As the Shadow Moon Guard Commander, Wu Ying's combat strength was something Ye Zhen knew all too well.
A King at the mid-stage of the fifth level of the Palace Opening Realm, his cultivation techniques followed the path of elusive assassination, and his movement art was even more unpredictable. Without fully employing Clear Heart Sword Intent, Ye Zhen would absolutely be unable to detect Shadow Moon Guard Commander Wu Ying.
Most importantly, he possessed a defensive mid-grade Spirit Weapon capable of concealing his aura, making it exceedingly practical.
Ordinary Palace Opening Realm Kings could not even discover him, much less injure him!
Strictly speaking, among martial artists of the same level, a casual palm strike could not possibly harm Shadow Moon Guard Commander Wu Ying!
"He was severely wounded by a single palm strike from that red-haired young man beside the Longevity Sect Master while personally gathering this intelligence!" Sun Moon Divine Cult Master Jian Qianxiong explained with a bitter smile.
"Speaking of it, even this old man finds it hard to believe. Under that one palm strike, Wu Ying's protective Spirit Weapon was actually destroyed!"
This time, Ye Zhen was truly shocked.
"One palm strike destroyed even a Spirit Weapon?"
Wu Ying stepped out from the darkness, his face waxen yellow. With a bitter smile, he took out a pale gray cloak. Right in the center of it was a distinctly visible palm-shaped hole!
"This is the inherited Spirit Weapon of every Shadow Moon Guard Commander throughout the generations of the Sun Moon Divine Cult—the Shadow Moon Cloak. It has been passed down for thirteen generations, yet it was ruined in my hands."
Ye Zhen was completely stunned. To directly destroy a mid-grade Spirit Weapon and then severely wound a fifth-level Palace Opening Realm King—perhaps only one-tenth of Zi