed Battle Runes had begun appearing only after Fang Chen started cultivating the Ninth