Sensing that the attack coming from behind was exceptionally fierce, Nian Liandan naturally did not dare block it with his flesh-and-blood palm. At top speed, he grabbed the sword hilt of the Mysterious Iron Sword on his back, twisted his body, and drew the blade about three inches from its sheath.
Using his ability to locate attacks by sound, he had actually predicted the Golden Lotus Seed Ye Weiming had fired with a special technique and blocked it head-on!
Clang!
The golden lotus seed struck the blade of the Mysterious Iron Sword, instantly producing a harsh sound like a gong being struck. It made Xiao Qiao and Cang Xingyu, who had just caught up in pursuit, frown in unison. Yaksa, whose acupoints had been sealed and who could not draw upon her internal energy, hurriedly covered her ears amid the noise.
Though remembering to cover her ears now felt somewhat like self-deception.
Compared to the others, however, Nian Liandan, who had borne the brunt of it, was even worse off.
Sound traveled through solid objects far more efficiently than through air. Moreover, Ye Weiming's Finger Flicking Divine Sword was tremendously powerful. Since it had been a sneak attack, it directly shattered Nian Liandan's protective energy, leaving his ears "naked" and without internal energy protection for an instant. The combined threefold damage left him in unbearable agony.
The so-called "threefold" referred to the three layers of stacked damage Ye Weiming had inflicted on Nian Liandan with this move.
The first was the most direct: an internal energy strike.
When thrown by most people, hidden weapons were merely harder-to-guard-against projectiles, their power far inferior to wielding a blade or sword in hand.
But Ye Weiming was exactly the opposite.
The bonuses from his Finger Flicking Divine Sword were so high that few