Chen Fei's Aura, which had been steadily falling just moments ago, had somehow already stopped its decline and begun to recover rapidly.
From beginning to end, Chen Fei's realm had never fallen out of the scope of Peak-Stage Eighth-Order. Thus, even if Chen Fei had not activated the Status Panel Backup, he had still been confident he could kill Ge Shida in the end.
When Ge Shida faced other Peak-Stage Eighth-Orders, he could crush them with ease, but that was because Time Subordinate Rule Fragment: Future allowed Ge Shida to see through every attack from a Peak-Stage Eighth-Order.
Before Ge Shida, every move and every response of other Peak-Stage Eighth-Orders had no secrets at all. Under such circumstances, for Ge Shida to crush them was as easy as flipping his palm.
But in reality, Ge Shida's foundational strength among Peak-Stage Eighth-Orders was only at a normal level.
Ge Shida had not deliberately cultivated his physique. His Essence, Qi, and Spirit Soul met the standards of every Limit Eighth-Order.
Chen Fei, however, exceeded the standard in all his strength—physique, origin, elemental energy, divine soul, and everything else. None of it was something a Peak-Stage Eighth-Order should possess, yet all of it just so happened to be concentrated in Chen Fei.
Thus, the moment Chen Fei activated the Status Panel Backup and freed the Essence, Qi, and Spirit Soul within his body from the corruption of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, even though his strength had not yet reached its former peak, the power he could unleash already far surpassed the imagination of other Eighth-Orders.
Ge Shida was sent retreating by a single sword strike. He wanted to stop himself, only to discover he could not stop at all. A terrifying power, pushed to the extreme, was wantonly wreaking havoc