The power of Ye Weiming's sword was astonishing, but there was more or less an element of trickery—or perhaps gambling—in it.
As the final ultimate move of Ghost Valley Swordsmanship: Horizontal, Sweep Across Eight Directions was flawless in both power and range. Its greatest flaw was that it inevitably required a period of charging before activation—in gaming terms, an attack wind-up.
During this "attack wind-up," the move possessed no killing power whatsoever.
Therefore, in a clash between top experts, Sweep Across Eight Directions was easily interrupted. For a powerhouse like Pang Ban, taking advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, completely suppressing Ye Weiming or even killing him, would have been effortless.
But if he did that, Pang Ban would become the first to strike and lose the moral high ground.
What Ye Weiming gambled on was that, because of his own strength, Pang Ban would be confident enough to let him finish charging and unleash the sword before responding.
That way, Pang Ban killing him would count as self-defense!
And that was indeed what happened.
However, when the sword came forth, Pang Ban could not help but frown. He realized that against Ye Weiming's move, he had no possibility of avoiding the solid attack and striking at a weak point.
Ye Weiming's sword had an extremely broad range. If Pang Ban failed to shatter the sword qi head-on, then Fang Yeyu behind him, along with the dozens of Yuan Mongol warriors surrounding Ye Weiming in a fan-shaped formation, would all be cleaved in two at the waist by this single sword strike. None would survive!
Realizing this, Pang Ban gave a cold snort, his face darkening. Without dodging or evading, he threw a punch directly at the sharpest edge of Ye Weiming's sword qi.
Boom!
Fist force and sword qi