Although Hu Buding was a Dao Realm expert, he had first been frightened out of his wits by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, then subjected to the all-encompassing, dead-angle-free bombardment of an Acquired Spirit Treasure's sword light.
Especially since lightning arts like the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, supreme in yang and rigidity, were the nemesis of the Demon Race. When Ye Zhen had just shattered his casual strike, Hu Buding had already been greatly startled.
When the countless sword lights of Ye Zhen's Purple Spirit Immortal Sword came slashing down, Hu Buding reacted with extreme speed. His vast Dao Realm aura abruptly erupted, and with a sweep of his sleeve, the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword's sky-filling sword lights were instantly drowned in the crimson Spiritual Light he had unleashed.
Yet the sharp hissing of sword qi tearing through objects continued without pause.
When the Spiritual Light dispersed, Hu Lian, Hu Qingtong, and the surrounding patrol guards all wore stunned expressions.
A few fox clan women from Xuanjia Hill actually could not help laughing when they saw Hu Buding's appearance.
But the moment the laughter escaped, the fox clan woman abruptly covered her mouth, her gaze turning somewhat fearful as she looked at Hu Buding.
Although Hu Buding had just swept away the sword lights filling the sky, with Ye Zhen's current cultivation and primordial spirit power, an attack launched by driving an Acquired Spirit Treasure such as the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword could absolutely injure a Dao Realm expert.
And after being startled by the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, Hu Buding had only been able to use sixty or seventy percent of his strength in his haste.
With one advance and one retreat, Hu Buding had shattered the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword's sword lights, but his finely tailored brocade robe