On the open ground, Shen Tu Yue and Yan Dongchen stood facing each other.
Or rather, Shen Tu Yue was facing off against a spear.
At that moment, Yan Dongchen had almost completely merged with the long spear, making it impossible for anyone to sense his presence.
Under the sunlight, the area occupied by the long spear swallowed all light, growing deeper and deeper.
There was no unnecessary dialogue, no prelude whatsoever. The spear moved!
The deep shadow stretched forward, transforming into a long line that spread toward Shen Tu Yue.
The spear Intent, spear force, spear technique, and even the person wielding the spear were all restrained. Only the target locked onto by the spear could sense the surging killing intent within, as vast as the raging waves of a deep sea! The spear stabbed along a single line.
Along that line, Shen Tu Yue drew her sword. Rather than retreating, she advanced!
She had originally intended to counter Yan Dongchen's spear with Bright Phoenix Burns the World, the strongest in killing power and fiercest in explosive force among the techniques of the Bright Phoenix Sword Scripture.
But the instant she drew her sword, she suddenly changed her mind.
Because in a contest of killing power, she had no confidence that she could outmatch Yan Dongchen, even though she was already stronger than she had been two years ago.
It was not that Bright Phoenix Burns the World was not strong enough. It was simply that her Martial Dao had never focused on killing power.
Thus, Shen Tu Yue chose to follow her sword heart and use the Red Dust Pavilion's gentlest, most lingering sword technique—
Entangling Love Threads! The sword light wound toward the deep shadow, gentle and elegant, like a lover's hand caressing your cheek.
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