"Swish!"
The Netherworld Master, who had raised the Skull Scepter to block Jiang Liu, was sent flying by a single slash from Jiang Liu.
The Netherworld Master had originally been brimming with confidence. He had thought that after cultivating the law of life to the stage of Harmony of Life and Death, he could easily crush Jiang Liu. Now, he immediately began taking Jiang Liu seriously.
Earlier, he had thought that since the suppressive force of Human Realm Space against him had weakened, he should have held the upper hand when fighting Jiang Liu.
He had never expected that in this first true clash, he would actually end up at a disadvantage.
Only now did he realize just how much pressure the Holy Master of the Human Realm had been under when facing Jiang Liu.
The Netherworld Master muttered inwardly, Has he really only recently broken through to the Four Stages of Rule?
Of the three of them, he should have been the one who understood Jiang Liu's background best.
He was absolutely certain that Jiang Liu had only broken through to the Four Stages of Rule after entering Battlefield Space.
Moreover, before entering Battlefield Space, his strength had only been at the Second Stage of Rule.
Yet he had never expected that Jiang Liu had not only broken through to the Four Stages of Rule, but that the combat strength he displayed was clearly even greater than his own.
Still, he had long anticipated a situation like this.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to block the Holy Master of the Human Realm's attacks earlier.
He had even been able to use the Human Realm's boundary wall to block their bombardment.
The Netherworld Master waved the Skull Scepter in his hand, and his body, still flying backward, came