A delicate, compact black square shield at the Town Artifact level blocked Blood Shadow's strike just before it could smash into Grand Spirit Master Wei Yu's forehead.
Boom!
Sparks flew in all directions!
The black square shield let out a mournful cry as Blood Shadow's blow sent both blade and shield crashing into Wei Yu's forehead, blood immediately streaming down his face.
Having succeeded with the ambush, the Demon Commander Avatar strode forward and struck again and again, hacking more than a hundred times at Wei Yu's forehead in rapid succession.
Poor Grand Spirit Master Wei Yu, a terrifying Mystic Palace Realm existence, had first suffered Ye Zhen's Soul Refining Divine Light ambush, which had shaken his soul.
Then he was subjected to the crushing barrage of the Demon Commander Avatar, outfitted by Ye Zhen in an entire set of high-grade demon Town Artifacts.
Even after taking more than a hundred blows, Grand Spirit Master Wei Yu had yet to recover his senses.
This outcome shocked Ye Zhen greatly.
After leaving the Ancient Demon God Hall, Ye Zhen's Soul Power had soared to the Ninth Layer Innate Soul Light, only a step away from the peak of the Ninth Layer Innate Soul Light.
And it was Four-colored Innate Soul Light!
Soul Power required slow, grinding cultivation. Because martial artists of the Primordial Continent cultivated at astonishing speeds, most of their Soul Power was exceedingly ordinary.
Yet Ye Zhen's greatly increased Soul Power had merely caused Wei Yu's soul to tremble.
As for the Demon Commander Avatar, on the day before leaving the Ancient Demon God Hall, Ye Zhen's Demon Commander Avatar—which had been fighting outside and devouring countless Army Souls and blood qi—had successfully advanced its cultivation to the peak of the ninth layer of the Spirit-Connecting Realm.
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