Xu Yi knew very well that with Yun San's methods as a young master, backed by the Imperial Family of the Yun Family, his power far exceeded anything Xu Yi could imagine.
A scion of such a formidable and fearsome royal clan was bound to possess hidden trump cards that were impossible to predict.
Since Xu Yi had decided to take him on, he also knew that he would likely get only one chance to strike and claim victory. So he had stayed on the defensive, taking blow after punishing blow.
He endured Third Young Master Yun's raging assault, all to wait for an opening.
At last, after Third Young Master Yun had employed all manner of secret arts and hidden tricks—even bringing out his ultimate trump card, a Level 1 Grade 4 Ice Elemental Mystical Talisman—Xu Yi realized his chance had come.
He used the Imperial Sword Art to drive the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, blocking the Eight Winds Sword Formation's terrifying strike. At the same time, the Shapeshifting Bone Sword struck the Eight Winds Sword itself. Its edge was too keen to withstand, and it shattered two of the small swords in an instant, breaking the formation.
The enormous sword of light vanished at once. Third Young Master Yun was shaken by the impact and cried out in pain.
Xu Yi seized the opening and activated a Swift Wind Talisman. Its surging power flooded his body once more, driving him forward like lightning as he slammed into Third Young Master Yun.
The tremendous force of the impact traveled through the Shapeshifting Bone Sword, shattering Third Young Master Yun's secret Protective Light Barrier in a single blow.
At that moment, the Shapeshifting Bone Sword pierced Third Young Master Yun's body. The immense force of the wind talisman had yet to